The Alien Kubrick has the translucent head thing, too. Very cute.

"Mamma Mia: Arthur Suydam variant"?

Here is what this thing really wants to be.

Who the hell does yoga with shoes on? That's ridiculous.

Downpressor- I'm pretty sue Rob was expressing jealousy, not hate. Chill the fuck out.

"Edison cylinders, dictaphone wires, DCC or 8 track tapes"

You forgot vinyl. Or is that because it's a format that's still readable? I can still play my mono records on my stereo equipment 70 years later. The fact that the record label, or the shellac record industry, doesn't exist anymore is not a hindrance. And it shouldn't be.

I'm pretty sure these aren't Air Pirates strips. For one, they're "signed" by Walt Disney (although probably drawn by Floyd Gottfredson). For another, there are no drug references or explicit sex. Those Air Pirates were not nearly so subtle...

Me too.

#30 Jet Jaguar is also changed.

On the Amazon page for this peanut butter crank, it says

Buy this item with Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet---Better, Faster, Easier by Mark Frauenfelder today!

disassemble and index every last bit of our garbage into its base parts

That's what the economy of this place is based on.

Devo - The Day my Baby Gave Me a Surprize - 2:42!

DNRTFA.

Star Trek = Wagon Train In Space.

"Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training."

-Gordie Lachance

Star Wars = Kurosawa In Space (well, the good Star Wars)

Kurosawa in the Old West = The Magnificent Seven

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...um, I forgot where I was going with that. Someone, take the baton and keep running!

Dante Hicks: Theoretically, people see money on the counter, and no one around, they think they're being watched.
Veronica: Honesty through paranoia.

-Clerks, 1994

Well, most of the artists are credited.

Here is a better gallery with some of the same covers and many more. Much bigger pictures, plus artist credits. These things didn't draw themselves, people!

I would imagine the choice of desk was limited; it is an animation desk and I don't imagine they come in many styles. Also, I bet he's got plans to replace the chairs at some point. (I know I would.)

Thanks, Takuan! I needed that. Wet Spots=good!

And Seyo? I wouldn't imagine those ears would really make much difference.

Calton- Thanks for pointing out that book. Definitely illuminating.

It does say "natural 20", so I'd imagine that's what it rolled.

"Just over 80 people"? You gotta be kidding me.

So wait... how much Tyrannosaurus Rex brains of water do you use when making white rice over brown rice?

I don't make a lot of brown rice, but for white rice I'd use two T.Rex brains of water and one of rice. To serve more, use enough red wine to take you over the driving limit.

Richard Edson, of Sonic Youth...

Seriously? "Of Sonic Youth"? Why not "of Ferris Beuller's Day Off"? "You loved him in Good Morning Vietnam"? Or how about "Onetime Austin Stories guest star"? Or (checks imdb) (jeeze, he's been in some unmemorable crap) "Richard Edson, late of The Astronaut Farmer and Momma's Man"? However influential he may have been on the band or their sound, he was only with them for one year (and one EP). That's like saying "Pete Best of the Beatles"... if Pete had gone on to a successful 25-year-plus acting career.

That said, he's one of my all-time favorite character actors, and I quite like his photos.

dculberson- That's what I thought, too, until I zoomed in!

Snipe's comment wasn't too different from pinguis' comment. That's a fine line.

Wait, what? #4? Vegan? WTF?

I never bought it or used it, and it always seemed a little sketchy to me ("Created by a teacher!" So?) but I always liked it, if only for the Lloyd Dangle art on the box.

georgelazenby, you magnificent bastard. I can finally see The Story Of English. I read the accompanying book more than once as a youngster, but
I never saw the show. Three cheers for georgelazenby! Three cheers for the internet!

BEAPIONEER, if anyone's wondering.

The initials of detectives who handled the gun are scratched on it.

Hmm. I know they were pretty sure Ruby did it, but is that really any way to treat evidence?

Teen Wolf, is that you? Yes, I think it is.

Ah, but do the Dutch ones have food prepared by chefs on the other side of the wall? IIRC, H&H Automats were not just vending machines.

So, these workers would be like... Argonauts?

Rob Cockerham, you're my hero.

Is this where we link to our Comic-Con pics of Cory, then? Alrighty.

I gotta ask, Cory, what was that blonde-pigtail lady (seen in my photo) trying to talk to you about? She was odd. Even for Comic-Con.

Sorry, 1999.

Didn't this already happen in 1997?

Instead of creating a brand new character, they should have gone with a proven winner.

Here's a handy list!

If it was an LCD frame, it'd even have a good reason to be plugged into the wall!

(mis-tell?)

Quite a miss-tell.

#29- would a tardis fit inside another tardis? Yes. Unquestionably so.

