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Lewis Carroll's first iteration of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a much shorter work titled Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Although the final product is well known for John Tenniel's memorable illustrations, Carroll himself illustrated his original manuscript. More »
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When you think about it, the Doctor is a bit like a cat. He turns up where you least expect him. He has mysterious adventures out of sight of the human race. He always lands on his feet — eventually. And you suspect he can size you up with a single look. More »
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Inspired by the Gender Bent Justice League cosplayers at last year's San Diego Comic-Con, artist Yasmin Liang decided to create a comic book-style illustration of the gender-flipped superheroes. More »
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Space porn connaisseurs are really spoiled today. Any time, any place, we can enjoy hot planetary action, peek in on writhing solar flares, or catch a glimpse of exotic star-on-star-on-planet relationships. But in the days before taking photos of space was a relatively simple proposition, astronomy buffs had to get their kicks with hand-drawn space porn. More »
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You may have noticed yesterday that Nathan Fillion tweeted a very dapper portrait of himself as Mal Reynolds from Firefly. This artwork is by Dan Dos Santos, who immortalized the Browncoat for Dark Horse's upcoming Serenity comic for Free Comic Book Day. Dan took io9 through the process of drawing the most charming captain in the 'verse. More »
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The Planet Express team dons the khaki and takes up ghost hunting in a series of Futurama/Ghostbusters mashups. And Bender takes his rightful place as giant, mystical destroyer of New New York. More »
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Designer and dinosaur enthusiast David Orr recently griped on his blog Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs about the clichéd dino-on-dino fights you see in pop culture - always with the super-giant T Rex vs. brontosaurus. Or, as Orr's colleague Marc Vincent put it, you'll see "freakishly large coelurosaurs Tarbosaurus and Therizinosaurus smack each other about in all their varyingly inaccurate CG splendour." Well, we wouldn't want that, would we? Especially with dino-tastic TV series Terra Nova starting up soon. And that's why Orr suggested some crazily improbable dino fights that he'd like to see. More »
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A weekend bash at Tony Stark's beach house in the Hamptons catches a relaxed moment with the Avengers. Crystal flirts with Johnny Storm at the Richards' posh New York bash. Senator Robert Kennedy plays host to the Fantastic Four. More »
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Get a glimpse at how the alien invaders in Timur Bekmambetov's new film The Darkest Hour will shock the human race into submission! What kind of horrific death is this? Take a look! More »
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Check out this amazing illustrated map of the seven kingdoms of Westeros — riddled with crests, beasts and heaps and heaps of amazing spoilers. It's simply gorgeous. More »
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The coolest parents in the history of the world asked artist Michael LaRiccia to paint a gorgeous Star Wars mural, depicting a village of Ewoks descending on their baby. Watch the lovely timelapse video of this Endor wonderland coming together. More »
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Comic book artist Francesco Francavilla is illustrating each episode of the current Doctor Who season, representing each hour as a simple and striking black-and-white image. [Francesco Francavilla via Forbidden Planet International] More »
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Artist Ulises Farinas imagines rebooting the DC continuity all the way back to the Year 1000, where the mad King Batman, the Woman of Wonders, and the Monk with a Green Lantern battle ancient trolls and wicked Knights Templar. More »
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The new Muppets movie might be spaceship-free, but artist James Hance, imagines an all-Muppet rendition of Firefly, aptly titled FireFrog. What do you think of his casting choices? More »
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H.P. Lovecraft is famous for creating monsters so bizarre they are almost impossible to visualize. And yet he was inspired by many painters and visual artists. More »
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Megan Lara enshrines science fiction heroines in Art Nouveau illustrations, transforming them from pop culture queens into goddesses and archetypal spirits of adventure. More »
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This blue sea isn't made of water, and it's only a nanometer deep. It's one of several amazing works of science art that just won a contest sponsored by Science magazine and the National Science Foundation. We've got a few of the coolest images, plus the weird story behind this shimmering blue vision from the world beyond what our eyes can see. More »
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I first saw Gloria Muriel's artwork at Comic-Com San Diego last summer. Inspired by the work of Dali and yet moved by a spiritual search, her passion and enthusiasm is clearly evident in these colorful yet mournful fantasy images in our gallery. More »
