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Dear Puffin,
Apologies for the radio silence. This employment lark is not as much fun as I was led to believe. Anyway, hope to be writing more from now on. The republican line up is providing material faster than I can even process it, let alone write about it. And I’m just barely keeping the lid on a simmering rant about PETA, which should be…. interesting.
But as far as today is concerned, take a look at these! Remember the art nouveau Firefly posters I’ve written about before? Well Quantum Mechanix has just released posters of the gentlemen of Firefly. Unfortunately I don’t like them quite as much as the ladies. Some of these seem a little forced, especially when you compare them to things like the Jaynestown poster. But they’re still pretty excellent.
I’ll be back tomorrow Puffin. No really, I will.
Love
MacGuffin
Other posts tagged Art:
Art Nouveau Slave Leia, sinful Disney princesses, and more
Star Wars Propaganda posters, redux. Also Doctor Who, Mad Men, Battlestar, etc
Dear Puffin
Forbidden Planet is selling Doctor Who shirts for each of the Doctors. It is totally essential that I own all of these immediately. IMMEDIATELY!
I must tragically report that this glorious Art Nouveau style Inara appears to be a once off. I would give my right arm to see a full set of these, much in the style of Bill Mudron. But in the meantime Tiffany is a WINNER.
This purports to be a graphic representation of the development of Science Fiction. I’ll admit that I haven’t really looked at it in detail, but it looks pretty neat. Click to embiggen.
This leaves something to be desired graphically, but the thought behind it is so perfect that I’ll let it pass. From Deviant Summerfic
I also found some fun minimal comic book posters by Greg Guillemin
We also have Rebel Alliance and Imperial snowflakes. Yu can also get them as tshirts at Redbubble. I really want to get these somehow laser cut and available as Christmas tree ornaments.
And finally, someone possesses the greatest of all possible hot air balloons. A Darth Vader hot air balloon, for your delectation:
And on that note, I am off to frost a gigantic birthday cake. Because happy birthday Jeremy!
Love
MacGuffin (who is trying to decide between dark chocolate and bittersweet chocolate ganache for the frosting. Thoughts?)
Dear Puffin
As you know, I have a dear love for weird and wonderful language. Especially collective nouns for groups of animals. On that note, here are some of my favorites from this site, which is the most complete list of names I have yet found. See the rest here.
| Alligators | Congregation |
| Apes | Shrewdness, Troop |
| Badgers | Cete, Set, Company |
| Barracudas | Battery |
| Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
| Buffalo | Obstinacy |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing |
| Butterflies | Flight, Flutter |
| Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
| Cats (Kittens) | Kindle, Litter, Intrigue |
| Cats (Wild) | Destruction |
| Cheetahs | Coalition |
| Cobras | Quiver |
| Cockroaches | Intrusion |
| Cormorants | Gulp |
| Crocodiles | Bask, Float |
| Crows | Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling |
| Dogs (Curs) | Cowardice |
| Ducks (Water) | Paddling |
| Eagles | Convocation, Aerie |
| Eels | Swarm, Bed, Fry |
| Elephants | Herd, Memory |
| Ferrets | Business, Cast, Fesnying |
| Finches | Charm |
| Flamingoes | Stand, Flamboyance |
| Flies | Business |
| Fox | Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
| Geese (Flight) | Skein |
| Giraffes | Tower |
| Gnus | Implausibility |
| Goldfinches | Charm |
| Goldfish | Glint, Troubling |
| Guinea Fowl | Confusion |
| Hawks (Flight) | Kettle, Boil |
| Hedgehogs | Array |
| Hippopotamuses | Bloat |
| Horses (General) | Team, Harras, Stable, Troop |
| Hummingbirds | Charm |
| Hyenas | Cackle, Clan |
| Jays | Party, Scold, Band |
| Jellyfish | Smack |
| Lapwings | Deceit |
| Larks | Exaltation, Ascension |
| Leopards | Leap |
| Lizards | Lounge |
| Locusts | Plague |
| Magpies | Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm |
| Martens | Richness |
| Mice | Mischief |
| Moles | Labor, Company, Movement |
| Monkeys | Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe |
| Mosquitoes | Scourge |
| Otters | Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft |
| Owls | Parliament, Stare |
| Parrots | Company, Pandemonium |
| Peacocks | Muster, Ostentation, Pride |
| Pekingese | Pomp |
| Penguins (General) | Huddle |
| Penguins (Nursery) | Crèche |
| Raccoons | Gaze |
| Rattlesnakes | Rhumba |
| Ravens | Unkindness, Storytelling |
| Rhinoceroses | Stubbornness |
| Rooks | Building, Clamor, Parliament |
| Skylarks | Exultation |
| Snails | Escargatoire, Rout, Walk |
| Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
| Stingrays | Fever |
| Storks | Mustering, Muster |
| Swans (Flight) | Wedge, Flight |
| Thrush | Mutation |
| Tigers | Streak, Ambush |
| Trout | Hover |
| Turtles | Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole |
| Vultures | Venue |
| Vultures (Circling) | Kettle |
| Wombats | Wisdom |
| Woodpeckers | Descent |
| Zebras | Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts, Herd |
On that note here are some glorious posters of animal groups from Woop Studios.
