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Powerful Comic Book Superheroes With Progressive Redesigns by Dorkly
New York artist Angelica Bamundo and Canadian writer Nick Ross worked together as they gave a group of powerful comic book superheroes progressive redesigns for…
Chinese Fruit Vendors Are Selling Peaches That Are Clad in Tiny Women’s Underwear
photo via freeweibo.com Chinese blogs are reporting that enterprising fruit sellers in China are capitalizing on the butt-like form of peaches by dressing them in…
Stephen Colbert Answers Life Questions From Teenage Girls
Stephen Colbert recently answered a series of life questions from teenage girls as part of Rookie’s “Ask a Grown” series. Colbert fielded questions like whether…
The TSA’s Instagram Account Catalogs the Bizarre and Dangerous Items Seized at Airports
A throwing star with six folding blades discovered in a passenger’s carry-on bag at the Las Vegas airport. In addition to documenting the day-to-day operations…
Host John Oliver Discusses Native Advertising on ‘Last Week Tonight’
Host John Oliver discussed native advertising on a recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Oliver comes back again and again to the…
A Movie Trailer for the ‘Harry Potter’ Film Series Edited in the Style of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’
Bradford, UK-based film critic Ross Thompson of The Unusual Suspect has created a movie trailer for the Harry Potter film series that’s edited in the…
Man Sings the Original ‘Halo’ Video Game Theme Song in an Empty Chapel in Switzerland
Ryan Williams recently uploaded a video of Max Newman singing the beginning of the original Halo video game theme song in an empty chapel the…
Artist Restores and Repaints an Antique Chair With Finn & Jake From the Television Series ‘Adventure Time’
Artist and redditor reallylovely acquired an antique chair, restored it, and then repainted it with characters from Adventure Time. She really tied the piece together…
Los Angeles Man Takes a Stunning Shot of a Hawaiian Beach by Tossing a GoPro Camera Into the Air
Nathaniel Jude, a Los Angeles-based reddit user, tossed his GoPro 10 feet up into the air to snap a truly stunning shot of a beach…
Storytime, Joey Spiotto’s Solo Art Show of Pop Culture Drawn as Little Golden Books at Gallery1988
Storytime is a solo art show by artist Joey Spiotto at Gallery1988 (East) in Los Angeles featuring his drawings imagining pop culture movies, video games,…