Illustration roundup

Spidey's Second Act by Matt Dorfman for the NY Times.



Flyer for an upcoming show featuring McBess.



Clone Trooper/Krayt Dragon fan.



Denis Zilber.



"Albino Nautolan Mandalorian Girl" by Master Cyrus.

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A Beginner's Guide to the Endocrine System

A Beginner's Guide to the Endocrine System by Raymond Biesinger on sale at Etsy.

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A Beginner's Guide to the Endocrine System

A Beginner's Guide to the Endocrine System by Raymond Biesinger on sale at Etsy.

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CrossFit's repulsive mascots

Meet Pukie the Clown and Dr. Rhabdo, mascots for exercise program CrossFit. Pukie is pretty obvious - - exercise programs for men commonly boast of pushing participants past tolerance. But Rhabdo was a new one for me. Wikipedia explains:

Rhabdomyolysis is the rapid breakdown (lysis) of skeletal muscle (rhabdomyo) due to injury to muscle tissue. The muscle damage may be caused by physical (e.g., crush injury), chemical, or biological factors. The destruction of the muscle leads to the release of the breakdown products of damaged muscle cells into the bloodstream; some of these, such as myoglobin (a protein), are harmful to the kidney and may lead to acute kidney failure.

CrossFit is used by the military, and at least one sailor has sued, claiming that participation in the program destroyed his kidneys.

T-shirts are available.

Here's my favorite parody of body-building supplement ads:



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Shakespeare invented the phrase, "knock knock, who's there?"

Learn something every day.

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Your booty is speaking to me

Old Navy has a tarot card-themed website crated by Crispin Porter + Bogusky where a fortune teller looks at your butt and recommends jeans. It gets a little creepy.








*Previously: The Lowbrow Tarot.

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Link roundup

1. Map of nightclubs in Harlem in 1932. Via.

2. Art giveaway.

3. Gawker on the woman accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes.

4. Jezebel on photoshopped images of Jennifer Aniston.

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