Apocalypse POW!: September 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

Triptych: Winter Is Coming

"Summer Is Coming" (featuring a very sweaty Ned Stark) by Matheus Lopes Castro

"Winter Is Coming" (t-shirt) by Faniseto

"Fightin' Imps" (t-shirt) by Winter Artwork

Triptych: Welcome To The City Of The Future

"Fontaine Futuristics" (casemod) by... ~~Mastigias? (My Hungarian is a little rusty)~~ Gregory Mórocz

"BioRock" by Dan Hipp

"Atlantic Harvested Plasmids" (glow-in-the-dark t-shirt) by Brian Penner

Arnold as Pac-Man, Mr. T as Donkey Kong, The Fonz as Frogger and Wonder Woman as Super Mario, amongst others. It's a goddamned modern-day masterpiece. I don't know who the genius is that's responsible this, but if you have any inkling I'm dying to find out.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Triptych: 100 Coins

"Mario Dreams" by Ken Wong

"Work To Do" by Drake Brodahl

"Playered" by Jude Buffum

Triptych: Trust Me, I'm The Doctor

"Sonic The Screwdriver" (t-shirt) by Nik Holmes

"Stronger Than A Moose" (11th Doctor vs. Mighty Boosh mashup) by E-boc

"AccessWhoRize" (t-shirt) by Dave Perillo

Inspector Spacetime!

In last week's third season premiere episode, Community brilliantly (albeit briefly) parodies Doctor Who with a clip from "Inspector Spacetime", which Britta shows Abed in an attempt to distract him from the fact that Cougar Town (a show he loves so much he actually cameo'd on it) has been pushed back to mid-season replacement status. From this brief, 25-second sequence an internet fanbase was born, and although it's still only early days (and I do mean days, literally) the Inspector Spacetime meme is gathering steam like crazy. Oh internet, it's reasons like this that you're awesome.

"Inspector Spacetime" (t-shirt) by Rex Raygun

"Inspector Spacetime" (poster) by Jonny Eveson

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Selections from "Inspector Spacetime Confessions"

"Inspector Spacetime" clip from Community

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Showcase: Jude Buffum's 3G Paintings

"You Say Yes"

"You Wanna Play Pirate?"

"Last Call"

[Jude Buffum's Contributions to Gallery 1988's
"Ghostbusters, Goonies, Gremlins" Exhibition]

Monday, September 19, 2011

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Vancouver Skytrain Map

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Dave, of Dave's Geeky Ideas, recently posted this very excellent map of my hometown's Skytrain routes in the style of Super Mario Bros. 3. If you aren't a local, you may not appreciate all the intricacies here - not the least of which is that Dave has pretty effectively converted the geographical layout of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland into the grid-like structure seen above. In other words: all those rivers and land-masses are more or less accurate to real life, there is a giant Hammer Brother between Main Street-Science World and Broadway, and as I live right next to Oakridge-41st, I can confirm that the hills with eyes overlooking that general region not only exist but are creepy as all hell.

Dave's got a ton of other cool stuff featured on his blog over at Dave's Geeky Ideas, which you should definitely check out. I may be showcasing more of his work in the future because, seriously, Game of Thrones hockey jerseys? Shit just got real!

[Dave's Geeky Ideas]
[Vancouver Skytrain Map]