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This is an illustration of a giant cuttlefish battling brave sailors, depicted in a popular science book from 1872, called The Ocean World, by Louis Figuier. And that's not the least of the weirdness that lurks in Figuier's book. More »
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This is steampunk turned inside-out. In the early 1960s, illustrator Peter P. Plascencia wanted to bring Jules Verne's ninteenth century visions to life for a Space Age audience. So he trimmed all the curlicues off, de-bronzed everything, and gave us these very Mad Men-looking pictures of a Verne adventure. More »
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Chet Phillips' illustrations have taken us to the steampunk Planet of the Apes and an alternate universe where Earth's greatest writers and artists are cats and dogs. His latest fantastical trading cards place familiar superheroes in the VIctorian era. More »
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Why do you assume that a bulldozer has no consciousness? Perhaps because you have not looked at it properly, and seen the mouth that opens in its shovel. Or the finger that points at you in its drill bits. More »
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Traveling is hard enough without having to worry about bringing an extra head. But that's exactly what she had to do, especially after realizing the bird head really didn't fit her neck plug very well. More »
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If you were in the habit of stereotyping, you might assume a knight of great stature would ride upon a shining Clydesdale. But in point of fact, many animals are worthy steeds. Even chickens, if they are big enough. More »
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Check out this steampunk Wizard Of Oz painting, complete with a very otherworldly field of "poppies!" It's just one of the amazing artworks that won this year's Chesley Awards for the best fantastical illustrations. More of our favorites below. More »
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This heartbreaking rendering of Herge's homesick hero comes from Francesco Francavilla — one of the comic artists of that Comic Twart collective we told you about. And this week, they're giving their love to Tintin. More »
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The eggheads at Think Geek have, once again, dug into our collective back-brain and given us something we didn't know we wanted: propaganda posters for games like Joust, Donkey Kong, and Tron. More »
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There are lots of things wrong with David Lo Pan — delusions of power, pale complexion, incorporeality — but this Lo Pan Express print shows he's got a good taste in both rides and traveling buddies. [Manly Art Shop] More »
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The World of the Dark Crystal book documents the conceptual work done for Jim Henson's 1982 cult classic — and the pieces here, by British artist Brian Froud, show how lush the film was, even on the page. [Sci-fi-o-rama] More »
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Much like the adorable rendition of the Doctor's companions we hipped you to a while back, this piece by DeviantArt user pu-sama imagines the Doctors if they were owls. Who = hoo...get it? [Bleeding Cool] More »
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The best concept art tells a story, all by itself. But what's the difference between creating concept art for movies, versus drawing comics or illustrating books? We asked some of our favorite concept artists, and here's what they said. More »
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The illustrator who made his bones illustrating classic titles like Creepy and Eerie before continuing Alex Raymond's genre-defining work on Flash Gordon and bringing Star Wars to comics has died at 79, leaving a vibrant legacy. More »
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Illustrator Cliff Chiang has rendered Marvel Comics' most notorious — and immature — love triangle in an homage to one of Hughes' most beloved teen-angst-o-ramas, Pretty in Pink. More »
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Remember that time when I wished upon a star for Ronnie del Carmen to do more comics? Thank you, Marvel Comics, for sort of making that come true. More »
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Pixar Story Artist Josh Cooley has been taking iconic scenes from notably not child-safe movies like The Terminator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Silence of the Lambs and rendering them as old-school Golden Book pages. More »
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The artist behind comics awesomeness like The Amazing Joy Buzzards and Gyakushu is dropping all sorts of technicolor science on his blog — including Frankenstein's Monster, a shredded Wolverine, and Batman-James Bond amalgams. More »
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Concept artist Bastien Grivet delivers worlds of tomorrow full of menace and wonder that somehow feel as if they were painted in the past. More »
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Former NASA advanced space illustrator Kurt Wenner specializes in painstakingly rendered street paintings that fool the eye and hurt the brain. More »
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On a hot summer evening, it's tough to be the guy who guards the gas pump. Sometimes all the monsters who just got drunk at Horse With No Name come at you with knives and demand pints of petrol. More »
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