It’s a rare and delightful thing as an adult to be taken back to those carefree wonderful times as a child when you would read a book and be totally and completely immersed in the world created within. Those were rare and special times when the simplicity and beauty Continue Reading
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3D Printer Rick? You’d better believe it, Shumshumschilpiddydah!
My oh my but some people are gobsmackingly clever. Take 3D Print Guy who creates plastic figurines of pop culture characters, and animates them, serving up in the process some inventive, world-extending adventures that take much loved animated fixtures to new and fascinatingly interesting places. His latest sparkling effort, Continue Reading
Dr. Seuss – Putting Rhymes to Good Use (KaptainKristian video essay)
Got a spare few minutes? Need to bolster your drab workaday life with some bright playful rhymes? Then sit down and watch this brilliant video essay by the ever awesome Kaptain Kristian which regales us with the wonders of Dr Seuss’s technique and approach, all done in his trademark Continue Reading
Meow no! Simon’s Cat does NOT want to go to the vet
SNAPSHOT After an unfortunate encounter in the garden, Simon’s Cat goes to great lengths to avoid an imminent visit to the vet. As always, the question remains – will his long-suffering owner Simon step up to the challenge? …‘Simon’s Cat: Off to the Vet’ has screened at multiple film Continue Reading
Take a flight of festive imagination with Microsoft’s Paint 3D ad
Whoever would have thought that Microsoft could be joyously quirky and magical? Well, Microsoft marketing executives clearly because the tech giant’s ad for their successor to Microsoft Paint, Paint 3D, is as whimsical, sweet and idiosyncratically fantastical as you could possibly ask for. Springing from the fecund imagination of Continue Reading
Escape from reality: Maxwell’s Demons takes you to the far worlds of the imagination
SNAPSHOT Maxwell Maas may be the greatest mind the world has ever known, but at 10-years-old he has a lot to learn. Adventuring to distant worlds through his makeshift multiversal closet door, Max will encounter greatness and menace on a cosmic scale. Fans of Gaiman’s Sandman will feel at Continue Reading
Party on! Simon’s Cat’s guide to happy birthdays
Simon’s Cat knows how to party! Decorate like crazy (and play with the balloons naturally while you do!), invite good friends over with whom you spend copious amounts of time, treat yo’self (use Community as your guide), read and respond to all the messages … and presents! It goes Continue Reading
Otherworld beckons but should you answer its siren call? (book trailer)
Who doesn’t want a holiday from reality? Given all the hellish commuting and bills to pay, the threat of climate change and terrorism and endless repeats of Law and Order, it can be tempting to think that a world in which all your most delectable fantasies could be realised Continue Reading
BOO & HISS: Paul Dini’s amusingly original take on cats and mice (comic)
SNAPSHOT From the magnificently masterful mind of Paul Dini comes a new 48-page graphic novel that turns the game of cat and mouse on its (paranormal) head … BOO & HISS! How many comics and cartoons have you seen where the cat chases the mouse endlessly, rarely catching him Continue Reading
The Constellation Chronicle: Go to the dark, creepy reaches of space this #Halloween
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that it’s almost Halloween. Now you could do what most people do to mark this most spooky of holidays – spray your house with fake cobwebs, stick up a Jack o’ Lantern on your front steps and wait for trick-or-treaters to visit seeking Continue Reading