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Cosplay Don’ts for Daleks

by Susana Polo | 10:14 am, June 19th, 2013

Don’t dress as the Doctor. I mean, not because you’ll be exterminated, but because nobody will recognize you. Because Clara deleted everything about him from the Dalek’s core… server… data… something.

Painted Memes Are a Classy Look Back at Internet Comedy

by Brooke Jaffe | 3:30 pm, June 18th, 2013

Memes are a modern art form. I don’t mean that in the sense of spilled soup cans displayed at the MoMA or Marina Abromovic staring people in the face for hours on end (though if that art is your cup of tea, power to you), but rather I mean it in the sense that it is a medium that is thoroughly linked to the current internet culture.

So it only makes sense that Laura Kaelin would make a Tumblr full of memes rendered as actual works of art– in full painted-on-canvas glory. Her blog is called Bejameme. Kaelin named her blog for Walter Benjamin: the German author of “The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, a commentary penned in 1936 about the dawn of photography and how it would affect the art world. Considering the concept of her project, the name could not be more apt.

Art Show Combines The Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time, Fraggle Rock, and More With Classic Album Covers

by Rebecca Pahle | 3:30 pm, June 17th, 2013

Unless you live in Spain you won’t be able to see Cover to Cover, an exhibit currently on display at Madrid’s Susanita’s Little Gallery, in person. But hey, that’s what the Internet is for. You can check out some of our favorites behind the cut and then, should your children’s TV-loving heart wish it, head over yonder for the rest.

(via: io9)

Star Trek Art Show Spans Galaxies, Generations, & Genetics

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:30 pm, June 15th, 2013

When you think of art galleries in Paris, you don’t usually expect to see works depicting Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek. But Le Dernier Bar Avant la Fin du Monde is doing just that. Take a look at what artists have come up with from classic Trek to Star Trek Into Darkness.

Game of Thrones Characters Somehow Become More Awesome Thanks to Character Prints by Adam Spizak

by Isabella Kapur | 12:10 pm, June 13th, 2013

Artist Adam Spizak has created three intense character posters for some of our favorite Game of Thrones characters, complete with references to their house sigils and mottos. Look closely at the images to find other characters in the ice and flames. Visit Spizak’s website to see more pop culture work, from prints based on The Walking Dead to Breaking Bad. Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister can be seen glowering after the jump.

The Dino-DNA Art Show Honors Jurassic Park’s 20th Anniversary

by Isabella Kapur | 3:30 pm, June 12th, 2013

Technically, yesterday was the 20 year anniversary of Jurassic Park, so today is not the best day to be posting this, but ”life finds a way”! Dino-DNA is a new, online Jurassic Park tribute show curated by Chogrin. Click on to enjoy more dinosaurs, men with big dreams, and screaming children.

The Foul-Mouthed Harry Potter Learning Alphabet, For Your Foul-Mouthed Child Needs

by Susana Polo | 10:19 am, June 12th, 2013

Kayla created this Harry Potter alphabet, and the world is better for it.

Today’s Google Doodle Was Drawn by Sabrina Brady

by Susana Polo | 12:08 pm, May 23rd, 2013

Sabrina Brady, a American 12th-grader, is the winner of the 2013 Doodle 4 Google contest, which was based on the theme of (you might want to get some tissues handy) “My Best Day Ever.” It depicts the day her dad came back from from an eighteen-month deployment in Iraq.

Sabrina wins her drawing on the most visited site in the world, a $30,000 college scholarship, ~~and our tears~~ No, there’s just something in my eye!

(via Entertainment Weekly.)

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Every Star Trek Crew Runs In This Beautiful Print

by Susana Polo | 4:35 pm, May 7th, 2013

Paige Carpenter‘s rendering of the crews of Star Trek, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Star Trek (2009) are easily recognizable despite their reduction to silhouette, using almost nothing but those iconic dashes of red, yellow, and blue. I chose to feature the Voyager one here because that’s the series I’m watching right now, so there. You can see the whole print, perfectly titled “Away Mission,” and buy it as a shirt, hoodie, or tote at her Society 6 page.

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