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A nice day at the beach with the Fail Whale and some Tumbeasts

A nice day at the beach with the Fail Whale and some Tumbeasts

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1 February 2011
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Last week was crazy apeshit bananas. First, I launched my State of the Web comic where I requested that Tumblr used my TumblBeasts as a down time mascot. Four hours later I got an email from the founder of Tumblr, and subsequently my TumblBeasts became the new Tumblr 503 error page. They renamed them from TumblBeasts to Tumbeasts (I preferred TumblBeasts) and they now stand as the face of server failure on the Tumblr network.

After that, it got picked up by ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, Business Insider, and CNN. Crazy apeshit bananas?

I THINK YES!

It is a most joyous day to be a cartoonist — via The Oatmeal

Zombie Octopus

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31 January 2011
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So tonight after finishing my painted Skully & Crossbones on Livestream, I still felt like creating something. I invited the people watching to come up with something cool and I would paint it. They asked for a zombie octopus wearing a Shaun of The Dead shirt. So here we go! Killamari I think they called it?!

Thanks for those of you who were hanging out, and sorry to those who couldn’t get in because it was full. I believe that will be fixed soon.

If you feel like sitting through about 2+ hours of it, you can see it here in two parts — via sirmitchell

Mark Landis, Prolific Art Forger

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23 January 2011
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Mr Landis — often under his own name, though more recently as Father Scott or as a collector named Steven Gardiner — has indeed done a lot of traveling over the past two decades, but not for the church. He has been one of the most prolific forgers American museums have encountered in years, writing, calling and presenting himself at their doors, where he tells well-concocted stories about his family’s collection and donates small, expertly faked works, sometimes in honor of nonexistent relatives.

Unlike most forgers, he does not seem to be in it for the money, but for a kind of satisfaction at seeing his works accepted as authentic. He takes nothing more in return for them than an occasional lunch or a few tchotchkes from the gift shop. He turns down tax write-off forms, and it’s unclear whether he has broken any laws. But his activities have nonetheless cost museums, which have had to pay for analysis of the works, for research to figure out if more of his fakes are hiding in their collections and for legal advice. (The Hilliard said it discovered the forgery within hours, using a microscope to find a printed template beneath the paint) — via redwolf.newsvine.com

‘Mr Octopus’ from Ript Apparel

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21 January 2011
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This dapper fellow is only available for three more hours! So, if you want a shirt featuring a moustachioed and bemonocled cephalopod for only $10—AND WHO DOESN’T?!?—you need to act fast! This is the first shirt from Ript Apparel that I’ve featured, and I don’t know much about them. They appear to use the TeeFury model—a new shirt every day, available for just that day — via Indie Squid Kid

Lori Nix’s Dioramas

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16 January 2011
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I’m blown away by Lori Nix‘s post-Apocalyptic diorama photographs. Her Unnatural History> series, which shows a natural history museum askew, is also fabulous. She builds each diorama from scratch over about seven months and then spends up to three weeks perfecting the lighting and placement of the props. I love this quote from her FAQ: I have miniature power tools throughout the apartment, a chop saw under the kitchen table, a miniature table saw on top — via CRAFT

Ruby Red Octopus and Clear Hand Blown Glass / andromedaglass

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1 January 2011
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Octopus and Clear Hand Blown Sherlock Glass Tobacco Pipe. The Octopus is made from solid Ruby Red and lampwork on the tobacco pipe. Mouth piece is made from the same color. Carb is on the left side hidden in the Octopus tentacle. The Octopus head is the finger rest. We use a lot of the expensive color but it shows in the final product — via Etsy

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