blog: things you should check out

Marksman Doug C. shares this video, saying “I finally found one of my favorite short animations from my childhood (1961) online and thought it was worth sharing with you. An obvious source for Terry Gilliam, and clear antecedent to your own use of engravings for potentially humourous effect, I present… ‘The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit’ by Bob Godfrey, 5:25 of Pythonesque non-sequiturs and free sound effects, all made by British Labour.”

And Edward S. shares this video, saying “Your recent strips concerning the abstract concept of ‘the time’ put me in mind of a well-known sketch from the radio comedy series, “The Goon Show”, which worked on similar lines.”

Thanks, guys!

Here are some pictures of steampunk Daft Punk cosplayers.

ALSO: I’m heading to Toronto this weekend for TCAF! On Saturday afternoon we’ll be doing Machine of Death Pictionary with Ryan, Matt, Chris Hastings, KC Green, Aaron Diaz, and Kate Beaton! You gotta be there, it is required

The crazy puzzle-man Chris Yates has made a one-of-a-kind Piranhamoose jigsaw puzzle!

This is just one of his many delightful handmade puzzle designs, including a Nedroid “Beartato” and other clever and winsome artifacts from a world of whimsy.

But there’s only one Piranhamoose puzzle and it’s available right now — I’ll edit this post when it’s gone! UPDATE: It’s gone! BUT still be sure to check out Chris’ other great puzzles!

Intrepid Marksman John B. writes in with news of the twenty-ninth annual National Penny Farthing Championships in Evandale, Tasmania. So many great pictures!

Sadly, according to Australia’s ABC News, part of this year’s race was cancelled due to rain:

“Penny farthing bikes are fairly dangerous at any point and in these conditions it would just be impossible for us to go ahead.”

I’M SORRY DID YOU SAY FAIRLY DANGEROUS PENNY FARTHING