50 Years Of James Bond by Matt Needle

Minimalist art is a talent that not many people can pull off completely. Conveying the full meaning of a poster with just basic images and hardly no words is a challenge, yet when it is done successfully it comes off as beautiful to look at. Matt Needle is one of these artists that knows how to balance the obscure with the understandable. Case in point: His 50th anniversary poster in celebration of James Bond. Needle takes iconic images of all the Bond films and includes them in a collage that is reinforced with the names of the six actors who have portrayed Bond and the titles of the films. I also love the color choice, using gold to signify the 50th anniversary. Well done. Check out the full version after the jump...

Chuck Norris Takes On Your Favorite Video Games... And Kicks Their Ass!!!

Chuck Norris has long been the punchline for countless jokes and situational skits based on his invincibility.  But video artist Daneboy decided to pit the Big Red Machine against some of our favorite video game titles from the past 30 years. These 40 second clips depict an 8-bit Norris taking on the viscous green pigs of Angry Birds, level 1-1 of Super Mario Brothers, and the sneaky ghosts of Pacman. Enjoy all three clips after the jump and remember that nobody can defeat Chuck Norris.... NOBODY!!!

If You Never Watched Anime Before, The New Lupin the 3rd Feature Is A Good Place To Start...

Back in my college days of the early 200's I watched an awful lot of Cartoon Network. Dexter's Laboratory, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and many other animated titles filled the airways. But this era is mostly known for the anime comeback that was taking place on the network. Ghost In The Machine, Cowboy Bebop, Fist of the Northstar... all of these series were gaining new life and new fans across America. This is where I fell in love with Lupin the 3rd, the anime about the gentleman thief. Lupin comes from a long line of thieves, and he is so good he often tells his victims AHEAD of time he plans on robbing them. Lupin was the basis for the Night Fox character in Ocean's 12 & 13. Lupin and his gang of misfits travel the globe pulling heists and having fun. It is truly a great show. In April, Japanese network Toho announced a new 13 episode prequel series entitled Lupin the 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mane which will flashback to the beginning of Lupin & his crew and their earliest jobs. The trailer doesn't have a whole lot of animation, but it is super retro and I love this series so I am posting it anyway. If you want a good time watching anime, dig up the older versions of Lupin. You will not be disappointed. Click after the jump for the full trailer...



 

Even Bad Guys Have To Get Old....

As a big horror fan I am constantly looking for websites that focus on the genre to read. I was always a fan of Bloody Disgusting, but they have gotten a bit corporate and big for their britches. A few years back I stumbled upon Freddy In Space, a cool blog run by a guy named Johnny. There was just something about the blog and the way he ran it that remind me alot of what we are trying to do here at CCD.... just talk about stuff we love and maybe score some free shit from companies for reviewing their stuff. Then I found out that Johnny was a fellow NYer and that was enough for me. We have become friends through meet ups at Comic Con and sharing memorabilia, and I am still a very big fan of his blog. Go check it out!!! Anyway, Johnny featured photographer Fredrico Chisea works in which Chisea shows us what it will be like when the villains we love grow old. THese guys may not seem like much of a threat anymore, but I bet they still go a bit of bad ass left in em. Check out the photo series after the jump...

Happy Munn-Day!!!

Today is Munn Day, just another excuse for us to post some extremely hot pics of our healthy obsession, Olivia Munn. She is looking like she is need of some assistance with tying that bikini bottom and I for one would gladly help her out with my teeth... wait, what? Just another day of the week, but a better one after seeing these three pics for sure. Pics after the jump...

Avengers #221 Covered by Ben Temples

One of my all time favorite comic book covers is Avengers #221. This is when the team was going through a line up change and Marvel seemed to be giving the fans an option of who would make up the newest roster of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes". I was given a run of Avengers books from #150 to #250 back in 1986-87 as a gift,  so these books are very near and dear to my heart. #221 always stood out to me because Ed Hannigan & Joe Rubenstein just killed the design and foster such intrigued in the readers mind. I always loved the blank box in the middle with "Invisible Girl" in the box. So funny. Covered is a really cool website (check here) that lets artists take on these classic covers, and Ben Temples decided to use the current crop of  "Marvel Movie" Avengers to recreate the epic cover.  Well done in my opinion. Click after the jump to see both the original #221 & Temples recreation in full glory...

Need Help Understanding Inception? Matt Dempsey Got Your Back...

Inception has been featured on HBO a lot lately and I have been watching it whenever I can. To me it is one of the most original movies I have ever seen and proves Chris Nolan is much more than the guy who brought back the Bat as a filmmaker. Like any complicated movie it asks the viewer to think and follow a multi-level story across multiple landscapes which can all be very confusing. This turns off a ton of people, but for the viewers who can dedicate their brain to the flick for two hours it is very rewarding. But web designer Matt Dempsey thought it could be very beneficial if he could design an interactive website to explain each level of the dreams in Inception. He color codes all of the characters and properly explains who is doing what on each level of the dream. Even though I feel like I got the movie (I'm probably wrong...lol), this animated info-graphic helped me out alot and made me that much more eager to revisit the film again. Thank you to Joe Fletch for bringing this to my attention. Click here to be blown away by Dempsey's wonderful website...