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A double dose of Viral Video Friday, here’s a parody song by Sydney Amber with Harley Quinn singing “Do You Wanna Kill The Batman?” Taken from the hit animated Disney film “Frozen”, the song “Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?” And if you haven’t seen “Frozen,” then jump on the bandwagon and grab the Blu-ray!
For more info, go to: Sydney Amber.
I blogged/tweeted/Facebooked or something like that when this video clip came out. Actor Hugh Jackman appeared on BBC Radio 1’s The Matt Edmondson Show and performed a mixmash musical of Les Miserables “Who Am I” to Wolverine/X-men lyrics. I’m watching this again and again. It’s really funny and well done.
Not to be mistaken for Staples, the brick and mortar shop that sells office supples, this is STAPLE. Since 1997, they’ve been repping NYC streetwear culture and lifestyle. For Lookbook, they’ve teamed up with online retailer Karmaloop for their look for 2014 Spring.
Not just a skate brand, Stussy has been strutting urban street fashion since 1980 and here’s a look at what they are dropping into stores this spring for both men and women. The Women’s collection digs back to retro ’80s/’90s styling, while the Men’s collection gives out a laid back beach vibe.
Monster Massacre is back with more deadly femme fatales and sexy gun grinding action. Monster Massacre Volume 2 showcases the top two art studios in Asia. The top creative talents in Asia at Imaginary Friends Studios based in Singapore and Stellar Labs based in Jakarta team-up for this monster anthology. Many of these writers, artists, colorists, letterers and designers have work with the likes of DC and Marvel comics.
If you are looking for the classy cool hoodies and jackets for this Spring/Summer 2014, then look no further, check out Supreme. Born and bred in NYC in 1994, Supreme is still rocking in the skate/urban fashion scene.
Streetwear label A Bathing Ape known for its “camo-prints” on their apparel line is back with more this Spring/Summer 2014. Check out the various camo-print designed hoodies, pants and tees from their Men and Women’s 2014 S/S Lookbook.
Fan of music and LEGO, Adly Syairi Ramly neat project is using LEGO bricks and re-creating iconic pop bands. From the Beatles, to Cypress Hill and even boyband N’Sync makes the list. If you want to check out more cool images from this LEGO music project, go to his Instagram page: adlysyairi#.
Follow him on Twitter @ adlysyairi.
On the other side of the pond is this old lady superhero, well sort of, she is known as Psycho Gran. Who is Psycho Gran? Well, she was created by cartoonist David Leach and Psycho Gran first appeared in British children’s comic Oink! in 1986. The cult-hit granny is back in digital form with all new adventures in Psycho Gran #1.
How about some good old-fashion comic book storytelling with a mix of sci-fi, comedy and fun? Check out Dan Boultwood’s It Came! Titan Comics collects the 4 issues of It Came! into one tidy hardbound trade.
After reading Snowpiercer 1: The Escape, I said to myself, alright, for a French comic, this is not bad. I enjoyed the post-apocalyptic tale and I was eagerly awaiting the second volume, hoping this would answer the many questions I had at the end of The Escape. The original creator Jacques Lob passed away in 1990, and during that time Benjamin Legrand took on the reigns of writing the second chapter, while Jean-Marc Rochette returns handling the art on Snowpiercer 2: The Explorers.
Streetwear brand The Hundreds dropping their Spring 2014 Collection Deliver Two into stores and online. Check their site @ The Hundreds.
I’ve been a fan of streetwear brand Crooks & Castles for many years now with lots of wallet busting action from buying their hoodies and graphic tees. C&C just released their Men’s 2014 Lookbook and many of these items you can find online or just dropping into their retail shops.
In Singapore 7-Eleven stores are selling exclusive limited run of Heroes & Friends Unite. The set of 8 figures features Marvel characters: Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk and Spiderman; the Disney/Pixar characters are: Scully & Mike from Monsters Inc, and Woody & Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. The toy promotion runs until April 22, 2014.
Ignition takes a look at the Mustang-killer – the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. This street-legal track car has 505 horses, a NA 7.0L V8, 6-speed stick and comes with wide-sticky tires. Now the Camaro can fight head-to-head against the Ford Mustang BOSS 302 Laguna SECA and Ford Shelby Mustang GT500. This sticker price of this Z/28 is pricey at upwards of more than $75,000.00USD.
The Orange County (OC) streetwear brand Lifted Research Group (LRG) is still around after all these years and still leading the charge in urban fashion.
A slice of life video by Brandon Li. Brandon spent a few days in Dubai’s shipyards and started filming away. The video was shot on a Sony RX100MK II Cyber-Shot.
Do you want heavy action, time travel elements, sci-fi mumble jumble, big dinosaurs and Nazis? Then creator/writer/artist Stuart Jennett takes us on an old school journey with Chronos Commandos. Titan Comics collects the first 5 issues of the Dawn Patrol story arc.
Hong Kong known for it’s massive amount and rows of tall buildings, photographer Nick Frank was in Hong Kong last year and shot a series of photographs – Concrete Living.
From traveling around the globe, the idea of “Food Maps” became a neat art project by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. Foods that were presented a country or continent were shaped into a map. Pretty cool!
A long time ago, I remember watching Pixar’s Toy Story in the theater and I was blown away by the CG animation and storytelling. Over the years, many animation houses were looking to do the same and one is Blue Sky Studios (Epic, Ice Age). The CG animated film Rio was a 2011 hit and surpassed the $400 million mark in box-office receipts, so obviously there is a sequel with Rio 2 arriving into US multiplexes on April 11, 2014. Along the way, Titan Books has just released: The Art of Rio – Featuring a Carnival of Art from Rio and Rio 2.
With Captain America: Winter Soldier film just around the corner, one of the coolest tech vehicles is the SHIELD Helicarrier. Here is Jason Simmons custom LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier.
My geeky comic book advisers have been telling to read this indie sci-fi mystery comic book series The Absence. The Absence has been making the rounds in the UK and getting top-notch reviews, so when Titan Comics asked me if I wanted to check out The Absence by Martin Stiff, I just had to get in a review copy and see all what the fuss is about. Martin Stiff is both the author and artist of the The Absence and self-published the comic book from 2008 to 2013. The 6 issues are now collected in this hardbound trade by Titan Comics.
A stop-motion short with LEGO Simpsons and minfigs from the LEGO movie by MonsieurCaron.
Cadbury maybe known for their Easter-time chocolate eggs, but this Cadbury ad will make you dance and buy some Cadbury chocolate snacks.
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