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M.C. Escher Art Recreated Using LEGO Bricks

By John on July 5, 2010 1:59 PM | No Comments

Neat stuff. Check out the rest here. You can follow the link there to the primary site, but honestly it looks like it dated from the late 90s or something.

7 Simple Shakespeare Covers - My Modern Metropolis

By John on April 5, 2010 2:21 PM | No Comments

These are simple and good. A few samples:

My Way - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com

By John on March 16, 2010 4:44 PM | No Comments

I found these "maps" to be witty.

15 Clever, Witty Illustrations - My Modern Metropolis

By John on March 12, 2010 4:52 PM | No Comments

Some good ones here. A few of my favorites:

Retro-Modern Tarantino Movie Posters - My Modern Metropolis

By John on March 12, 2010 4:25 PM | No Comments

Some cool modded Tarantino movie posters. Check them all out here.

4 Retro-Modern Hitchcock Posters - My Modern Metropolis

By John on March 12, 2010 2:14 PM | No Comments

My Modern Met has linked to a few of these lately and I need to get to the others, but these reimagined Hitchcock posters are a great place to start.

Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets | Living - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

By John on February 1, 2010 3:34 PM | No Comments

An interview with Bill Watterson. Yay!

Fantastic Food Landscapes - Carl Warner

By John on January 22, 2010 2:28 PM | No Comments

This is pretty cool use of food to create art. Check out the rest.

It's all about the beard, baby

By John on December 4, 2009 10:54 AM | No Comments

I have no idea why I like this or even why the artist did them, but there are a few of these characters with beards pics in this guy's gallery. Enjoy.


Batman


Boba Fett


Black Mage


Robocop


Popeye

Who's Behind the Most Iconic Images of Our Time? - My Modern Metropolis

By John on October 16, 2009 3:56 PM | No Comments

Some of the faces behind the camera of some famous photographs.

State of Nevada: Great Outdoors and Zombies

By John on October 16, 2009 9:38 AM | No Comments

I probably won't get to listen to this until I get home later tonight, but today's State of Nevada covers discussions on both things to do around Vegas in the fall and winter as well as an interview with Max Brooks, who is coming to my local library tonight for a lecture called "An Evening with Max Brooks: Surviving the Zombie Wars".

Of course I'm going to this. Leslie is unfortunately on call but she's letting me take the night off to go listen. Yeah, my wife is pretty cool.

Play Quidditch the Muggle Way! | GeekDad | Wired.com

By John on September 10, 2009 3:02 PM | No Comments

Interesting concept. I might try to get some folks together and try it the next time I plan on breaking my neck tripping over a broom.

(I could do with better coordination is the point I'm trying to make.)

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