As a fan of The League Of Gentlemen, I reflexively mistrust any doctor named Chinnery. No matter how well intentioned.

Yup. This is it. No more Lego stuff, ever. I blame you, Moon.

Technically, even though they are computer animated those are not Lego bricks in that Honda commercial. They're Mega Blocks. (Due to the arcane influence of Lego North America's marketing director, I cannot really bring myself to describe them as "legos", at least not in print.)

Mazel Tov! She's a beautiful baby. Have fun!

You know why that Electrolux lasts so long? No belts.

Hey, that's my dad's vacuum! Still.

Am I right in remembering this commercial in front of a Sci-Fi movie?

Ahh, the good Pac-Man board game. That's the one I wanted. Instead of the other, crappier version. Which is what I got. (FYI: It did not make a satisfying sound of any kind. Sigh.)

I;ve aslways considered Epic Fail to be a bit closer to Fail. I think Legendary should be at the top (at least, of those four choices). FailWiki!

Hey, it's Lileks! "And he never commented again..."

Also, "Sanka: Calm the fuck down, jagoff." needs to be on a t-shirt. But it never will...

#5 treepour- You know, you could just post the link yourself.
http://www.sagewisdom.org/faq.html

#12 Rob Long- As one of Cory's flickr contacts could tell you, these picture are from various and sundry times & places, blogged on boingboing in no readily discernible order. (Although he kinda does let on in the description, "from my travels over the years".) Also, from what I can tell, these are the most edifying, interesting, etc. pictures he's got. He's a writer, whadaya want? Enjoy, or don't.

License Farm- Never forget: Bill Finger.

I'm not a New Yorker, or else I'd be so pissed at the statue facing the wrong way on the poster that I wouldn't be able to think of anything else. Stuff like that drives me nuts. My own local geography (L.A.) is so often mangled that whenever someone gets it right I nearly explode in paroxysms of delight. (It doesn't happen too often.)

#1- Yeah, Crab-Fu is the name of a steampunk modelmaker. His real name is I-Wei Huang (crabfu.com) and he is also, apparently, an animator. ;)

#4- Coop's probably pretty tired of it.

Takuan- "Guards! This hippie is causing trouble!!" Ha! Memories.

It sounded like a lame prank-call to me when I heard it, but I thought "no, because there are no radio prank calls!" Little did I know.

cube top
squared off
eight corners
90-degree angles
flat top
stares straight ahead
stock parts
blockhead

9 years? Really? That doesn't sound right to me. Looks more like 17 more years, at least.

9 years? Really?

A Dreammachine is much more than a disco ball. And the Drum Buddy is awesome.

To all those complaining about who's missing from the list, maybe he's not finished yet? Jeeze, you guys.

"Not everyone is a nerd..." Cosmoe Draven(?)

I beg to differ, "Cosmoe".

"you would've seen this three weeks ago!" Check the date on the picture.

Indians are not afraid of graveyards because like it was stated, they cremate their dead.

I think they would have more respect for the dead if they knew it was their mother, or sister, or brother they were eating next to.

1. As stated in the article, Hindus cremate their dead. Not all Indians are Hindu.

B. In what way are they not respecting the dead? (By their standards, not yours.) I don't think it makes a difference whose grandmother it is.

C. ????

4. Profit!

This? Is an inert piece of plastic.

Just saying.

Great post. Kinda reminds me of the one my good pal Bully, The Little Stuffed Bull made a couple of months ago.

@fightcopyright

Having seen examples of D'Souza's "skill", I would say that he's not universally considered "skilled". "Defeat" is also a term that might be disputed in this case.

I came up with devojane about 13 years ago while choosing a profile name on my mom's aol account. (I'm so cool.) It was a combo of my favorite band & my girlfriend(now wife)'s favorite band. We shared that profile across three or four ISPs; she eventually got her own handle(s) but I have no imagination. I've only modified it slightly since. I still use devojane in many places. Apparently, it means something in an eastern European language, but I dunno which one or what.

borrowed from a sample off the Beastie Boys' Ill Communication

I don't believe the wording was quite exactly like that. ""If it's gonna be that kinda party, I'm'a stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" IIRC.

If I'm not mistaken, the kebabs served in these places don't tend to be served with a "shish". (no stick.) But of course they're not American.

"Those aren't two pillows!"

Best part about the $199 Professional Backgrounds? "This awesome product normally retails at $299."

I'd kinda like to know the deal with this, but it'll probably take a while for the truth to be deciphered. Williams' site reads suspiciously like a book treatment. Snap judgment? Crazynuts.

That's not Spanish, it's Italian.

frusorter- Wikipedia (among other sources) says that's a mugato, pronounced mugatu.

