Triptych: Starbuck

"Send More Cylons!" (t-shirt) by Winter Artwork

"The Legend of Kara" (t-shirt) by Punksthetic

"Kara Thrace" by TheBlamelessFlame

Triptych: WALL MEAT

"What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse..." by Kari Fry

"Castlemania" by Patrick Zédouard

"Wall Meat" by Rongs1234

Triptych: Happy 35th Birthday, Space Invaders!

"Stop The Invasion" by Steve Thomas

"War Is Coming" by Plasma Cow

"Space Invaders" by Luis Javier Vilchis

So Space Invaders just turned 35. You know who else is turning 35 this month? THIS GUY.

(In case it wasn't clear, I was pointing my thumbs at myself. In retrospect I realize that I could have been referring to pretty much any guy.)

Showcase: Glauber Tanaka's Classic Video Game Quotes

[Glauber Tanaka on Behance]

A Public Service Announcement

As you may have heard, Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who as of the Christmas special (set to air, as is tradition, on December 25th).  Bookies are already placing odds on who will be cast to replace him, with Russell Tovey (George the werewolf from the BBC's Being Human series), Rupert Grint (finally a ginger!) and Rory Kinnear (Bill Tanner from the last couple of Bond movies as well as a brilliant turn as Prime Minister on an episode of Black Mirror) leading the pack.  While any of these would, I'm sure, amount to excellent Doctors, almost all of the names mentioned thus far lack a certain... Doctor-y panache. 

Then I came across a letter that Richard Ayoade posted on his Facebook wall to the BBC this morning:

Dear BBC,
I am writing to inform you that I am available to take over immediately as the next Doctor. I’ll even bring my own sonic screwdriver (mine actually works).
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Maurice Moss.

As soon as I started to consider the possibility of Ayoade being cast as the 12th Doctor, I realized that I can't think of a better choice.  He has the natural oddness, the sense of humour, the sarcasm and the intelligence to pull off an absolute amazing Doctor. 

So I ask you - take a look at the below petition and sign your name to it if you feel the same way. 

[Petition - Richard Ayoade For The 12th Doctor]

Double Triptych: I Know You Are But What Am I?

"The Rebel Rider" (t-shirt) by Bamboota

"Mr. Herman's Bike Tour Adventure" (t-shirt) by Bamboota

"Kaiju Pee-Wee" by Tom Whalen

"Big Top Pee-Wee" by DKNG Studios

"Tequila" by DKNG Studios

"Tequila" by Oo-De-Lally

Full disclosure: Most of these were featured in Gallery 1988's Pee-Wee Herman tribute show a couple of years ago. There are many, many more great pieces from that show worth checking out, which you can see at the above link.

Triptych: I Will Never Be Good, And That's Not Bad

"Mondo Wreck-It Ralph Poster" by Tom Whalen

"Wreck-It, inc." and "Fix-It, inc." by Stephen Hartman

"King of Candy" by SLB-Creations

Triptych: Bring It On, Donkey Kong

"Escher Kong" (t-shirt) by Nathan Davis

"Donkey Kong" by Erin Hunting

"Donkey Kong Poster" by Doug Kramer

Triptych: The Ka-Tet of 19

"Dark Tower: All Ka-Tet Characters" by Bensmind

"The Ka-Tet of 19" by Brandon Wilhelm

"The Nineteenth Inning" (t-shirt) by Lost Hero Collective

Triptych: Danger Zone, Lana! DANGER ZONE

"Danger Zone!" (t-shirt) by Ian Leino

"Hello Archer" (t-shirt) by Captain Ribman

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"Duh" (t-shirt) and "Sploosh" (t-shirt) by Megan Lara

For all my love of Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gravity Falls and others, I have to admit that Archer is probably the best animated series on television right now. It's so consistently funny that I can't believe more people aren't watching it. The only reason I can think of is that the first season took a few episodes to get up to speed, which probably put off a lot of people. If you're one of those people - give it another shot. You won't be disappointed.