Citizen Skywatch







Citizen Skywatch, a mysterious new project by Take Two Interactive.
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Phish concert poster by DKNG.







Hoth Tauntauns t-shirt by Kari Fry on sale here.







Raincatcher by Jellyes up for vote at Threadless.







Batman Inc. by Frazier Irving.







Mr. Fusion from this logos from movies collection. Via.



*Buy concert posters at eBay.
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Fighting Pigeon








Bellator Columbidae ("Fighting Pigeon" in latin) by Staple Design x adFunture. "This is limited to 100 pieces and will be sold at Reed Space and select retailers. Suggested retail is US$180. It’ll be available August 15th!"

Reed Space also has a selection of NY Cosmos tees and track jackets:



Via.
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Big cherrys



Logo by Kurt Lightner promoting Fullsteam Brewery's access to rainier cherries.
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Dark Tower t-shirt




Show your support for the Tet Corporation with today's Tee Fury t-shirt by Jason Mallory.

*Previously: Another Dark Tower tee.
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Brakebills crests



Lev Grossman uploaded Brakebills crests and other fan art based on the world of The Magicians.
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Flashpoint Superman




Flashpoint Superman crashed in Metropolis instead of Kansas and the authorities have hidden him from the sun. Via.

*Previously: Jon Hamm as Superman.
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Keep me in your mind's eye

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SVK logo



Can you guess what the SVK logo is based on?
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Thundarr the Barbarian and friends by Phil Noto.




River Thames Transport by Lauren Gentry. Via these sites.




Treading Through an Untrimmed Memory by Tran Nguyen, who also recently posted a Luna Lovegood painting for an upcoming show at Gallery Nucleus.




Sgt. Rock and the Men of War #1 cover by Tom Derenick. Via.




Alien Legion advertisement. (I remember being creeped out by this as a kid.)

*Buy Thundarr the Barbarian toys at eBay.
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One of several roller girls logos by Seth.




SVK cover art by Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker.




X-Men poster by Josh Siegel on sale here.




Gryphon by Kevin Tong for Gallery 1988's upcoming Alice show. Here's N.C. Winters's fairly disturbing illustration.

*Buy roller derby posters at eBay.
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Geek Olympathon in Portland in June



Geek Olympathon in Portland in June:
A weekend full of geeky contests and events held all over Portland culminating in an awards ceremony with live music and booze? Yes, please! Teams will be asked to travel to different locations and compete against each other in the geekiest ways to win material rewards and cash prizes. The event culmination will be an awards party where teams will be brought on stage and given their awards for both their performance and superlatives regarding their overall participation and costumes.
Contests include a wifi-enhanced bicycle race, Lego building, long box jumping, costume making, and more.

If you set up a team, Icelandic emo horse could be your mascot:

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Link roundup

1. Cool Foo Fighters concert t-shirts.

2. Fascinating article at Wired about tech startup incubator Y Combinator, including an anecdote about an investor "who dropped more than $6 million on companies he knows almost nothing about—indeed, some of which haven’t yet decided what business they’re in."

3. A video game company retaliated against a negative review of their game by encouraging employees to write negative reviews about the author's novel. Via.
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Alone and Unafraid military patch



Trevor Paglen has a companion site for his excellent book "I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Black World" that includes various patches that didn't make it into the book. There was one Alone and Unafraid patch at eBay when I checked. Via.
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Rapture Central Computing





Illustrations for Rapture Central Computing from Bioshock. Rapture's great computer will be featured in the Minerva's Den downloadable content:



Via.

*Buy Bioshock posters at eBay.
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Down the Rabbit Hole art print by NC Winters on sale here.




The Intervention of the Sabine Women by Jacques-Louis David. Via.




Panel from Master of Kung-Fu #17, in which Shang-Chi heals a paralyzed man.




Varsity Donuts logos by Matt Stevens.




The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes. Preorder for $12 at Amazon.
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Threadless "summer camp" contest

Threadless is having "summer camp" games May 16-20 that you can participate in at Twitter. Below are the logos for the four competing "cabins."






My favorite is Aled Lewis's Uber Wolf Cabin. You can sign up at the link.

*Buy girl scout patches at eBay.
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