Draw Homer, the Simpsons Drawing Club and the Bartkira Covers
1) The Simpsons Drawing Club: „A place where a group of close friends in the UK have come together to draw simpsons characters.“
2) Draw Homer: „[…] is an art project of world domination. We want the very best artists from all over the globe to draw Homer. Our ultimate goal is to have Matt Groening himself drawing one.“
3) Ich verfolge das Bartkira-Projekt auf Tumblr so nebenbei und schau’ da immer wieder mal rein und seit meinem ersten Posting darüber sind da so einige tolle Zeichnungen und Comic-Remix-Seiten aufgetaucht, dass ich mir da wegen der Awesomeness nur noch sehr wenige Sorgen mache. Die Cover der Bartkira-Comics – die 4! – von Arambulo gibt’s nach dem Klick: Gib mir den Rest, Baby…
The Simpsons’ Breaking Bad-Intro
Youtube Direktheisenberg, via Bleeding Cool
Der Breaking Bad-Couch Gag aus der Simpsons-Folge an diesem Wochenende. Hier die Montage aus der Serie, auf die sich die Szene bezieht.
Bartkira: Neo-Springfield is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.!
Grandiose Idee von Ryan Humphrey und Harvey James, die das Bartkira-Projekt auf Tumblr angezettelt haben: Ein Remix der kompletten Ausgabe von Katsuhiro Otomos Akira mit Charakteren aus den Simpsons von 468 Teilnehmern. Mit ungefähr 2000 Seiten haben sie da ‘ne Menge zu tun, das Werk soll bis zum 24. Mai fertig werden.
Leider sind die Zeichnungen insgesamt bis jetzt eher… schwierig, um’s mal diplomatisch zu formulieren und das Wort „scheiße“ zu vermeiden (die Seiten oben sind mit die besten, bis jetzt jedenfalls), aber das lässt sich bei einem Amateur-Projekt diesen Ausmaßes wohl nicht vermeiden – und die Idee bleibt immer noch fantastisch.
Verfolgen kann man das Projekt unter dem Tumblr-Tag Bartkira, seinen Ursprung hatte Bartkira mit einer ziemlich hässlichen Serie von Zeichnungen von Ryan Humphrey, hier die Charaktere. (via The Fox is black)
Bart Simpson goes to Judge Burns:
And then this happened: „A man called Bart Simpson has appeared before a judge called Mr. Burns. Company Director Barton Simpson, 56, denies possessing a prohibited firearm at Birmingham airport on May 31 last year.“
Ron Englishs Skull-Grin Bart Simpson
Ron English hat ein Bart Simpson-Toy (via Laughing Squid) entworfen und weil ich Ron Englishs Toys in letzter Zeit sträflich vernachlässigt hab’, hier in einer kleinen Galerie sein Supersized Ronald McDonald, Andy Warhol-Skull, Smiley Grin und sein Fat Tony. Kann man alles in seinem Shop kaufen.
Frank Zappas Simpsons-Theme
Hier das unbenutzte Zappa-Radiojingle für ‘nen Elektrorasierer, das auf dem Tape war, das Matt Groening damals Danny Elfman gab, als der das Simpsons-Theme schreiben sollte. Von Dangerous Minds:
When Matt Groening hired Danny Elfman to write the theme for The Simpsons, he gave him a mixed tape of songs that he wanted the music to sound like: The theme from The Jetsons, some of Esquivel’s “space age bachelor-pad music,” a teach-your-parrot-to-talk record, selections from Nino Rota’s Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack and this unused Frank Zappa-produced radio commercial for Remington electric shavers that features the vocal stylings of none other than a young Linda Ronstadt. […]
According to legend, after giving the tape several listens Elfman told Groening, “I know exactly what you’re looking for!”
Buddha Homer Vinyl-Toy
Kommt im September von Kid Robot: Homer als Buddha aus der Goo Goo Gai Pan-Folge, in der Selma ein Kind aus China adoptieren will.
Long ears signify past wealth, a big head represents the disconnection between mind and body, a tuft of hair symbolizes great inner wisdom, and a giant fried dough topped with pink frosting and rainbow jimmies equals deliciousness.
With a pretzel in one hand, and beads in another, Homer passes down the oral tradition of donut eating. From THE SIMPSONS and Kidrobot comes Homer Buddha in 7-inch vinyl, inspired by THE SIMPSONS episode “Goo Gai Pan,” in which Homer poses as Buddha to gain entry into an orphanage in China.
The Simpsons Zombie-Parody set to Night of the Living Dead-Trailer
YT-User One Minute Galactica hat die Zombie-Parodie der Simpsons zur Audiospur des Originaltrailers zu Night of the Living Dead geschnitten. Passt.
