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“Where the Wild Things Are” Poster [Update]

I grew up and loved Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are. I have no idea how it will fare as a movie or how well it’ll carry the spirit of the book, but I like the poster:

Poster for "Where the Wild Things Are" movie

Update: I like this remix of the poster, starring the Bear Whom I Shall Not Name:

"Where the Wild Things Are" poster, featuring "Pedobear"

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Why He Became Darth Vader

This article originally appeared in Global Nerdy.

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Photo courtesy of Matt Gunn.

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Dogs of a Different Religion

I don’t know if these bumper stickers actually exist, but if they don’t, someone should make them!

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You’re a Bad Man, Chris Brown

Jeremy Barker (whose blog is Popped Culture) pointed me to Mad’s comic starring Charlie Brown as Chris Brown. It’s a fitting follow-up to my earlier posting featuring Peanuts done in the style of Sin City…

chrisbrown_comicsClick the comic to see it at full size.

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Jon Stewart is One of the Watchmen!

I love this doctored Watchmen movie poster featuring The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart as “The Comedian”:

"Watchmen" movie poster with Jon Stewart's head on The Comedian's body

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“Hark! A Vagrant!”: Kate Beaton’s New Comics Site

Funny comic artist Kate Beaton (whose comic, The Origin of Man, was featured recently here) has a new historical comic on her new site, Hark, A Vagrant!, featuring Admiral Lord Nelson:

Kate Beaton comic on Lord Nelson's death

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Probably a Bad Idea

Here’s an idea that most people – perhaps with the exception of Mitt Romney – might immediately discard as bad. Try and think of the many reasons why the “car-side dog sack” in the old newspaper clipping below is a bad idea. I’ll give you one: ol’ poochie’s going to get smacked in the head when the driver’s door opens:

Old newspaper clipping: "Dog Rides Comfortably in Sack on Running Board"