Heartbreakingly Awesome Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon that Won’t Happen

Ugly Americans animator Adam Brown made this test footage, dreaming of a show that likely can never be, due in part to Calvin creator Bill Watterson’s resolve never to sell out, but also his doubt that any voice for Calvin could possibly be the equal of the one in the reader’s head. (Ain’t that the truth; I remember how long it took me to adjust to Lorenzo Music’s Garfield.) I think The Boondocks probably made the best transition to cartoons, but it should be duly noted that doing so killed off the comic strip in the process. And incidentally, the Uncle Ruckus movie didn’t get funded.

I understand Watterson’s desire for purity, but would we be better off with a few items of high-quality merchandise…or endless knockoff designs of the lead character urinating?

Don’t answer all at once.

via Gawker

[Topless Robot, via @JasonThibault]

Pictures We Didn’t Take Before Digital Cameras

I recently picked up a Polaroid camera “as is” at an estate sale. Curious to see if it actually worked, I spent $24 on a pack of instant film with 8 exposures. I had a hard time deciding what was worthy of being the subject of these $3 photographs. I turned to my camera roll on my phone for some inspiration only to realize that it was best if my digital photos, stayed digital.

So what kind of pictures did I take in the past that were worthy of making being developed? I can’t remember… but I’m sure it’s not these. I’m ashamed to say that these are the kind of photos I take now.

[20px - Twenty Pixels, via The Daily What]

theitaliangame:

1972. Una balena esposta a Cuneo.

Be’, cavolo, io c’ero. Avevo cinque anni, mi ci accompagnò mio nonno e per me fu una mezza delusione (la balena era imbalsamata così male che sembrava di legno). Ricordo questa pubblicità sul giornale (Gazzetta del Popolo?) e ricordo abbastanza bene anche i volantini a colori, con i fanoni in primissimo piano. Che dire? Ci divertivamo con poco.

Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. have been working hard to make sure that the two of them stick with the “Kick-Ass” universe from top to bottom, including the currently running “Hit-Girl” spinoff for Marvel’s Icon imprint. But the co-creator’s lasting team-up on the book doesn’t mean they haven’t invited others to get involved with the foul-mouthed heroine’s Middle School mayhem.

After a string of covers by the likes of Phil Noto, Geof Darrow, Dave Johnson and Jock, Millar and Romita today shared the last “Hit-Girl” variant exclusively with CBR! Covering November’s fifth and final issue, it features the work of the legendary Bill Sienkiewicz who homages his own work with a pre-pubescent take on Sienkiewicz’s classic cover for “Elektra: Assassin” #1!

[Comic Book Resources]

E come se non bastasse, “20th Century Fox Inks Deal with Comics Guru Mark Millar”.

The J Scott Campbell Austin Powers Comic That Never Was

Just sold on eBay for a ridiculously low price of $10.50. One of a very few remaining posters that prove that, at one point, Wildstorm Comics pitched to make an Austin Powers comic book. This poster, with art by J Scott Campbell, was created for the pitch.

Naturally, it never went through, but we are left with this glimpse of what once was…

[Bleeding Cool]

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Jim Henson’s original pitch reel for The Muppet Show, starring Leo from Henson’s strange series of corporate training videos, The Muppet Meeting Films.

Key selling points:

“Small children will love the cute cuddly characters. Young people will love the fresh innovative comedy. College kids and intellectual eggheads will love the underlying symbolism of everything. Freaky long hair, dirty, cynical hippies will love our freaky long hair, dirty, cynical Muppets.”

It’s inspirational, celebrational, muppetational!

[laughingsquid.]

[The Daily What]

Quant’erano avanti, ragazzi.

thedailywhat:

Easter Egg of the Day: Community isn’t the only show that knows how to hide delicious Easter Eggs.

There’s a reason people say “Simpsons did it,” and that reason is because of things like this awesome Far Side nod from the most recent episode of the show, “The Book Job.”

And before you say “I don’t get it” — Simpsons did that too (skip to 1:08).

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Super Dramatic Bros. of the Day: Kain Carter‘s “Brotherly Love” is what would happen if Mario and Luigi starred in a Sopranos-style HBO drama. It starts out as a comedy, and then takes a bit of a dark twist.

Warning: Strong language, extremely angry Mario Bros., mature audiences, etc.

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