Keeping with the internet rule that everything must have a cat counterpart, artist Jenny Parks has taken it upon herself to render our favorite superheroes in feline form.

Yes, that’s the Catvengers you see above, but she also has variants of Spider-Cat and the Batcat and Banecat below. She even has a Daryl Dixon Cat. I guess he’s technically not a superhero, but he’s pretty damn close. Check out the rest of the kitties below: Continue Reading »

What if Buzz Lightyear’s greatest dream came true, and he no longer was just a mere toy? What if he was a Space Ranger, exploring the galaxy fighting aliens and saving the day? Well, he just might look something like this.

This is DeviantArtist DanLuVisiArt’s interpretation of Buzz as a real-life hero, and it’s a pretty fantastic rendition if I do say so myself. Further research turned up a badass-ified version of EVE from Wall-E as well that you might want to take a look at.

[via Geekologie]

This is one of those days where I’m simply in awe of the artist I’ve featured. It’s not for his raw talent this time, though I do like his animation style, rather it’s the sheer SCOPE of his work.

His name is Тхе Мичо, and I’m not sure what language that is. Russian? Anyway, he set out with the lofty goal of drawing a portrait of every character from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Series. EVERY character, meaning if they have a name a vague description, they’re included in this list.

The grand total I believe is over three HUNDRED portraits of characters both major and minor, and it really is truly astonishing both how many characters Martin created, and how this guy was able to hunt them all down and draw them all, animals included.

Check out some of the more well known favorites below (all are inspired by the book, not the show), and you can see the rest of the collection here. Beware, you may run into as spoiler or two along the way.

Thanks to Jeremy for sending this in. Continue Reading »

Unlike some people on this site (cough, Nick Verboon), I’m a big fan of Anita Sarkeesian and her in-progress video series about how women are portrayed in games. Similarly, I loved the Hawkeye Initiative which aimed to point out the absurdity in the posing and costuming of female comic book characters.

But even I have to draw the line somewhere, and this latest Disney-related controversy has me scratching my head. It’s a result of the above image, where the Merida on the right was posted to the Disney Princess website, given a slight makeover to look a little more like the other princesses. Namely, more sparkles.

Then it turned into a…thing, somehow. With people saying that this new “sexy” Merida was offensive to the central character of the original film, and even the director of the film spoke out about it.

Maybe it’s just because I’m more familiar with “sexy” Disney Princess art looking like this, but I think calling this Merida makeover scandalous is a stretch beyond plausibility. It simply looks like a different animation style to me. She has what, maybe slightly thicker eyelashes? A waist cinched in maybe another inch at the most? And…sparkles? I really don’t understand how this redesign is “objectifying” her character. If they’d morphed her into something like this, I’d get it, but I just don’t see the issue here. They were simply trying to make her match the aesthetic of the other princess designs on the site, and I have a hunch if that her dress was simply the right color, this wouldn’t even have turned into a controversy.

I’m all for calling out objectification where it exists in pop culture (and it ‘s everywhere), but I just don’t see it here.

I’m far too young to have actually listened to any of these artists back when they were actually popular, but I’m proud of my self I at least know who five out of the seven are. And I don’t even like music!

The art comes from Butcher Billy, who I think we’ve featured here before. He calls the series the “Post-Punk/New Wave Superfriends” and explains what inspired the series:

“As a child of the 80′s I was heavily influenced by everything from saturday morning cartoons on TV to the music coming from the radio. Ian Curtis or Johnny Rotten are as iconic to me as Superman or Batman. Real people or imaginary characters, the incorruptible ideals of perfect superheroes or the human flaws and desires sometimes so desperately depicted in song lyrics – all of those influences affect us to the point of defining our character and personality, career paths and life choices.”

If I did this, it would be like Fred Durst, Tom Delonge and Britney Spears as The Avengers. Oh, the late ’90s. See more of the series below: Continue Reading »

I’ve recently stumbled upon a new tumblr by Azad Injejikian called “Comics of Ice and Fire” which is exactly what it sounds like. He’s started a new comic series based on Game of Thrones, and often drafts jokes from very, very recent episodes. I always thought Game of Thrones could use a good webcomic, and this is the best one I’ve seen by far.

I was going to feature all my favorite comics here, but I hat when people rehost webcomics, so just go to his site here and check them out for yourself.

Update: Whoops, the above image was actually taken from a reblog by the site, and isn’t from the same artist. That would be Kendra P. Badass though.

It’s always fun discovering new and talented artists for the site here, but I can’t remember the last time I found one with a style as…memorable as Patricio Betteo here.

I don’t know enough about art to actually classify this, but it reminds me of a few famous abstract-ish paintings I’ve seen before, with a bit of Salvador Dali thrown in for good measure.

Betteo’s work has spanned mostly comic book superheroes from Batman to Wolverine to Hellboy, and you should check out some of his best stuff below: Continue Reading »

Kit Harington, known to most as Jon Snow, was at a Leafs game recently, where he was known to even the producers as Jon Snow. This is a real graphic they put up onscreen, and it makes me exceedingly happy.

I thought he was actually shaking his fist in mock anger at the classification, but my finely-tuned lip-reading skill tell me that he’s actually just saying “Go Leafs, go!” which is less funny. Still, this is amazing.

I’m glad Jack Gleeson (Joffrey) wasn’t there. I can’t even imagine what sort of things they might have said about him.

[via 2zday]

I don’t know what possessed someone to redesign the cast of BioShock Infinite as cats, but I’m sure as hell glad they did. I love the internet, I really do.

That’s really all there is to say on this matter. Check out Booker Cat and Elizabeth Cat below. Sorry no Songbird. A giant metal cat ate it.

Have you seriously not played this game yet? Shame on you. Continue Reading »

Fun fact: A long, long time ago, one of my first internet writing gigs was working for an automotive website. I used to be REALLY into cars, and was thinking about a career in automotive journalism. Welllllll, I was eventually fired, and now I write about Pokemon and Disney Princesses instead. Just kidding, my life is awesome.

Anyway, I thought I’d go back to my automotive glory days just for a singular post her, even if we never, ever featured cars. But I am something of a futurist, so when a car comes out that looks cooler than anything I’ve ever seen in a sci-fi movie, that’s just right up my alley.

This is the Lamborghini Egoista, a one of a kind concept that only seats one, crafted for the companies 50th anniversary. I love how it even has “Egoist” in the name, Lamborghini knows how ridiculous they’re being with this, but who cares? Supercars are supposed to be ridiculous. Check out a gallery of the car below. Continue Reading »

I guess there’s some controversy about a new all-girl X-Men comic that apparently guys don’t like because well, I don’t know. There’s no one to project themselves onto? Comic book nerds are confusing some time.

Anyway, inspired by that recent development comes this whimsical piece of art from Skottie Young showing the girls with their own “No Boys Allowed” tree fort build over the skull of a Sentinel. I don’t think the actual comic is this adorable, but I’d actually rather see this in action, I think.

[via NerdApproved]