This is my favorite word ever. An implausibility of gnus. Wtf, awesomesauce:
And this, Puffin, is for you:
There are tons more here. Now what I want to know is this. What is the collective noun for us MacGuffins? A pointlessness? An ennui? An ignorance? What are your thoughts on this important matter?
Well Puff, hopefully this represents the end of my radio silence.
Love,
MacGuffin
Dear Puffin
Despite rumors to the contrary, I am still alive! My brain, however, has not not yet recovered, so rather than launching into my new rant about reproductive rights or my collective bargaining health care conspiracy theory (I will fill you in later Puffin but spoiler alert: I’m pissed at everyone except Antony Weiner) I will instead drop an awesome-bomb on you in the form of assorted Doctor Who stuff. Am I excited about the new season, which starts on Saturday? You bet! Will I be able to watch it? Of course not.
This is an AMAZING Dalek propaganda poster, by the fantastic Francesco Francavilla.
This is another one which was actually produced by the BBC themselves. Of course, it was a tie in to my least favorite episode ever. Honestly, Victory of the Daleks was awful. But the poster is good, and can be downloaded in hi res here. You can also get it as a tee shirt from, sigh, Hot Topic, which I refuse to link to.
Here is a Skaaro Institute of Extermination mug that I obviously need to own.
These are some minimalist Doctor Who posters from Etsyer Geekasms.
This one has a bit of a German/Weimar Republic feel to it. From deviantartist LycanLauren.
These are a series of Doctor Who travel posters, or the closest thing I can find to them. Follow the link to find a few more. With all the crazy worlds the Doctor visits you’d think there would be tons of awesome posters, like Steve Thomas’ wonderful Star Wars advertising posters and Middle Earth travel posters. But this seems to be pretty much it.
This is from the vault, and I may or may not already own the first one, but they’re still my favorite things ever so I will continue to blog them every couple of months until I grow up a bit and stop feeling the urge to show off. From Bill Mudron. Purchase info is here.
This is a fantastic French Tom Baker era poster. Unfortunately it’s a terrrrrrible quality pic. From flikr.
Next we have a mild riff off the Social Network’s extremely repurpose-able poster. From tumblr.
And this is just to settle an argument I’ve been having with certain truly stupid male relatives. Karen Gilliam is HOT, ok? End of story. Pics or it didn’t happen? Fine. From a photoshoot for Marie Claire. (I know at least 3 people who are going to need to change their trousers after looking at this.) Her legs alone warp the space time continuum.
This is a Tardis infographic. Click to embiggen and make it, you know, legible and stuff.
Next there is this great design from the wonderful Krystin, who also made the image that we sort of stole for our blog header. Hope that’s ok Krystin…..
And to finish off I present you with possibly the most impressive thing I have ever seen. A Tardis cake that is a) incredibly pretty and accurate and b) is bigger on the inside!!!!! How is that possible???? Well, as far as I understand it, the cake-engineer (I don’t even know who this person is, but I want them to be my friend forever) did something clever with mirrors to make the inside seem bigger than the outside. Puffin I cannot even cope with awesomeness of this magnitude.
