Inspector Gadget Returns Via Netflix... Oh Boy!

Netflix is pretty amazing, and their original programming has been pretty spot on over the past few months. House of Cards Season 3 was boss, Marco Polo was pretty great, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is fucking hilarious. But their newest foray into exclusive programming has 80 babies like myself kind of excited. Inspector Gadget was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, you just had to love the goofiness of it. It reminded me a lot of the Pink Panther movies starring Peter Sellers. Penny and Brain the dog were the real detectives, while bumbling Inspector Gadget meandered around NOT solving crimes. Dr. Claw was an amazing villain, and who didn't love all the cool stuff the Inspector had in his hat/coat arsenal? A Helicopter Hat... wait, what? This show was fantastic. A few years back in Australia a company called DHX Media created a new series of cartoons continuing the story, and Netflix has acquired the complete series for exclusive streaming. I am not to big of a fan of the CGI cartoons nowadays, but I am willing to give it a shot... I owe it to my 5 year old self. Check out a few stills after the jump, and tell us what you think about this new incarnation...

Inspector Gadget VHS Box Art by Sean Hartter

I hate to keep jerking on Sean Hartter's nutsack, but my man keeps putting out quality re-imaginings and mash-ups daily and he deserves to be recognized. The kid just has an amazing eye for details and always finds very creative ways to portray classic properties that all of us nerds love. Today he features a mecha suit version of Inspector Gadget that is super cool, and it even features the DIC tagline of the company responsible for bringing the good old Inspector to our afternoon cartoon programming. It's the little things that make his pieces great. Click after the jump to see the full pic...

'I'd Buy That...As a Tee!' Vol 34

Always on the look out for inspiring art... emblazoned across the chest of humanity. Here's some of the t-shirts I have my eye on to do just the trick but, there's only one problem....they aren't for sale yet! Please click each of the links below to the Threadless.com voting pages and give these beauties '5' ratings so I can throw 'em on my charge card one day.

**Please click READ MORE for tee-licious tees!**

Before I start in with my regular weekly picks, I'd like to mention that Threadlsess has still been running a 'Threadless Loves Pin-ups' challenge all week. Hot sluts in a 40's style pin-up homage. Here's a few of my favorites from that challenge this week....

First up, this cherubic 'Sailor Pin-up' really floats my boat! Oh......to be an octopus...but, just for a day.

The Bride of Frankenstein is pinning HERSELF up in this clever and very sexy 'Needles & Pins' design that make me wanna 'play doctor'....Frankenstein that is.

Zapper Gun?...check!....Power Glove?....check! ....and....if I squint just right, I think I can see some sexy cotton panties under this plumber groupie's dress in 'Pixel Pin-up'. Maybe she'll let me use my joystick ;)

Finally...our geeky gadget hero, 'Inspector Gadget' gets a seductive make-over. 'Wowsers', indeed! Go go gadget boner!

And this week, some of my favorite non-challenge tees were....

'Component Upgrade' has our favorite Oz woodsman getting a much-needed tin mech suit tune up. Now if we could just ratchet-up the Lion's courage a bit.

One might ask "Does Batman ever get a 'Superheroes Night Off' ?" I guess he just has to flip off the right people. Great!

This minimalist 'Chewie & Han' Star Wars design really sends me into hyperdrive. The Chewbacca, particularly is a thing of fuzzball beauty. Simple but, stupendous!

Get your mallet! Big Trouble in Little Japan' is Mario & Donkey Kong ....samurai style! 

'Get Your Ass To Mars' ..and if you do, be sure to grab me one of these totally recalled Quatto novelty, tourist tees.

'Akuma Matata'...it's a wonderful phrase. Unless, of course, you're on the receiving end of a flaming Hadouken from this little Lion King/Street Fighter mash-up.

Finally this week, my favorite quite possibly could be this feudal japan Star Wars re-envisionment 'Duel of Fates'. Two ancient Jedi having it out with each other in a field far far away in front of a Death starry sky. Makes me wanna see THIS film. "Luke san...I am your Chichioya." 

See ya next week folks! Thursday is always tee-time!

Olly Moss's Paper Cuts: Silhouettes Of Pop Culture Icons

Check out these awesome pieces that were put together by pop culture artist extraordinaire Olly Moss. For his show "Paper Cuts" Olly did side profiles of a wide array pop culture characters and real life people (over 100!!!) made out of black paper set on a white background. These are so cool. He adds color and details to each photo, and the details are amazing. These are the 10 I liked best. I picked some of the less obvious ones and ones that I thought would appeal to some of my good friends and CCD readers (you know who you guys are!!!). Click here to see all the rest of the pieces in Olly's awesome show.

Teen Wolf... The REAL TEEN WOLF (Fuck you MTV)

Viddy, Viddy Well... Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange

Conan the Barbarian (ala Arnold... this ones for you Rob!!!)

Exterminate! Exterminate! The Dalek of Dr. Who fame (This is for the Melendez family)

Inspector Gadget (Here you go Jeff... the REAL Inspector!!!)

Don Corleone of the Godfather

Godzilla, King of all Monsters (Your welcome Cousin James)

I Have The Power!!! He-Man is the shit (This one was for me!!!)

The Mario Brothers

The Reservoir Dogs (I Loved This One!!!)