Simpsons Couchgag by John Kricfalusi
(Youtube Direktstimpy, via Laughing Squid)
John Kricfalusi hat in den Neunzigern die wohl neben den Simpsons einflussreichste Cartoonserie geschaffen: Ren & Stimpy. Der Mann ist ansonsten vor allem für seine Tiraden gegen die Simpsons und andere Cartoons bekannt. Deshalb ist es ein tatsächlich ziemliches WTF, dass genau er den gestrigen Couchgag für die Simpsons animiert hat. Auf seinem Blog hat er ein paar Zeichnungen zum Intro gepostet.
[update] Cartoon Brew hat ein Interview mit Kricfalusi: John K. Talks about his “Simpsons” Opening
Simpsons Skatedecks
Matt Groening hat für Santa Cruz ein paar Skatedecks gestaltet: Simpsons Cruzer. (via Notcot)
Bookmarks for July 18th: iPhone Fireflies, Dune without Dialoge, Free Running in Gaza
Fireflies HD | crowdflow blog: The following videos show the movement of 880 iPhones in Europe in April 2011.
The story of 15 Second Copy for the C-64 « pagetable.com
The story of FCopy for the C-64 « pagetable.com
The Complete History Of Video Games On "The Simpsons" | Complex
AnonPlus – The Anonymous Social Networking Site.
Dune with no dialog – Boing Boing
A complete guide to the planets’ birthdays
This Is War: Watch the Libyan Revolution Explode through the Lens of a Helmet Cam — Part 4
Archive Gallery: Early Visions of Human Spaceflight | Popular Science
Ken Reid – World Wide Weirdies (1970′s): Ken Reid's "World Wide Weirdies" series was originally published in the comic Whoopee!
Visual.ly | Infographics & Visualizations: Infographics and data visualizations are shifting the way people find and experience stories, creating a new way of seeing the world of data. They help communicate complex ideas in a clear, compact and beautiful way, taking deep data and presenting it in visual shorthand. We’ve collected the best examples on the web and gathered them for you to reference, share, and enjoy.
The Final Image: This film blog is a collection of screenshots of the final thought, le mise-en-scene finale, or the final shot of films I've seen.
Little Annie Fanny – Episodes 18-21 ~ Playboy January-July/1965: Artwork by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Russ Heath and Frank Frazetta
A Geek’s Journal-1976: What if there had been blogs in 1976? I would most definitely have had one and this might well have been it. This blog is based on my actual journal kept in 1976.
HARREY PODDER: Say the Magic Word – YouTube: What would happen in the Harry Potter world if their spells didn't quite go the way they meant them to? Take a look and see.
Study Shows Parrot Parents Name Their Children | Geekosystem: Each parrot has its own signature call that others use to address it, which is the parrot equivalent of having a name. But where do these “names” come from? New research has shown that just like with human babies, parrot parents name their offspring, even before the babies can communicate themselves.
Sex-Ed DVD Selling Fast in Iran – The Daily Beast: Iran’s first-ever sex-education DVD is wildly popular. Babak Dehghanpisheh writes that the film’s success reveals a thirst for information inside the Islamic republic.
Free Running Gaza – Artscape – Al Jazeera English: Two young Palestinians embrace an art form and athletic discipline that offers an escape from life under occupation.
See something or say something – a set on Flickr: Where people post geotagged photos to Flickr from and geotagged tweets to Twitter from.
Study: why bother to remember when you can just use Google?: In the age of Google and Wikipedia, an almost unlimited amount of information is available at our fingertips, and with the rise of smartphones, many of us have nonstop access. The potential to find almost any piece of information in seconds is beneficial, but is this ability actually negatively impacting our memory? The authors of a paper that is being released by Science Express describe four experiments testing this. Based on their results, people are recalling information less, and instead can remember where to find the information they have forgotten.
Bookmarks for Juli 4th: Downhill Skateboarding, Stickers, Portal 2 Cosplay
YouTube – Downhill Skateboarding: 2011 Santa Barbara Slide Jam
Terrific documentary on Rough Trade Records
Kutiman by Kutiman on SoundCloud: „my first album from 2007“
After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet | Popular Science: Humanity may have millennia to find a new home in the universe–or just a few years
All kinds of stickers! – a set on Flickr: Bumper stickers, Hallmark stickers, promo stickers of all kinds. Mostly vintage stuff from the 70's and 80's, though I have a fair selection that's more recent.
Awesome Portal 2 Cosplay
3D display using a kinect – Hack a Day
How To Make a Tornado of Fire Out of Household Items
WARBIRDS OF MARS by Doc and Kane: A thrilling, neo-pulp/noir SciFi Webcomic
Hobo Lobo of Hamelin: A wonderfully crafted and designed illustrated book for the digital age.
