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    Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters

    The Mutant Art of Radioactive Insects

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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/14/09

    In reply to Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters
    It looks like a family pic of my brother -in-laws .

    And yes I have 6 of them ...ugh .
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    10/14/09

    In reply to Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters
    All these soul stealing creatures reminds me of the prayer my mother would have us say before we went to sleep:

    "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take."

    Terrified me as a kid as I thought I was going to die in my sleep.
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    10/14/09

    @it must be bunnies: The Episcopals (or at least my parents) always nicified it to "guide and watch me through the night / and wake me in the morning light"
    Catholics are morbid : (
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    Image of Mihara Mihara
    10/14/09

    In reply to Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters
    Thank you for this. Shigeru Mizuki is an amazing artist, nearly 90 now, and is largely responsible for the "yokai boom" in Japanese popular culture since the 1960s. His hellish experience during World War II, in which he lost an arm, is reflected not only in his work's humanizing of the "monstrous" but also his staunch pacifism. In fact, he makes a cameo appearance at the end of "Yokai Daisenso" ("The Great Yokai War") as the great peace-preaching elder. So his work, while wonderfully macabre, has a serious side. His name isn't well known outside Japan, so it's great to see his work spotlighted here.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    10/14/09

    In reply to Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters
    So yeah, the Japanese has always been very weird. Cue the flying panties! (thanks, Annalee).
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    10/14/09

    @Grey_Area: What. The Fuck? Ahh, my sides hurt. That was great!
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    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    10/14/09

    In reply to The Mutant Art of Radioactive Insects
    Fun as looking at mutants is, several of those "radioactive disasters"... aren't. Plenty of the bugs were gathered up from areas that happen to be near nuclear power stations (or, indeed, research particle accelerators) which have bugger-all radiation. Perhaps she's arguing that nuclear power can mutate bugs without using radiation?
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    Image of nearscrape nearscrape
    10/13/09

    In reply to The Mutant Art of Radioactive Insects
    These things seem to get a lot of attention if they are found near a place like Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, but it's not uncommon even far from any nuclear influence.

    In the 70's, I worked as a student aid at a small research center a thousand miles from Hanford, and years before TMI. We documented lots of unusual things like this, and though it wasn't my job to interpret any data, it was not completely uncommon to see strange malformations in the odd insect. You'd see thousands of normal ones, and then some lady bug or grass hopper would show up with an eye only half formed, or wings that were not functional when they should be.

    When you have kids by the hundreds or thousands, and all your millions of relatives are doing the same, there are going to be some that just don't come out right.

    Not saying radiation isn't a cause for concern. Only that just because you find a bug near Hanford, or Sellafield that looks funny doesn't mean that it might not have just come out messed up no matter where it hatched, or when.
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    Image of Alizarin Alizarin
    10/13/09

    In reply to The Mutant Art of Radioactive Insects
    Well. This makes me want to walk into traffic. Interesting to be sure. But man, I have lost a little of my will to live. Poor things.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/09/09

    In reply to The Life and Times of a Brain in a Jar
    It's about time for IO9 to do a "Triviagasm" on brains in a jar: for sure it's a recurring SF/horror trope.

    And really... aren't we ALL just brains in jars?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/09/09

    In reply to The Life and Times of a Brain in a Jar
    brainbot: "interesting side note: as a head without a body i envy the dead."
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/09/09

    In reply to The Life and Times of a Brain in a Jar
    I loved his star wars fan-art: Brain in a Jar-Jar.
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    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/08/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    Excellent, excellent, excellent.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    10/06/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    As cool as the posters are in general, I'd still have to say the coolest thing about them is that these were actually used as real movie posters. Yeah, it was for a showing at a local library, but they had a legitimate purpose for creating these, and not just because it seemed like a fun hobby.
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    10/05/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    I want these in wallpaper size, please.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/05/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    These are all amazing, both inspiring and envy inducing. Though I may debate the status of "Classic" when it comes to The Phantom.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    10/05/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Needs more Lifeforce.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/05/09

    In reply to Clever Movie Posters Advertise Classic Films with Style
    YES! I wish I did this!
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