SVK logo

Can you guess what the SVK logo is based on?

Illustration roundup

Thundarr the Barbarian and friends by Phil Noto.




River Thames Transport by Lauren Gentry. Via these sites.




Treading Through an Untrimmed Memory by Tran Nguyen, who also recently posted a Luna Lovegood painting for an upcoming show at Gallery Nucleus.




Sgt. Rock and the Men of War #1 cover by Tom Derenick. Via.




Alien Legion advertisement. (I remember being creeped out by this as a kid.)

*Buy Thundarr the Barbarian toys at eBay.

Illustration roundup

One of several roller girls logos by Seth.




SVK cover art by Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker.




X-Men poster by Josh Siegel on sale here.




Gryphon by Kevin Tong for Gallery 1988's upcoming Alice show. Here's N.C. Winters's fairly disturbing illustration.

*Buy roller derby posters at eBay.

Geek Olympathon in Portland in June

Geek Olympathon in Portland in June:

A weekend full of geeky contests and events held all over Portland culminating in an awards ceremony with live music and booze? Yes, please! Teams will be asked to travel to different locations and compete against each other in the geekiest ways to win material rewards and cash prizes. The event culmination will be an awards party where teams will be brought on stage and given their awards for both their performance and superlatives regarding their overall participation and costumes.

Contests include a wifi-enhanced bicycle race, Lego building, long box jumping, costume making, and more.

If you set up a team, Icelandic emo horse could be your mascot: