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Jimmy Kimmel Challenge: I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present Part 2
Last month, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel sent a challenge out to parents to gift their children terrible presents, film it and submit the results…
Batman in the Style of Dr. Seuss
Australian illustrator DrFaustusAU created this wonderful series of Dr. Seuss-inspired Batman illustrations. We previously wrote about DrFaustusAU’s Dr. Seuss-inspired rendition of The Call of Cthulhu,…
Tumblr Fan Mail, A New Interblog Messaging Service for Tumblr Users
Tumblr founder and CEO, David Karp, recently announced on the Tumblr Staff Blog that a new private interblog messaging service called Fan Mail will be…
A Look Back at Laughing Squid Readers In 2011 via Google Analytics
2011 was the biggest year yet for Laughing Squid. And by biggest, I mean we had the largest number of visitors in the blog’s history.…
The Little Book and The Big Poster Book of Hindu Deities
Pixar animator and storyboard artist Sanjay Patel colorfully chronicles the most significant gods and goddesses of Hindu mythology in his 2006 book, The Little Book…
The Creation of a 1992 National Geographic Cover Story
A fascinating video from 1992 shows how a National Geographic magazine story was put together in the time before digital photography.
1990’s Film Alphabet, Poster That Quizzes Your 1990s Movie Knowledge
Recently we posted the 1980’s Film Alphabet from designer Stephen Wildish that tested your 1980s movie knowledge. Now he has created a 1990’s Film Alphabet…
The Zen Of Steve Jobs, A Graphic Novel That Reimagines Jobs’ Relationship With Zen Buddhist Priest
The Zen Of Steve Jobs is an 80-page graphic novel authored by Caleb Melby that tells the reimagined story of Jobs’ relationship with Zen Buddhist…
Dexter Blood Splattered Beverage Coasters
Fans of Showtime’s television crime drama about a serial-killing forensics expert, Dexter, will certainly appreciate the officially licensed Dexter Blood Splattered Coasters available at ThinkGeek.…
Stealth Mountain, A Twitter Bot That Corrects Misuse of “Sneak Peak”
@StealthMountain ; Get The Fuck Out My Mentions Damnit — Kam P. Ford (@Oo_Kam_oO) January 4, 2012 @StealthMountain IM HIGH FUCK YOU. — SHE MUST…