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Groty, Casey Weldon Solo Art Show at Gallery1988

Gallery1988 in Venice is hosting Groty, the first Los Angeles solo show for artist Casey Weldon. The opening reception is December 8, 2011 from 7:00…

Marc Maron WTF Poster by Coop

Coop created an awesome poster for the recent Marc Maron WTF show at Neptune Theatre in Seattle (print order info).

The Giant Salmon of Antarctica

Scientist and friend of Laughing Squid Sandwich Girl recently discovered giant salmon at Cape Evans in Antarctica. The new species is very similar to the…

Self Pop Tart, Self Portraits Where Cameras are Swapped for Pop Tarts

Self Pop Tart is a site which allows users to submit a self portrait after replacing the camera in the image with a pop tart.…

500 Portraits by Tony Millionaire

500 Portraits is the latest book from cartoonist Tony Millionaire which captures 500 portraits from his two decade career as a professional illustrator. Publisher Fantagraphics…

Nonsense Shopping List Prank

Greg Benson and Ryan Smith of Mediocre Films wrote nonsense shopping lists for each other and then tried asking store employees for the items at…

Improv Everywhere Presents No Pants Subway Ride 2012

Improv Everywhere has just announced that Sunday, January 8th will be the date for this year’s No Pants Subway Ride in New York City. You…

Chromatic Typewriter, A Modified Typewriter That Prints Colors

“Chromatic Typewriter” by artist Tyree Callahan is a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter modified to print colors rather than letters. The typewriter is an entry in…

Cello Wars, A Star Wars Parody Lightsaber Duel

Cello Wars is a fun video from The Piano Guys where cellist Steven Sharp Nelson plays music from Star Wars in two dueling roles, both…