That is a CAKE! WhatisthisIdonteven…..Look at the detail!
I am flabbergasted Puffin. Flabbergasted. I hope the season premier is awesome enough to live up to all this crazy coolness. Watch it for me.
Love
MacGuffin
Other geek stuff roundups:
My obsession with Tron Legacy, including TRON CAKE,
More minimalist Doctor Who posters,
Thor roundup, because May 5 is way too far away,
Poster art roundup 1 (Ghostbusters, Naria, Tron etc)
Poster art roundup 2, movie posters as icons and some Formula One stuff
Poster art roundup 3, Back to the Future and more
Vintage Star Wars posters by Steve Thomas
Check out the poster art tag or the category in the drop down menu to the left. Also, please submit stuff! I love nerd-phenalia, so drop stuff in comments, send it to tumblr, whatever. I’m always looking for more.
Dear Puffin
Seeing as my heart has been shattered (shattered!!) by the $15,000 price tag on the NestRest, I am comforting myself by searching out yet more awesome minimal and alternative movie posters.
These amazing Narnia, Wonderland and Oz travel posters are from Etsy seller CedarMyna. I love the simplicity of the lamp post.
These are from Matt Owen at Brickhut (a blog worth following, fwiw)
And is this the best vintage Ghostbusters poster ever? You tell me Puffin.
Oh well. The downside of that hanging nest is that I wouldn’t have been able to hang art in it. So I suppose it’s just as well.
Love
MacGuffin
Dear Puffin
I desperately need a palate cleanser after that last piece, which brought so much bile to my throat that I think I permanently damaged my teeth. So here is a change of pace, or perhaps a return to form, since I think this blog is evenly split between my movie poster obsession and our various political rants. So here we have some pictogram posters of famous movies by artist Viktor Hertz. Follow the link to see many many more.
And a great painting of Quorra by Peter Breese. I like that he even got her highly improbable shoes right.
These are fantastic Formula 1 Grand Prix posters from PJ Tierney. I love the way he integrates the shape of the car into the dominant shapes of the flags. Especially the one for Japan. Although now I want to see rip offs featuring the Stig.
And here are some comic book travel posters by Justin Van Genderen, who is responsible for the Superman posters I so fell in love with last week.
Enjoy
MacGuffin
Dear Puffin
My recent radio silence has been the unfortunate result of thesis related insanity. (That video pretty much sums it up). So I have prepared a quick roundup of posters that caught my eye, while diligently working surfing the blogosphere.
Nota bene: I am aware that not everyone is as captivated by alternate movie posters as me, but suck it up, it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.
First I found another set of gems from the always amazing Brandon Schaefer. Incidentally, he does commissions. Do you think we can raise enough money to commission a Buckaroo Banzai poster?
There is also this from Stanley Chow. Its BatHamm and SuperHamm!
These are clever as all get out
There is also this from Eric Canete, which I adore.
And to conclude, these Superman posters by Justin Van Genderen are stunningly lovely
But this might actually be the most purely beautiful movie poster I have ever seen
Aside: Puffin’s response to these was “Buy prints@!!!@#@!@#!” So I guess I know what I’m getting him for his birthday.
Love
MacGuffin
That, my friends, is the BEST TATTOO EVER.
Must read: Anna Holmes, The Disposable Woman in the NYTimes.
Weirdest yogurt ad ever features Willem Dafoe doing a Doctor Seussian voice over and a yogurt bull exploding out of a sun burst of ….. yogurt? Here.
Misleading headline: Spider infestation leads to recall of 65,000 Mazdas. I took that to mean that the cars were infested and I freaked the fuck out. Fortunately it turns out its just something with the webs that will make the fuel tank seize up. Or something.
Cutest iPhone case ever is made of felt and is a Tardis. That is all you need to know. You can buy one on Etsy Here.
I cannot stress this enough: everyone should read this.
I want to live in this house. It is 12 ft square, has no power, and is heated with wood. Its adorable and I love it.
And finally, Star Wars travel posters and also lightsabers. From here.
