Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The exhibit opened at the Bear and Bird Gallery in Florida this weekend, and for those of us who can only expierance it via the internet there’s a hefty Flickr gallery and even a store.
If you can, head down to Lauderhill, Florida to see it before it closes on August 29th!
Bonnie talks to artists Jamie Snell and Suckadelic about their contrinutions to the Empire Muggs Back project.
I am in no way, shape or form surprised that Boba Fett is reduced to street-corner accordination. Photo by Holly Nothrop. (via)
With George being accused of being a building copycat, The Architects’ Journal goes on a Star Wars jag, naming their ten most important buildings* in the saga.
* With one that maybe isn’t quite a building.
For the budding anthropologists in the room… McSweeny’s has Yub Jub Means “Devour the Weak:” An Authoritative Study of the Ewoks From the Field. (Also noteworthy, though not Star Wars: Selections from H.P. Lovecraft’s Brief Tenure as a Whitman’s Sample Copywriter.)
The CG Society has named Ralph McQuarrie a Grand Master in the forthcoming artbook EXPOSÉ 7. (via)
Madness! Artist and Lego maestro Craig Stevens recently finished a minifig scale Rebel Blockade Runner that measures in at a whooping twelve feet long. And that’s only one of his Star Wars creations, which also includes the Millennium Falcon. (via)
Continuing adventures in TPM nostalgia. Everyone’s talking about the documentary A Galaxy Far Far Away, which has a 10th anniversary edition out. (Hey, it was news to me!) The reviews are not all so good, though.
And on that note… Somewhere on the internet, someone is always defending the prequels.
Pro art: Colleen Doran shares the original sketch for her Anakin/Padme card from the Galaxy 4 set.
Gathering: A Geekdad spotted a Star Wars event in in London, Ontario a few weeks back.
There must be cake. Perhaps the most amazing AT-AT cake you’ve ever seen.
Fun fact: Darth Vader’s reveal to Luke is the most misquoted phrase in film.
What? I can’t believe GalacticBinder found even one, let alone ten Star Wars surfing crossovers.
Way back in November we spotted Adriean Koleric’s HERD, featuring repainted and altered AT-ATs and other familiar figures. His show wraps up on Saturday, so head to his site or under the cut for more pictures. Continue reading “AT-AT art: Checking in with the HERD”
