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Hey, it’s Angus!

cubbi — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:52:45 +0000

AC/DC, Giants Stadium, 2009

Fancy seeing a band that’s been performing for almost as long as you are old! They sure know how to do that. This was their 30th anniversary tour, and they were there to perform all the old hits.

I know who the real father of science fiction is.

cubbi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:38:33 +0000

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne got brought up in an IRC conversation, and I started remembering his novels. Honestly, I never cared for his quaint science fiction, as awesome as it was from historical point of view (air conditioning, TV, and the Internet in the 19th century!), but his adventure novels completely swept my imagination. Captain Hatteras, Fifteen-year-old captain, Captain Nemo, Children of Captain Grant, various explorers, pirates, scientists, and tribesmen.

In fact, his Mysterious Island is what made me a chemist: the true hero of the story was a engineer who made everything, from steel to dynamite, out of raw materials. Odd how few people around me have even heard of that novel, although they all know about Captain Nemo (who meets his end in the Island)
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New favorite figurine

cubbi — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:37:41 +0000

Navis by Attakus

Attakus makes INSANELY detailed figurines! This is Nävis as she appears in the comic book series of the same name, prequel to the famous Sillage, and she’s done very faithfully to José-Luis Munuera’s design (as opposed to Philippe Buchet’s design figurine, which I also have
It’s my new favorite figurine ever, so much detail and complexity! And only 350 made… The pics are from the box because I lost my camera’s cable.

Crossposted from Livejournal

Cosplay doesn’t have to be frightening

cubbi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:19:20 +0000

Inuyasha by Katya Bulgakova, photo by Gundamer

The cutest Inuyasha cosplay ever, spotted on LiveJournal.

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Roadside Romeo

cubbi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:47:10 +0000

Roadside Romeo (2008)

Interesting, Disney sponsored a blatantly furry Indian CG animated feature, Roadside Romeo (2008). It’s a cartoon, but it has everything you’d expect from a Bollywood movie – dancing, singing, sappy love story, poorly choreographed fightmore dancing, and more singing. Looks like Disney wasn’t sure of its reception in america (NY Times called the characters “Oddly naked”), and only gave it an extremely limited run in some 40 movie theaters in the USA.

Crossposted from LiveJournal

Who knew Peter Pan could be cool?

cubbi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:21:37 +0000

Tinkerbell vs. Clochette

So I’ve read the six-volume french comic book mini-series Peter Pan by Régis Loisel (published between 1990 and 2004), which is essentially a prequel to the old Peter and Wendy story. It’s full of graphic, yet believable, violence, and covers many adult themes, both in Peter’s early miserable life in Dickens-like London and the turbulent events in Neverland leading up to the status quo at the beginning of Peter and Wendy. I *really* should brush up on my French.

And I think Loisel’s Tinkerbell looks way cool. And Hook is just perfect.

For the bonus, check out what Peter Pan and the fairies who taught him to fly looked like in the earliest 1906 book which was retconned to make Peter and Wendy in 1911.
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Surfing the Highway!

cubbi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:49:10 +0000

Sam and Max

Wow, it took Telltale Games a while to send this book to us.. but it’s here! Signed and numbered and all! Thank you Mae for the awesome gift! Also, the book’s number is 404
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