Funny Captain America-tie in advertisement for Dunkin Donuts

Captain America sort of stars in this advertisement for Dunkin Donuts' Cherry Coolatta.

*Previously: Thoroughly redesigned Captain America.

Spider-Man playing miniature golf

Spider convention illustration by Maris Wicks. She posted an octopus, too.

*Buy sketch cards at eBay.

Iron Spider paper toy

Download the Iron Spider paper toy here.

*Buy complete Marvel Legends build-a-figures at eBay.

Tron, Spider-Girl

"Data Fragmentation" by Patrick Bateman (who has lots of other Tron art in his gallery):



Patrick based his illustration on this photo by Marcus Ranum:



And Marcus's gallery is full of fascinating (and many NSFW) photographs including a gallery of Spider-Girl photos:



Via.

Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates Series 2

Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates available for preorder at the BBTS. (Posted just because I'm a sucker for the Super Skrull.)

Link roundup

1. Neville Page worked on Green Lantern, too? I wish I liked his designs more. He seems to be involved in so many movies I'm interested in.

2. Relatedly, in light of the horrendous Green Lantern reviews, it's a little weird to see new articles in which Geoff Johns boasts of his important role in the movie's development and role developong a possible Flash movie. Also, turns out he owns my local comic shop.

UPDATE: Mark Millar calls "Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made."

3. Jim Shooter details the origin of ROM: Space Knight (ROM stands for "Read-Only Memory"). Also, he posted a portrait of himself drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz.

The origin of the Sub-Mariner

A few panels by by Ross Andru and John Severin from Sub-Mariner #38 (March 1971), which details Namor's origin.

*Buy Heroclix at eBay.

Illustration roundup

Dorothy gets searched by Banksy.




Dr. Strange by Ulises Farinas, who accepts commissions as described here.





Illustrations by P. Wyss and Joseph Handler.




Finn grows up.

Marvel Cosbabies

Marvel Avengers Assemble: Cosbaby Series starring Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Red Skull, and Loki. Via.

*Buy Cosbaby mini figures at eBay.

Master of Kung Fu

Some terrific art by Paul Gulacy from Master of Kung Fu. You'll find more scans here, and The Art of Paul Gulacy is $23 at Amazon.

Best Covers: Marvel Solicitations for September 2011

My favorite covers from the Marvel Comics solicitations for September 2011:



FF: 50 Fantastic Years cover by Patrick Scherberger.




Thor: Heaven and Earth #4 cover by Stephane Perger.




Spider-Island: I Love New York #1 cover by Mike Del Mundo.




Heroes for Hire #11 cover by Jay Anacleto.

Link roundup

1. Chell/Portal cosplay gallery. Via.

2. Comment and win art prints.

3. Meet the Hydragon (from this Conan comic).

Future Foundation Minimates

Future Foundation Minimates set coming soon. Via.

*Previously: Future Foundation bodypaint + FX.

Captain America movie poster by Paolo Rivera

Captain America movie poster by Paolo Rivera. And speaking of illustrated Captain America movie posters, there are some great vintage ones on sale at eBay:




You can watch the old Captain America serials at Youtube:

X-Men: First Class character designs

Jerad S. Marantz posted several X-Men: First Class character designs.

Adventure Time meets The Avengers

Adventure Time/Avengers mashup by JoJo Ramos.

*Buy Adventure Time t-shirts at Amazon.

Illustration roundup

Poster by Sean Dove, who has various prints on sale here.




From this collection of Planet of the Apes covers.




Man vs. Shark via these sites.




Paul and Linda McCartney by Jack Kirby. Read the backstory here.




Illustration by Sandra Lanz, who shows her comic drawing skills with this comic about girls feeling ignored by comic shop owners. Via.

*Buy Jack Kirby art at eBay.

Spider-Man rebooted by Kate Beaton

One of five new strips by Kate Beaton in which she asks, What if...Spider-Man had been bitten by a brown recluse spider?

*Hark! A Vagrant is 37 percent off at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Fascinating site I've never heard of:

At the time of Göbekli Tepe's construction much of the human race lived in small nomadic bands that survived by foraging for plants and hunting wild animals. Construction of the site would have required more people coming together in one place than had likely occurred before. Amazingly, the temple's builders were able to cut, shape, and transport 16-ton stones hundreds of feet despite having no wheels or beasts of burden. The pilgrims who came to Göbekli Tepe lived in a world without writing, metal, or pottery; to those approaching the temple from below, its pillars must have loomed overhead like rigid giants, the animals on the stones shivering in the firelight—emissaries from a spiritual world that the human mind may have only begun to envision.

Archaeologists are still excavating Göbekli Tepe and debating its meaning. What they do know is that the site is the most significant in a volley of unexpected findings that have overturned earlier ideas about our species' deep past. Just 20 years ago most researchers believed they knew the time, place, and rough sequence of the Neolithic Revolution—the critical transition that resulted in the birth of agriculture, taking Homo sapiens from scattered groups of hunter-gatherers to farming villages and from there to technologically sophisticated societies with great temples and towers and kings and priests who directed the labor of their subjects and recorded their feats in written form. But in recent years multiple new discoveries, Göbekli Tepe preeminent among them, have begun forcing archaeologists to reconsider.

Via.

2. So did Urban Outfitters rip off an Etsy seller? Or was her design not remotely original?

3. And did Jack Kirby create all of the major Marvel characters? Or was it Stan Lee? Via.

Link roundup

1. Totally bizarre story of a nuclear power plant mishap that killed three men in 1961 Idaho. "When one of the trio was buried, his family asked to see the coffin: permission was only granted when they agreed to rush through the funeral in five minutes."

2. Fast Company chose Reshma Shetty as one its most creative people in business:

At MIT Shetty earned her synthetic-biology chops by helping engineer a strain of E. coli bacteria that smelled minty fresh, eliciting praise from experimental biologists who hated the outhouse stench of unadulterated E. coli.

3. It's Star-Lord and a sort of space Dr. Moreau in "More Than Human" by Doug Moench, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Bob McLeod.