Neill Cameron‘s “Parks and Trek” series reimagines the crew from Pawnee as the crew of the Enterprise. The Next Generation specifically. Commander Ron Swanson as Riker is perfect.
We also have Captain Leslie Knope, Engineering Chief Tom Haverford, and Chief Medical Officer Ann Perkins. Ron Swanson would hate living in Star Trek’s big government world though. In fact, the more I think about it, it would be a pretty funny show.
I’m a sucker for vintage Sci-Fi novel cover art. They just don’t paint them like these anymore. You might remember Brian Daley’s trilogy of Han Solo novels in 1979-80. Well, this trilogy came next in 1981, featuring Lando Calrissian. The titles are almost as awesome as the art by Williams Schmidt.
The books were Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. The action all takes place long before the events of the original Star Wars films. I just love that artwork. Just the right amount of retro and it convinces you right away that Lando would have made a great leading man in his own movies. I see him as a space-faring James Bond.
I love that you can still buy these books today in a 3 for 1 deal on Amazon. But the new cover has no soul.
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A newly released Star Trek Haynes Manual offers something a little different. The Haynes USS Enterprise Press-Out and Build Manual, is part book, part model kit, all awesome! Inside you will find a cardboard kit that builds a fifty centimeter long model of the original USS Enterprise.
The book itself focuses on all the main starships Enterprise. That’s cool and all, but…You can build the Enterprise! I don’t know about you, but I’m buying this one. One can only hope that they release more ships. I’d like to see a Klingon Bird of Prey and a Miranda Class ship. Check out the videos below to see how the model is built.
A world where superheroes evolved to ride around on Vespas? You’re looking at it. These fun illustrations by Istanbul, Turkey based artist Mete Eraydın May even convince you that this is the only mode of transport for comic book heroes.
These colorful rides look pretty sweet. Let’s hope that the villains are sticking to Vespas as well, otherwise our heroes are going to have a hard time catching up.
When we think about Darth Vader, we usually picture him doing something sinister. Like Force Choking someone or blowing up a planet. That’s why it’s so striking and fun to see images like this. This put a smile on my face. This CGI photography is titled Kid Vader. It was a personal project from London based photographer Parker Biley.
Here we see Darth Vader as a young kid, playing with all of his toys. Not sure if he is putting that LEGO Yoda together with the Force, or tearing it down, but I love it.
The land of Ooo is home to all kinds of amazing things. It has creatures that can kill you, creatures that are cute, stuff that will just give you poo brain and of course, all of the lovely Princesses. The ladies of Ooo are pretty special. Just ask the Ice King.
Well, Behance artist Haffi Chan has some awesome illustrations featuring some of Adventure Times leading ladies. These illustrations show Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, Lady Rainicorn and the Flame Princess in a new light. They are absolutely stunning. Lady Rainicorn is the best. Not sure why they are all so sad though.
Our heroes never die. They go on and endure long after we are gone, so that they can inspire others. They are the common threads that are woven through our lives, connecting us, no matter our age. That’s probably why these images seem a bit shocking at first.
This series titled Not About Death from photographer Romina Ressia shows us the deaths of three fictional heroes. It’s morbid, but there is also something beautiful about seeing these heroes laid to rest. It’s almost a sigh of relief, seeing them at the rest that has been so hard earned. Superman, Snow White and Wonder Woman are gone. The world feels radically changed.
Behance user Cindy Graf created this excellent TARDIS birthday card. And it really is bigger on the inside. It folds down to 6″ X 9″ and even has a matching envelope with the Doctor and a character that she made. This would be the best birthday card ever. Man, I wish it was my birthday.
Basically this card transforms into the TARDIS, complete with a 10th Doctor, the console room, the pool, the library… It probably even has the eye of harmony in there somewhere too. Way to think outside of the box Cindy. Or did you think inside of the box? Anyway, good job. It’s awesome.
Check out these fun illustrations from James Bousema that show some of our favorite superheroes celebrating No Shave November aka Movember. They all have crazy and manly facial hair. Well, almost all of them. Poor Peter Parker, after all of these years, still can’t grow any facial hair.
We’ve got Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Dr. Manhattan, Hulk, Deadpool, Batman and Spider-Man. Thankfully November is almost over, so these guys can go have a shave and go back to looking normal. I’m sure they will be more than happy to stop itching for awhile. Though they do look pretty badass.
Deviantart user Slythenperior rendered this awesome 3D Dalek Chess set that I for one, would love to own. It’s perfect and shiny and captures the spirit of the Daleks so well. Check-Mate? More like Check-Exterminate!
I’ve included some of his other Dalek designs below. If I could have all of these wonderful toys I would be perfectly content to play as the bad guys all day and let someone else use the Doctor figures.
