"John Callahan, a quadriplegic, alcoholic cartoonist whose work in newspapers and magazines made irreverent, impolitic sport of people with disabilities and diseases and those who would pity and condescend to them, died Saturday in Portland, Ore. He was 59 and lived in Portland."
Here's his Web site. It actually has a section titled "Free Animations," and visitors are invited to take one or more, asking only that you provide a link back to the site in exchange. What a guy. Here's a fairly mellow one that'll give you a bit of an idea what John Callahan was all about:
This is Secret Agent M reporting. Comic-Con is officially over. Beside more pictures of great costumes and booths, below you will find highlights of the induction of Sylvester Stallone to the Action Hero Hall of Fame, the annual Zombie Walk, and SYFY/EW's red carpet event. For those who followed all the Comic-Con news, I was no where near Hall H and know nothing about the guy who stabbed the other guy in the eye because he was sitting too close to him at a panel.
Now to the fun stuff:
Whiplash from Iron Man.
Joker from "The Killing Joke" and Harley Quinn.
Drew Struzan: Movie poster artist of Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones fame.
The world's premier comic book convention is going on right now in San Diego – and we have a BRI agent there taking photos of the fantastic sites. We're going to be adding photos to this post throughout the day; should be a blast.
Let's get things rolling with the first image, just sent to me via the marvelous Mana's mobile:
One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it's never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees [sic], native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it's attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there's only one more like it in the whole country.
Sad little tree.
Here's some more information on Carrierea calycinea, and a nice pic of the tree's flowers:
Dear brave souls that participated in our scavenger hunt:
We thank you all for taking the time to research, take pictures, and get creative with each of our clues. Over the next couple of weeks, we will share some of the awesome pictures/answers with you all. As promised, the winners have been picked and notified. And…here they are:
Grand-prize winner (iPad):
Anna Harmon
Runner Ups (10 signed Uncle John's Bathroom Readers):
Mary Jane Crewe
Brian Breslin
James King
Hooo-oot! The internet has a new star. Paul "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant" Vasquez took a video of a double rainbow at his property in the vicinity of Yosemite National Park in California. And he talked about it. On the video. It has received more than 2 million viewers on YouTube in less than three days. It is, in a word, high-larious.
We should note that Vasquez insists he was not under the influence of any illegal substances at the time. He was just "happy."
Somebody went on to add some music:
Here's an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader salute to Yosemitebear Mountain Giant, our brand new favorite practically famous person. Oh, and here's a pic:
We thought you all might enjoy a morning wake up song. Or to put it another way: Get to work!
Holy cow! I had just put that bit of the post up, then went to look for an interesting bit of extra info about Men at Work—and found this:
Men at Work star Greg Ham fears he'll be forced to "sell his house" to pay out royalties for their 1980s hit Down Under after the band lost a copyright battle over the song.
A judge in Australia has ruled that the flute solo in the track samples parts of Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree, a song written by an music teacher for the Girl Guides in 1934.
The song's composers, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, will have to pay bosses at Larrikin music publishers five per cent of the song's proceeds dating back to 2002, as well as royalties from future earnings. [...]
No one detected it – I didn't detect it and I played the f***ing thing. I was looking for something that sounded Australiana – that's what came out – it was never Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
I must be a bit psychic today.
Here's the Kookaburra song, done with the Aussie dance that Aussie kids do to the song. Let us know what you think: Can you hear how the flute part in "Land Down Under" might have borrowed from it?
He wasn't for everyone, but we sure liked him.
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