Artist Julie Dillon is running a Kickstarter campaign for this gorgeous book of fantasy art called Imagined Realms, a book of "positive and diverse illustrations of women in fantasy and science fiction," and we are definitely going to be donating. (via io9)

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On our travels around the internet today, we encountered an Etsy shop called HandmadeStuffs. Its contents are pretty darn cute, and properly hug-sized, too (18 inches tall, we're told). Crafter Jennifer Bennett sews these little guys, and if you ask nicely (with money), she'll make one for you, too. Click through for a selection of her repertoire.

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Okay, the mini-fig faces are cool, but the thumb and pinky take the cake. (via When Geeks Wed)

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Bigshot Toyworks is developing a project called "Friendship is Maddness," so - naturally - they've gone ahead and decided it will feature a Cthulhu/My Little Pony crossover named Maddie. We would prefer not to think the Cthulhu-on-pony action that might have created her.

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Not practical, but oh-so-stylish. Carissa of Carissa Knits doesn't sell these, but she has made the knitting pattern available free of charge on her site. (Fashionably Geek)

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Sacrifice Entertain your child with this giant Cthulu plushie by Etsy seller KfiatekGiftedHands (via: Nerd Approved)

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We found Flying-Fox's costume at Fashionably Geek.

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Well, possibly not all of Oklahoma City. It might just be the land in front of Lesley Rawlinson's restaurant Paseo Grill. The several hundred pound monolith that appeared there is unclearly worded.

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This Vanellope von Schweetz superhero cosplay deserves a medal. Cosplayer Anti Ai-chan's costume is perfect, right down to the cupcake wrapper skirt. Check out the rest of her group of super Disney characters during SDCC. (Photo by Eurobeat Kasumi Photography via io9)

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All we know about the origin of Feminist Yog-Sothoth is that it was created by Dave of Dave You Fool on Tumblr. Witness the being they have summoned to this earthly plane, and join us in horror so deep it becomes trance-like, enthralled madness.

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This amazing Cthulhu mask made by Ian Langhor is enough to make you bow down to the dark god and offer yourself up in sacrifice to his dapper suit. (via Makezine)

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A pair of microbes that help termites digest wood have been identified by researchers at the University of British Columbia. While finding new forms of life is always cool, this one probably wouldn't have caught our eyes if not for one thing -- the researchers who discovered the symbiotic microbes have named them after dread Cthulhu, and therefore earned our undying respect.

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Big damn Avengers. (Gutters via ScansDaily)

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Storied horror writer and really quite mentally ill person H.P. Lovecraft would have been 122 years old today. Yes, much of his catalog may seem verbose, florid, and archaic by today's standards. Lest we forget, yes, he was a racist xenophobe of pretty much the highest conceivable order, but he's also the man who gave us not only the oft-used horror trope of the Necronomicon and the burgeoning cottage industry that is Cthulhu. He's also the man behind the very concept of cosmic horror, because for Lovecraft, the thing in the closet or under the bed wasn't scary enough. The characters in Lovecraft's fiction are under seige by the entire universe. Whole alien species and races of humanoid underdwellers are out to get them, and no one else will buy it until it's too late.

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We're major sucker for con proposals. This weekend at Geek Girl Con (which our own Susana and Jill attended), it was Cierra, who proposed to her boyfriend (now fiancé) Gahan. She proposed with a custom Magic: The Gathering “Rings Of Brightearth” card, the bottom of which said "Will you Marry Me?" (When Geeks Wed)

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An excellent addition to any Female Dwarf Fighter cosplay, I think. (I Heart Chaos)

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If you're a follower of the career of Guillermo del Toro, which we certainly are, from Hellboy to Pan's Labyrinth to his involvement in the very early concept stages of this December's The Hobbit, you might be aware of one of his longest gestating projects, At the Mountains of Madness. Shelved once again in March of last year, the adaptation of the most famous work in of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos, has continually had trouble getting greenlit, as a conceptual horror movie about the ultimately uncomfortable relationship between mankind and the rest of the universe that would require a large budget, big special effects, and an R rating. Wait... that sounds familiar... In fact, all of those things could also apply to Ridley Scott's long awaited return to the Aliens universe, and del Toro feels this makes the market a bit to saturated.

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