TARDIS: Time and Relative Dimension in Soap
Springfield Punx: Doctor Who (Tennant) Wallpaper
atelier ted noten: lady killer vol. 1 for laikingland: poking a sturdy robotic finger in the face of conformity is 'lady killer vol.1', an unconventional jewelry box by atelier ted notenin collaboration with laikingland.
John Houck | iGNANT: Mittels selbst geschriebener Software generiert John Houck die höchst mögliche Anzahl an Kombinationen eines rasterförmigen Musters und druckt dies als Kontaktabzug auf Fotopapier. Dem Moment des mathematischen Konstruierens folgt der physische Eingriff. Immer und immer wieder werden dem Blatt Falten zugefügt, um es dann abzufotografieren, zu falten, abzufotografieren. Als Resultat offenbart sich der deutliche Verweis zu den Grundlagen der digitalen Fotografie: Eine von Fehlern durchsetzte Rastergrafik.
Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of AI | Tor.com: Recently, Peter Norvig, Google’s Director of Research and co-author of the most popular artificial intelligence textbook in the world, wrote a webpage extensively criticizing Noam Chomsky. Their disagreement points to a revolution in artificial intelligence that, like many revolutions, threatens to destroy as much as it improves. Chomsky, one of the old guard, wishes for an elegant theory of intelligence and language that looks past human fallibility to try to see simple structure underneath. Norvig, meanwhile, represents the new philosophy: truth by statistics, and simplicity be damned. Disillusioned with simple models, or even Chomsky’s relatively complex models, Norvig has of late been arguing that with enough data, attempting to fit any simple model at all is pointless. The disagreement between the two men points to how the rise of the Internet poses the same challenge to artificial intelligence that it has to human intelligence: why learn anything when you can look it up?
A Review of the Simpsons Porn-Parody
Splitsider hat ein Review der Simpsons Porn-Parody. Essential Must-Read of the day.
The Simpsons porn parody hits us with the plot right up top, which was a little disconcerting (I like to WORK for my porn plots) but mostly just refreshing. The film begins with a covert hand-off where Homer receives a single glazed donut in exchange for a sex “tap” that he made with Marge. Which is important, because it tells us that someone on the set of The Simpsons porn parody does not know how to spell “tape.”
From there, we dive right in to the “tap” itself, presumably watching it in real time. Throughout the film, quick static interstitials act as transitions, a neat little trick that adorably tries to maintain the illusion of this being a home video despite the use of dozens of camera angles.
In the first scene we meet Marge (they don’t even bother with parody names in this one), played by an impressively committed Andy San Dimas. She has Marge’s laugh on lock, works in the rasp, and never breaks character (predictably, Marge getting off sounds like Patty/Selma). […] What follows is a pretty standard POV blowj punctuated by off-screen Homer drools, murmurs, and occasional “ooo!”s, which are never not weird. However, the guy voicing Homer/playing Homer’s penis does a phenomenal Homer impression. To the point where for the first ten minutes I thought they might be using actual audio from the show. Then I realized that even in 22 seasons they would have had trouble finding a suitable response to “You like the way I suck your cock, Homey?”
Homer then gets distracted by a television behind Marge, which is playing McBain: The (apparently Made For TV) Porn Parody. A parody within a parody, how Inception of them. We then somehow, even though this is a home video, cut to that scene. Oh well.
The McBain sex scene starts with so much plot that it’s hilarious. McBain (a solid impression from Evan Stone) is in a stand-off with a very poorly cast but excellently referenced Mendoza. There’s also a random girl named Nancy there? And McBain’s mad because Mendoza stole plutonium or something? Not sure. What I am sure about is that Lee Roy is a big fan of McBain references. I’d even go so far as to say he probably saw that YouTube video once.
And thennnnn McBain shoots Mendoza (wrong) and to celebrate whips out his enormous penis. Enormous. Like, imagine how cartoonishly huge the character McBain’s penis probably is, and then that. It honestly ruined the entire scene for me because I was just worried about Nancy’s insides. At one point they’re having sex at such an angle that there is literally nowhere for his penis to go. It has to be going up into her leg. Also ruining the scene for me, this line: McBain: “McBain’s big balls are going to slap on your ass.” Neat.
We then cut back to Marge and Homer, where Marge is nervous to show her goods to the camera because someone might come in. Cue Flanders!
Flanders: (entering) Howdily doodily.
Homer: (O.S.) Flanders, get out!
Flanders: (exiting) Okily dokily.I prayed to the gods of porn parody that this would be the only time we saw Flanders for the entire movie, and they answered my prayers. A totally unnecessary second-long inclusion of Flanders. I loved it.
It Was All Yellow: Reviewing the Simpsons Porn Parody (via The Awl)
