Triptych: Minimalist Pixar Posters

"Wall-E" by Lópezgrafico

"Monsters Inc." by Justin Van Genderen

"The Incredibles" by Pandreaa

Triptych: The Four Elements

"Fantastic 4dpi" (t-shirt) by We Love Fine

"FF" by Fonografiks

"New York: 4 Freedoms Plaza" by Justin Van Genderen

Triptych: Time For Another Adventure!

"Ooosian Dolls" by John Tibbott

"Adventure Time" by Drew Falchetta

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"Dude, We're Totally Dying!" by Matthew Woodson

Pixellated Album Covers by CodyWalton, Imploding and TheDorkReport

You know what I love? Album art. In this day and age of non-physical media, it seems like album covers are becoming less and less critical - most people will download an album without ever looking at the album's cover, much less purchase that album based on its visual presentation. Having said that, a good album is often defined by its cover, and while music should always speak for itself, album art can complement and amplify a record's themes and motifs.

Cody Walton, Imploding and The Dork Report are a trio of artists who have taken it upon themselves to demake classic album covers by presenting 16x16 versions of them. For the most part, these album covers are so iconic that even within the confines of just 256 pixels, the original is pretty readily recognisable.

Mouse-over the images if there are any you aren't immediately familiar with, or you just want to compare the 16x16 version to the original. (Note that this is a pretty image-heavy post, so wait for the page to load fully for the mouse-over to work.)

Beastie Boys, "License To Ill" (by Cody Walton)

The Velvet Underground, "Peel Slowly And See" (by Cody Walton)

Soundgarden, "Louder Than Love" (by Cody Walton)

Bjork, "Homogenic" (by The Dork Report)

Nine Inch Nails, "The Downward Spiral" (by Cody Walton)

Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile" (by Cody Walton)

The White Stripes, "White Blood Cells" (by Imploding)

The National, "The National" (by Cody Walton)

The Hold Steady, "Stay Positive" (by Cody Walton)

Massive Attack, "Blue Lines" (by Imploding)

Guns 'n Roses, "Use Your Illusion I" (by Cody Walton)

Green Day, "American Idiot" (by Cody Walton)

Gorillaz, "Gorillaz" (by Imploding)

The Clash, "London Calling" (by Cody Walton)

Triptych: Dormanted, Deleted, Inoperative, Excised, Completed

"M. Buttle Tuttle" by Grégoire Guillemin

"Tuttle Heating Services" (t-shirt) by Stephen Sanderson

"Harry Tuttle: Heating Engineer" (t-shirt) by Dan Wolfe

This triptych will probably make very little sense to you if you haven't seen Terry Gilliam's Brazil. If so, go and watch it right now and then come back and everything will fall into place, as if by magic.

Triptych: In The Year 3000...

"Futurama Pixel Art", official promotional art by Matt Groening

"The Call of Zoidthulhu" (t-shirt) by Harry Gordon

"Mom's Friendly Robot Company" (t-shirt) by BustedTees

Triptych: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

"Ghost" by Chris Thornley

"Spectral Smashers" (t-shirt) by Jerry Bennett

"Mood Slime" (t-shirt) by upsidedownowl

Triptych: Ghosts, Xenomorphs and Time Travellers

"Alien vs. Oswald" (t-shirt) by Bleee

"Afterlife All-Stars: The Saturn Sandworms" (t-shirt) by Andy Hunt

"Hero of Time" (t-shirt) by Ken Oliver

Triptych: Big Blue Box

"Police Box Storage Company" (t-shirt) by Steven Thibaudeau

"Keith Who?" (t-shirt) by beware1984

"Tennant's Timepiece Repair" by Randy Smith

John Dies At The End

Somewhat unrelated to the usual fare here at Apocalypse POW!, but I recently read Jason Pargin (A.K.A. David Wong)'s novel "John Dies At The End", and it was phenomenal. Sort of a cross between Lovecraft and Hunter S. Thompson with a dollop of Bret Easton Ellis thrown in for good measure, it's violent and trippy and altogether hilarious, and I can't recommend it enough.

Well, it turns out that it's being adapted into a film by Don Coscarelli, the man behind Bubba Ho-Tep and the Phantasm series, featuring Paul Giamatti as skeptical reporter Arnie Blondestone and Clancy Brown as (an apparently very badass) Dr. Marconi. There's no release date lined up just yet, but I can assure you that I'm pretty excited for it. Based on the trailer, it looks like it will hew pretty close to the source material, and while it has a kind of B-Horror movie vibe to it, that's sort of Coscarelli's wheelhouse and I expect he'll manage to do great things with it.

Anyway, just wanted to share that. Back to our regular programming.

Triptych: Welcome To The Technodrome

"Villains In A Half-Shell" by Jeremy Bingham

"Turtle Drome" by Ian Herring

"Turtle Bros." (t-shirt) by BazNet

Triptych: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

"There Goes A Gozerian, Ghostbuster" by DrFaustusAU

"Busters Advantage" (t-shirt) by Glen Brogan

"Busted" (t-shirt) by Glen Brogan

Showcase: Dune Travel Posters

"Arrakis"

"Giedi Prime"

"Caladan"

[Dr. Faustus' Dune Travel Posters]

Triptych: Two Hearts

"The March of Time" (t-shirt) by Nik Holmes

"Weeping Boos" (t-shirt) by sleepingsky

"A Helpful Guide" by Michelle Dadoun