You can find all the episodes here of this fun web series.

Behold THE VARIANTS, the Web comedy series that takes you behind the counter of your favorite comic book store.

THE VARIANTS is the brain child of Richard Neal, Joe Cucinotti and Ken Lowery. In early 2009, Richard, owner of the award-winning Zeus Comics, thought all the crazy stuff he saw in his store would make excellent fodder for a comedy series. Seeing the success of Web comedies like “The Guild,” Richard approached Joe and Ken – longtime friends, writers and regulars at the store – to help him develop the series.

The trio discussed and discarded several ideas, including making a faux-documentary-style comedy like “The Office” before settling on an absurd sitcom in the vein of “30 Rock” or “Arrested Development.”

The trio recruited Keli Wolfe and Barry Fuhrman (actual employees at Zeus) to play exaggerated versions of themselves. The group tried a couple Directors of Photography and Editors before choosing Luke Hawkins and Chris Williams, respectively, to give the show its look and feel.

He missed and killed Jason Todd when trying the same trick with a crowbar instead of a skateboard . . .

Well, it seems I do have a little girl out there I didn’t know about . . .

Obviously they are made of adamantium.

Oh screw it. . .  you can’t have one of these posts without a cat picture, I think it is internet law!

Well, that does it, next time I play one of those games, I am fireballing one of these bitches

Well, my ron just went all weasly . . .

There was nothing more glorious than Summer vacation when I was a kid. Weeks and weeks with no school, no real responsibilities, getting into trouble with friends and by myself. You were probably the same, and also have those fond memories of those times. The beginning of Wormworld Saga captures this beautifully, with some slight twists.

Did you have a hidden crawlspace at your grandmother’s place? Survived a terrible fire that gives you panic attacks every time you see an open flame? Or get transported off to magical world full of evil denizens?

The entire first chapter is available to read right now, and it is gorgeous artwork and a charming, intriguing story. Click any of the pics in this post to be taken to the website.

And then this is what it seems we can look forward to . . .

This is the best use of a laser pointer ever . . . it almost made me file it under “educational”

Gonna be laughing at this all week . . .

http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/

My Son Is Gay

Just gorgeous! If you like this, check out some of the other videos like the premiere for the movie, or other things created by Blender software. Reminds me of why I love open source software . . . I use GIMP, Open Office and other great programs. If you do too, don’t forget to donate . . .

“Sintel” is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world.

www.sintel.org

The stare the Panda give in the hospital scene is scarier than anything I ever saw in Exorcist!

Timelapse Montage from Mike Flores on Vimeo.

Oh yeah. Plus, turn on your speakers/headphones.

Mind blown.  Podcast over.