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Everyday is a sweet, romantic, predictable animation that simply made me smile, so I thought I'd share.  I'm sure it helps that I've been in a wacky, romantic mood lately.

(via lore) 

To mark its anniversary, the Secret Crocodile Adventure Club is going sequential!  Or at least, as the Archcroc V admits, "sequential for as long as I can stand!"  I've been a member since pretty early on, and enjoyed it immensely.  Theo and I even competed in the first (and so far, only) guest-croc competition, in which we placed moderately well and which earned a lovely print that now hangs proudly on my wall.  Even so, I'm really excited for Stig's promise of sequential crocodile stories, and a more story-telling, webcomicky feel.

If you enjoy it, I really recommend signing up for the weekly mailing.  The rantings and ravings of the majestorial Archcroc V are just as if not more amusing than the illustrations themselves.  For now, go check out Prince on the Mountain, page 1.

From the creator of Hellboy and starring Paul Giamatti, The Amazing Screw-On Head follows the anti-espionage adventures of President Abraham Lincoln's top spy, who just happens to be a robotic, metal head with some nifty attachable bodies.  You can watch the entire pilot on scifi.com, and I really recommend it.  It's freakin' hilarious.  From the site:

In this hilarious send-up of Lovecraftian horror and steampunk adventure, President Abraham Lincoln's top spy is a bodyless head known only as Screw-On Head.

When arch-fiend Emperor Zombie steals an artifact that will enable him to threaten all life on Earth, the task of stopping him is assigned to Screw-on Head. Fortunately, Screw-On Head is not alone on this perilous quest. He is aided by his multitalented manservant, Mr. Groin, and by his talking canine cohort, Mr. Dog.

Can this unorthodox trio stop Emperor Zombie in time? Does Screw-On Head have a body awesome enough to stop the horrors that have been unleashed? Where can we get a talking dog?

All these questions (O.K., maybe not that last one) will be answered when you watch the thrilling tale of The Amazing Screw-On Head!

From 1929 to 1982, Tintin entertained us with his adventures as he traveled across the world, traversing danger and mystery with aplomb.  Tonight, PBS' P.O.V. premiers a documentary of Tintin and its creator, Hergé.  It's not playing here until the 20th, sadly, but maybe I can catch the Oregon broadcast somehow.  Click here to check your local showtimes.

Both character and creator were unambiguous. Tintin was literally and emblematically a Boy Scout who always lived up to the Boy Scout code, no matter how dire, dark, strange or adult the situation. Tintin was the ideal with which Hergé totally identified. But, as revealed in Anders Østergaard's "Tintin and I," it was the treacherous and uncertain world around Tintin into which Hergé poured the reality of his own life. Based on 14 hours of audio interviews recorded in 1971 — heard here for the first time — "Tintin and I" shows that Hergé, while trying in life to live up to the idealized Tintin, ended up creating in art a powerful graphic record of the 20th century's tortured history.

(via comixpedia)

Reading through PC Magazine today I paused over a full-page illustration for an article titled "Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Clicking?"  The illustration (viewable here) is by artist Asaf Hanuka, who lives in Tel Aviv and who does a lot of amazing commercial work.  His blog is particularly interesting because he illustrates (pardon the pun) the process of planning out sketches, which sketches are chosen, and the final polishing for commercial use.  He also has some great illustrations up on his site, as well as a link to a comic he does called Bipolar.

With a little blog-hopping, I also came across Andrea Offerman and Tomislav Torjanac, who are both certainly worth a look if you have an extra minute.  All three artists submitted illustrations for a Life of Pi competition, which makes for interesting comparisons in themes and styles (apparently it was Tomer and not Asaf who entered the competition).