Etsy seller Scicollectables sells all kinds of Geek Light Switch Covers and outlet cover plates that look really cool. They have a great aged copper look with a neat patina paint effect. A few of our favorites are below, but they have many more. You can choose from designs like Batman, Superman, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more. These just look amazing. They will spruce up any light switch or outlet in your home.
Concord, New Hampshire artist Matthew DiMasi of Shattered Comics creates beautiful Comic Book Cover Mosaics using broken pieces of tile. These comic book covers look a bit more like ancient art now. They are very beautiful and probably weigh a ton. Just be glad that your issues are just as lovely, but not nearly this heavy.
Matthew’s full collection of mosaic comic book covers are available to view on Facebook and the Shattered Comics website.
via Firewire blog
We all know that superheroes are drawn to look fairly perfect bodywise. But what if they looked a bit more like the average American? Well, Bulimia.com has created this series to see what that would look like. Honestly, I think they look pretty awesome both ways. It’s nice to see these guys and gals with a bit more meat on their bones though.
via Geek X Girls
I’ve always been a huge fan of VHS box cover art, just like I’ve always been a fan of the covers of vintage Sci-Fi novels. Each are a product of their own era. Well, if you appreciate the art that accompanied your favorite movies on VHS, check out these cool notebooks from PortElizabethVillage.
They have all kinds of titles to choose from, but some of our favorites are below. If you need a notebook, it may as well have an awesome VHS cover right? They sure do bring back memories.
There is no end to the geek arguments that you and your friends can have regarding your favorite comic book characters. One of the classics is: Who is better? Superman or Batman? Artist Kerry Callen has created this cool series of art examining that very question.
The artist thought that the best way to determine which hero is better would be to replace them on each other’s comic covers and see how they fare. Sounds reasonable. This should decide once and for all who is better.
via Geek Tyrant
LEGO is a versatile and colorful way to recreate or just plain create anything. So it is no wonder that David Whalen decided to use LEGO bricks to recreate iconic comic book covers. LEGO and comics are two of our favorite things around here, so you know we love this.
David does an amazing job creating these covers from DC Comics and Marvel. All of our favorites are here like Batman, Superman, The Joker, X-Men, Spider-man and more.
Cosplayers will be showing up on the covers of Marvel comic books this October. It has all come full circle. Cosplayers were inspired by the comic books and now the comic books are getting inspired by them.
Marvel has announced a bunch of covers for its Cosplay Variant program. These books will likely be part of Marvel’s All New, All Different, post-Secret Wars line-up. Check out some of the amazing cosplayers on the covers below. They do a great job of bringing these heroes to life.
via Kotaku
Do you love Firefly? How about trading cards? Well, I have some great news for you. Upper Deck is putting together a set of Firefly trading cards. Robert Jimenez is one of the artists that are involved in the project. Check out these stunning cards of Joss Whedon’s series as pulp novel covers. They are all kinds of shiny.
When Upper Deck was bringing on artists to draw up some Firefly cards, Jimenez used the opportunity to bring together two of his passions: Firefly and pulp art. I love these images. Upper Deck did too, so they asked for some propaganda-type posters for the cards. The results are pretty awesome. I would love to have them as art pieces. Jimenez will be offering some for sale in the future!
via io9
Behance user Leolux IV has made some super cool and retro pulp magazine covers for familiar modern Sci-Fi shows and movies. I can easily imagine these as actual pulp covers had these shows and movies arrived decades earlier.
I love what he did with these. The Star Trek one with Carol Marcus is the best! I hope he makes more. I would collect the hell out of these if they were real.
The Batesville Class of 2015 from Arkansas has some grade A nerds in their midst and they decided to do something super cool for their graduation covers. Ross Jones took care of the setup and photography, Lauren Jones did the makeup, Lua Jones coordinated the shoot and Matt Baker did layout and photoshop. The end result are some graduation covers worthy of Starfleet Academy. Great job guys and gals.
