Like a glove

Alternative poster design for the movie Gravity by helloMuller, commissioned by ShortList Magazine. Best of the bunch, in my opinion.

Dead and Buried and printed

I like this print a lot. It's inspired by Dead and Buried, which is a pretty fun '80s horror movie, so check that out too.

The print was designed by Jay Shaw for his "Don't Go Out Tonight" show (I guess, I mean I just randomly came across it on the Mondo site). He has a lot of other nice designs on his site, as well. Go view.

Pumpkin bombs away

"Rockwell Spiderman" by Luke Radl, a superhero/Halloween take on Norman Rockwell's "The Runaway."

The beautiful game, some sweet graphics

Bosnian artist Zoran Lucic created a really rad set of poster images featuring current and old-school soccer greats titled "Sucker for Soccer." Some of the graphics look like magazine or game program covers, and the rest are just cool.

Sadly, it doesn't look like these are for sale as prints yet. Lucic will be getting some of my money when they are, though. See a bunch more of his soccer designs here. [via WITC]

Illio logical

Did Spock have a daughter? I don't know. But I do know Phil Noto is a pretty awesome artist. [via Laughing Squid]

Watch and wait

Even if this Blade Runner replicant continues to freak me out, I dig the If we don't, remember me tumblr blog, which posts cinemagraphs of little moments in films.

Some of the animations are pretty subtle, and some take a few seconds, so keep watching. And yes, some are a little freaky.

IWDRM has a Twitter page too.

Fakin' the Criterion funk

Fake Criterions — fairly self-explanatory.

Most of these are really good, and I'm wondering if some were inspired by artwork on existing Criterions or not as some feel familiar. So, I guess some explanation would be helpful.

So as to avoid confusion, this one's not a fake.


UPDATE: More fake Criterion case art can be found as part of the Dec. 10 "Photoshop Phriday" at Something Awful, including the outstanding example below by HMC.

Arsenal victorious

Arsenal might have had a brutal loss to Tottenham yesterday, but it will always win this commercial for EA's FIFA 11, if you know what I mean.

The above is the Euro version of the long-form commercial, a slightly different cut than the U.S. version. I guess the U.S. audience was deemed too sensitive to view the BetClic sponsorship on the Juventus uniforms.

Good to see my boy Mesut Ozil, playing for Germany here, getting some props. And funny to see Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech without his trademark noggin protector — I actually missed him the first few times I watched it.

The commercial was directed by Johnny Green for Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam.

If the McGlynns can keep from passing out by 9:30 p.m. (I kid, but not really), I may be checking this game out with Tim soon.

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Gen 13, suburban glamorous

The Gen 13 crew by Jamie McKelvie. Uninked version here.

The opposites of dildos

New Soundgarden video for "Black Rain," the one previously unreleased track off their recent Telephantasm.

It's directed by Brendon Small of Metalocalypse, features a cameo by Dethklok and involves giant aliens fighting a Soundgarden-controlled mega-robot. So suffice it to say it's brutal. Song's pretty rockin' too. Watching it full-screen in HD recommended.

Now that's winning!

Lex Luthor and the Joker hanging out, Calvin and Hobbes style. From Superman/Batman 75, by writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo, who discusses the piece here.

Love the old-school Legion of Doom swamp HQ. [via BuzzFeed]

Rated Vitamin D

"Lights" from Interpol's upcoming self-titled album, wherein we learn where milk comes from. I suppose it's better than Fat Tony's system.

Cesc Fabregas is pissed!

Nike's new "Write the Future" World Cup commercial it rolled out during the Champions League final. It was directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu for Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam.

Pretty sweet commercial (though I could have used more love for The Netherlands). I especially liked bearded Wayne Rooney living in a caravan.

Hmm, I guess Nike expected Ronaldinho to make the Brazilian squad. Oops?

Friggin' birds

Graphic artist Laz Marquez did some nice redesigned Hitchcock movie posters, with this one for The Birds being the standout for me. [via BuzzFeed]

Dicey

Brooklyn artist Stukenborg is offering some pretty sweet prints made by placing lots of dice in a letterpress and rolling them with ink. Some are available on a "light green Japanese handmade paper called Kitakata," which is a nice touch.

I have 100 things sitting here waiting to be framed and hung, but I kinda want one of these. [via The Daily Wh.at]

Sidekicked

"Teenage Sidekick" by Paul Pope. This was from a short story in the Pope issue of D.C.'s Solo series. Scoop it up if you can get your hands on it.

Majestyk

Bronson in Mr. Majestyk by Sean Phillips. This looks like art for an essay in the back of a future issue of Criminal.

Cover artistry

There may come a time when the comic book single issue ceases to exist, giving way to trade collections, graphic novels and digital formats. But comic book covers remain a singular art form and, when done right, an eye-catching selling point for the single.

Complex magazine offers its 50 Best Comic Book Covers of 2009, and while I'm not feeling some of these, there's some good stuff on display here.

Trippin' fastballs

I've watched a lot of baseball games in my life, but never heard this story, which is pretty awesome. Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden, presented by No Mas. Via Ebert (even if he thought it was a Phillie and not a Pirate).

No Mas, it should be noted, has some pretty sweet T-shirts, including this series on original/non-corporate stadium names.

With animation, there's no limit to what we can ... imagine

Caught this animated Beatles Rock Band piece on MTV tonight. Pretty cool. (Hit the link to embiggen.)

You know what I can't find online, though? The scene from Beavis and Butthead where Butthead calmly asserts, "The Beatles ruined music." One of my favorite lines from the show.

For the greatest bit of Beatles animation — involving Dewey Cox, anyway — check this out. Or just watch Walk Hard, because it's awesome.

UPDATE: Some more Internet research leads me to now believe it was Beavis who said the above quote — it was his response to the query of whether England was near Britain. I may have been mixing it up with another quote from Butthead who, according to Wikipedia, said, "You know those asswipes The Beatles? Those guys ruined music," though I've seen that phrase in slightly different forms.

While I am a huge fan of B and B, it's been a while since I watched, folks. Perhaps Ron Wood knows the truth of it ...