I was given some Green Lantern cufflinks as a gift and I still get a kick out of the secret geek they represent. It’s rare that I need to be suited and booted but when it happens I’m clearly out of my geeky comfort zone. Being able to smuggle in something that’s both classy and […]
Superheroes – Dragon Ball Z style
It’s a long time fan debate; who would win a fight – Goku or Superman? Can’t say it’s ever a fight that engaged myself as the universes the two heroes live in are so different. That’s a problem artistic director Pierre-Marie Lenoir has solved. The French illustrator has fused Dragon Ball Z together with some […]
Tiny pixel heroes; Avengers, He-Man and Adventure Time
James Boorman is a talented character artist who has been able to take dozens of superheroes, He-Man characters and even Adventure Time into pixel art. Each of these pixel heroes have been created on a 25×25 grid. There’s more colour here than early computer game designers had but that goes to show how clever Boorman […]
16 clever dogs of the Marvel Universe
Josh Lynch is a creative director and freelance illustrator. He shared this collection of “DOTMU: Dogs of the Marvel Universe” to his public gallery at Behance and you should take a look. I think Punisher pug is my favourite. Which is yours?
3 Spider-Women
It’s high time we cycled back to look at old favourite Robby Cook. In this piece he’s treated us to three different Spider-Women. We’ve Silk on the left, Spider Gwen in the middle and Jessica Drew as Spider Woman on the right. Like it? This illustration will be part of his next show in May. […]
20 best mashup costumes at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con
There are hundreds, if not thousands of costumes at the San Diego Comic Con, so standing out can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. While some folks go for incredible quality and detail, others recognize that a little creativity goes a long way when it comes to getting noticed and mashing together two different […]
Superhero Week: The Amazing SpiderDad
This Spider-man fan-film is lovely. It’s a tribute by Mike Wilson to his son Jayden who sadly died from a Grade 4, brain stem tumor. Mike Wilson is a parkour pro and money raised from ads on this video go to the charity Naomi House. If you want to donate extra money then pop over […]
What if superheroes had part time jobs?
Artist Chow Hon Lam has a great series of illustrations exploring funny part time jobs for superheroes and geek culture figures. There’s a sample below and you can see the rest over at the official collection. I also recommend checking out the store at Flying Mouse 365 where you can pick up many of these […]
Spider-man joins the Marvel cinema universe, Andrew Garfield is out
Spider-man is a Marvel hero who, in comic book land, has helped the Avengers and the Fantastic Four plenty of times. In movie land Sony Pictures has the rights to Spider-man and hadn’t been willing to let such a lucrative hero go. Until now. The deal struck between Sony and Marvel means that Spider-man will […]
Sometimes geeks have to improvise their household decoration
Ooops! That’s not the Iron Man I know. Shared to Imgur by buy Redditor HotDog804 this image shows three superhero word art posters lined up with a model of each superhero. Kinda. Sorta. This blogger rather liked the posters and successfully traced them to Kirkland’s (Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man) and found plenty of other superhero […]
