Exclusive Transformers x My Little Pony Crossover Comic Cover Revealed

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May 182013
 

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Two of Hasbro’s biggest franchises are coming together. Sort of. Behold the cover of My Little Pony Micro Series volume #5, featuring Optimus Prime and Pinkie Pie (cosplaying as Prime). Comic Book Resources posted the variant cover on Friday, which is designed by artist Tony Fleecs. The special cover will be exclusive to those who attend San Diego’s Transformers Botcon from June 27-30.

Micro Series is one of two My Little Pony comic series by IDW Publishing. The other is titled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic like the t.v. show. Micro Series is a series of spotlights of the six main ponies, with volume #5 focusing on Pinkie Pie. Volume #5 is written by Ted Anderson with art by Ben Bates.

Also, take a look at some awesome Transformers Animated x My Little Pony crossover art by Inspectornills. His Pinkie Pie crossover is posted below.

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Food for Thought: In Between and Other Neat Animations

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Mar 172013
 

Hello folks and welcome to a late night addition of Food for Thought! For this issue we take a quick look at some of the animated work produced at Gobelins L’Ecole de L’image. For those of you who don’t know, Gobelins is a school of visual communication located in Paris that is dedicated to the visual arts with a particularly stunning animation program. Some of its most notable alumni include Pierre Coffin (Despicable Me), and Bibo Bergeron (A Monster in Paris and The Road to El Dorado amongst other films),  as well as other students who have moved on to work for Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and more.

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Luckily for those of us who trawl the Internet, you don’t need to wait for the next animated movie sensation to see some of the brilliant work put out by Gobelins students — they have their own YouTube page that hosts some brilliant shorts that will definitely leave you hungry for more.

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Food for Thought: The Hawkeye Initiative

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Dec 032012
 

Hello Fenrir here with some quick Food for Thought on tumblr’s latest meme. For all you tumblr users out there, your dashboard was probably flooded this morning with the latest works from The Hawkeye Initiative and its beautifully clever jabs at female representation within comics. As Noelle Stevenson AKA Gingerhaze–one of the founding artists integral to this meme–stated yesterday:

How to fix every Strong Female Character pose in superhero comics: replace the character with Hawkeye doing the same thing.

And really, when one looks at these pictures with Hawkeye lovingly drawn in “Strong Female Character poses”–those gratuitous, anatomy-defying, back-breaking shots meant to titillate but are hilariously awful–it’s no surprise as to why this meme sparked off the ground so quickly and why I think its poignant message about female sexuality in comics is here to stay.

This meme originated with this fanart by tumblr artist Hoursago to disprove the idea that men and women are objectified “equally” in comics; a point that is driven home when one looks at the following images collected within the Initiative and its message about female objectification within comics

The original cover that Hoursago’s parody was based on — yep, I don’t think that’s a great way to jump down, Black Widow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what exactly is the Hawkeye Initiative and why should we even bother with it besides regarding it as a meme that is a big tumblr-in-joke? Continue reading »

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Happy (Early) Halloween!

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Oct 272012
 

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With Halloween just around the corner, pretty much everyone is caught up in this holiday frenzy, including our fellow earthlings over in Japan. The artist community pixiv has officially started its Halloween contest for 2012, with prizes including a Hatsune Miku figure from Good Smile Company, stylus pens from Princeton Company and Halloween-edition pixiv phone straps.

To not let the contestants’ hard work go to waste, let’s treat ourselves with some of the artwork the pixiv community has to offer to celebrate this delicious holiday. As always, I have the artist nicknames and their pixiv ID’s included in the caption, so you can find more of their works. Enjoy! Continue reading »

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Ib Gallery: Come here Ib, The Festival Begins!

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Jun 242012
 

On June 20th, pixiv had an official event announcement about something I reviewed a little while back: Ib.

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Quoted from their site:

For those unfamiliar, Ib is a Japanese indie survival horror game that took pixiv by storm after its release in Feburary 2012.

Due to its immense popularity, we have joined forces with kouri (the creator of the game) to open an Ib illustration contest.

The 6 selected winners will have their works featured in the upcoming “Ib Calendar 2013″ (working title) which is being overseen by kouri.

In light of this, I’ve decided to share some pictures that the hardworking artists of pixiv have drawn. These are only some of the pictures that caught my eye, there are likely thousands more. As always, I have the artist nickname and their pixiv ID’s included in the caption. Enjoy!

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Muv Luv Artist Sou Miyata Fired

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Jun 132012
 

Sou Miyata, the artist known for his work on the visual novel Muv-Luv, was fired this past Sunday, June 10th. It’s a shame that he’ll now be known as a plagiarizer.

To promote the upcoming Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse (take a look at some figures here) summer anime, Miyata’s promotional art (above) appeared along with a magazine interview with the anime’s director. Online denizens were quick to notice very similar to other works. I was surprised to learn that this was not the first time Miyata was accused of and caught plagiarizing. However, this most recent example is particularly egregious. Take a look below. Continue reading »

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Accel World Kuroyukihime Goods

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Jun 032012
 

I’ve been really into Accel World this season. It’s one of the moar popular series in Japan, so it should be no surprise that their is a lot of merchandise for the main heroine, Kuroyukihime. Above is a nendoroid of the lovely “Black Snow Princess” and below is a figma of her Brain Burst avatar, Black Lotus.

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Moar Powah Vlog #6: Thoughts on Reviewing

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May 062012
 

 
Here’s that long overdue vlog with SIYM1207 I mentioned a while ago. What exactly are our thoughts on reviewing? Find out by watching the video above. And here’s another present to SIYM1207:

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Happy Children’s Day, Wherever You Are

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May 052012
 

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To commemorate Children’s Day, specifically Japan’s Children’s Day, which officially falls on May 5th (Girl’s Day is on May 3rd), I’ve decided to post up a gallery of age regressed pictures of some of our favorite characters. Because almost everyone is cuter when they’re younger. Also, I’ve provided the Pixiv ID’s, when applicable, in the caption of each picture, so you can use those to find the artists’ full collection of works. Continue reading »

May the 4th Be With You: Aayla Secura Tribute

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May 042012
 

Happy Star Wars Day! Last year, I used this day to pay tribute to the baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy, Boba Fett.

This year, I’m paying tribute to the hottest Twi’lek Jedi in the galaxy, Aayla Secura.  Continue reading »

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