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1. Move over Hooters, here's Blitz Sports Bra & Grill.

2. A look at Sara Pichelli's various designs for the new Spider-Man. Via.

3. A John Lasseter story.

*Buy Marvel Universe figures at eBay.

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Illustration roundup

A blog of art created by Pixar artists to wish Ronald Searle a happy birthday. Via.

Pen Ward put these Adventure Time sketches on sale at eBay.

Robo-steed by Jack Lee.

The Smiling by Sherwin Viray up for vote at Qwertee.

Stefan Grambart for the Harry Potter-themed self portrait jam.

Mickey Mouse by Eric Wirjanata.

If Up had been made in 1960

Trailer for the 1960 version of Up. Via.

*Previously: Indiana Jones circa 1951.

1. Two great photos of Hang En Cave, Vietnam.

2. House for sale in Utah that looks like Carl and Ellie’s home from Pixar's Up.

3. Scan of an Elektra story by Frank Miller. (Site is NSFW.)

*Buy Elektra toys at eBay.

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If Pixar's Up featured ghosts

Up But Haunted by Ben Chen currently up for vote at Threadless.

*Previously: The house from Up in real life.

*Buy Up toys at eBay.

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Friendly squirrel.

"Portland State University is expanding its campus. There was one holdout."

Cloud cosplay.

Beaker.

Bangkok at night.

High-res trailer for Pixar's Brave (and some concept art)

High-res trailer for Pixar's Brave. There's a bit of concept art here.

*Previously: Brave wallpaper.

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1. Independent bookstore owner refuses to carry books from Amazon's mystery imprint, explains in an email exchange with author.

2. Entertainment Weekly interviewed John Lasseter and he reminisced about all of Pixar's movies. About Toy Story 2, which was completed unusually quickly, he said:

It was our biggest dash, but we don't want to do that again to our people. About a third came down with repetitive strain injury, and a few people were really hurt. We threw out all the chairs and keyboards, and everybody got new stuff.

3. Be careful about trying to score partisan political points based on early reports, Wisconsin Supreme Court edition.

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Scary bridge.

Moon wallpaper.

Up wallpaper.

SR-71 (?) wallpaper.

Dramatic cat.

Trailer for Pixar's Brave (plus a wallpaper)

Watch a very low quality version of the trailer for Pixar's Brave. Even at this terrible level of quality, it looks good. Also, here's a high-res image of Princess Merida that I cropped into a widescreen wallpaper:

Via.

Illustration roundup

San Angeles Replicants t-shirt by John Sprengelmeyer on sale at Tee Fury.

Exploded human body illustration via the scientific illustration Tumblr.

I'd be more interested in L.A. Noire if it looked like this -- print by Derek Chatwood on sale here. Via.

Sunrise t-shirt by Dina Prasetyawan up for vote at Threadless.

Watch Pixar's Lee Unkrich clean up on Win, Lose, or Draw circa 1987. (7 and 10 minutes in.) Via.

Illustration roundup

Star Wars in the style of Pixar's Cars by Andrew Chesworth. Via these sites.

Panel from a fun pulpy comic featuring Korak, the son of Tarzan, vs. Nazis. You can read the issue here.

Bin Laden by Tim Denee for this article.

Kill Screen #3 cover.

Thor video game concept art by Justin Yun.

*Buy Boba Fett toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Another great storytelling lecture by Jim Shooter, utilizing a Fantastic Four story drawn by Jack Kirby.

2. The secret to Pixar's success? "Pixar seems to have realized that if you can get the dad to come to the movie and love the movie, the whole family will come. Maybe more than once. And they'll probably buy the DVD and the video game, too."

3. Gawker calls Jesse James "a voltron composed of every bad ex-boyfriend in the world."

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