"He raped me. ...With sexual assault."? Is that different than being sexually assaulted ...with rape? At least the art is good. I've seen mainstream superhero books that don't look so good.

Peaceflag2007- Why, that's Hobo #149: Blackbolt, King of the Inhumans!

Monochrom wins!

I saw a commercial with Masi Oka tonight on TV! It's as if things I read about on the internet are real or something...

It seems like a perfectly cromulent explanation to me. Seriously, though, in the context of the original post this seems to point out the lie in Nestles' marketing: A Crunch bar is not crunchy, it's crispy. So what does that mean for this new "crispy" Crunch bar? Bats the hell outta me.

Or maybe he just saw the t-shirt.

D'you think that guy is tired of people saying, "Hey, isn't that just a Chapman Stick?"

Also, by frequency I'd say TNH was going for Glia Maturation Factor, Beta. A bank? Not likely.

#15 Vlad the Inhaler- I lol'd and lol'd!

I'm guessing he was suffering from numerous baton-shaped injuries that mysteriously appeared on his body.

No they're not. Try typing Lillian and see.

mannyo - What, pray tell, is "unsuccessful" about Usagi Yojimbo? At 20+ years, it's by far the strongest continuing comics story I've ever read. No Pulitzer, though, so I guess it's not really a "success".

Suddenly, Rob Liefeld's chesty Captain America doesn't seem that odd.

My left eye - I see what you did there.

"The only person who has really succeeded (recently) with this sort of grown-up visual anthropomorphism is Art Spiegelman"

I take it you've never read Usagi Yojimbo, then?

My left eye always points to magnetic north- Pr-dsmvwlld fr yr plsr?

Moonbat- It's "can’t see the forest for the trees", not through the trees. Now, continue with whatever it may have been you were complaining about.

Moonbat- It's "can’t see the forest for the trees", not through the trees. Now, continue with whatever it may have been you were complaining about.

ill lich-

16 minutes.

I can only imagine how fifth-graders reacted to the water-squirting boobies of the Malaga Cove fountain.

Well, I stopped drinking HFCS soda a couple of years ago, so that's a start. Only the tip of the iceberg, though.

Other luminaries who worked on Turbo Teen include Jim Woodring and Jack Kirby. No foolin'!

OT, but I hate that guy's website. I gave up trying to find his useless (if the picture Mark posted was representative) mousetrap designs. If he designed the site (or even if he just thinks it's a good site design), it kinda makes the utility of everything else he's designed suspect.

So, that means GAY is still available? Somebody needs to snap that one up!

Only the nth example I've seen of a russian site posting a pile of images pilfered from elsewhere. I wonder why that is?

A lot of interesting political ideas have come out of Italy in the past, say, 100 years...

schmod Well, NYC doesn't fare too well in that scenario, but Manhattan seems to be ok.

I wouldn't attack Richard Stallman. He has a sword.

Los Angeles may be in danger, but it doesn't seem to be in that much danger.

"...or I'm a monkey's strumpet!" I'm really going to have to find a way to work that phrase into everyday conversation.

Wow. It makes me sound like an idiot to say this, but I must: LOL, BRICOLOGY, YOU GOT PWNED!!1!11!

IIRC the cable channel Trio was showing unaired pilots for a while, but I'm not sure 'cause I don't get that channel.

Countdown to "rsh ppl r qt nsy"?

I was about to do this myself! Ha!

211234434 "My millennium in Amsterdam..."

You spent a thousand years in Amsterdam?

Wait, so how wide are they?

Q: Did this Sony Bravia ad rip off Kozyndan?

A: Why, yes. Yes it did.

What exactly is "one-of-a-kind" about a '65 Falcon convertible?

#7, #10- Socialists!=National Socialists. National Socialists=Nazis.

#10- White girl FTW. Also Cat and Girl = Best Comic Ever!

You know what kind of wine I like? Beer.

Looks pretty much like what is in use today, except for the size, of course... and the tie!

There seems to be something missing here... like a link of some sort, maybe?

This is nice, but I don't know how much of an improvement it is over the n52. They layout is identical, the only difference seems to be the backlighting, the memory and the "key responsiveness". If the keys really are more responsive, I might get one when the price drops (and it will; I got my n50 for like $12).

OT- C'mon, you guys, get some 2d animation in there! You know you wanna...

"Show looks awesome but those of us without a television set are disappointed content paid for by our tax dollars is not universally available as podcasts."

Maybe the clips available on youtube = the % of the show that was paid for by tax $.

I kept thinking that this was a weird thing, Wired magazine + PBS; but then I realized that this was just the latest of the PBS "Magazine Science" shows! "Discover: The World of Science" with Peter Graves (somehow missing from IMDb) and Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda. It looks great, I'm sorry I forgot it was on...