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Another Cyberpunk Sky

By Tom Saunter on May 9, 2012 // Sideblog

William Gibson began Neuromancer with the line “the sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

Perhaps he had something like this in mind:

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Image Source: Andrew Rochfort.

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Reverse Cone-ing

By Tom Saunter on January 4, 2012 // comics

There’s a scene in Batman #496 – 1993′s Knightfall story arc, supposedly the source material for much of Nolan’s TDKR – where Joker and Scarecrow set about terrorising Gotham through a series of prank calls.

In one panel they’re evading the police in an ice-cream truck, until they reach a toll booth… And that’s when this happens:

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J5kTJ | Reverse Cone ing | Digital CortexOK let’s get this straight.

Do we think the Joker invent cone-ing?

The meme to beat in 2011?

Or at least, reverse cone-ing?

Answers on a postcard, please.

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Superhuman Babies

By Tom Saunter on October 5, 2011 // comics

French artist Alexandre Nicolas has produced some quite beautiful sculptures of superheroes in a foetal state. The work comprises his 2008 series: PRÉDESTINÉS, working in his preferred media acrylic and resin.

I think these pieces inherit a special fragility because we’d usually see these characters (Hulk; Silver Surfer; Batman etc) as fully-grown and badass, whereas here they are quite the opposite. Take a look:

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Catwoman

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Silver Surfer

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Superman

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Spiderman

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The Hulk

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Batman

Visit PRÉDESTINÉS for more images from this series.

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Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers

By Tom Saunter on June 7, 2011 // Sideblog

HQUvK | Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers | Digital Cortex

I love these, and with E3 on at the moment, a reminder of our low fidelity past - Movie Guns Replaced With Nintendo Zappers via Buzzfeed.

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Underwater Mushroom

By Tom Saunter on May 26, 2011 // Sideblog

Thought this was a cool discovery. It’s the first report of a mushroom species fruiting underwater, according to Wired.com’s 10 New Species Discovered in 2010.

There are a few others featured too, but I just love the idea that these things have gone unnoticed in the scientific record for so long. The cheeky buggers!

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