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WAR-TOYS Project Needs Support to Continue Documenting Children Making Art in War Zones
Brian McCarty has begun a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to help continue his WAR-TOYS effort in the Middle East.
Beyond Earth, Minimalist Posters of the Planets by Stephen Di Donato
“Beyond Earth” by Canadian designer Stephen Di Donato is a beautiful minimalist poster series featuring the planets of the Solar System. The posters are available…
Artist Jason Heuser Creates Alternate Bad-Ass United States History
The illustrated artwork of Jason Heuser creates an alternate historical reality where famous figures in United States history are total bad-asses. Limited prints of his…
Springfield Historical Society Explains The Simpsons Real-World History
The Springfield Historical Society @ mcgarnagle.com is a website that ties together the real-world references and history behind episodes of long-running animated television series, The…
God’s Eye View, A Supercut of Straight Down Shots in Movies
God’s Eye View is a supercut by Brian Carroll featuring straight down shots in films. This type of shot is commonly referred to as a…
Milk & Cookies, Morphing Video of Undulating Breakfast Foods
The filmmaker behind The King of Legoland, French web designer Micaël Reynaud, also created Milk & Cookies, a short silent morphing video of undulating…
Music Video of the Sights and Sounds of a Film Studio
“Soundlapse” is a music video created from the sights and sounds of a film production studio. The video is by Chicago-based filmmakers Mark Pallman and…
The Current and Vintage Comic Stylings of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
These days Jerry Stiller is best known for playing Frank Costanza on Seinfeld (and following that with a similar supporting role on The King of…
ParaNorman, 3D Stop-Motion Animated Zombie Comedy Feature Film
ParaNorman is an upcoming animated feature film about “a misunderstood boy who can speak with the dead takes on ghosts, zombies and, worst of…
How Much Does The Internet Weigh?
Vsauce explores the answer to the question How Much Does The Internet Weigh?