Radical Cute

The Japanese have sure learned to embrace cuteness. Check out this article in the Herald Tribune on how the Japanese Government is using cute cartoon characters to help soften the image of authority figures such as the police and the Military.

-Hadley

The Story of Abbey is a heartwarming and sorrowful tale of the loss of a beloved pet. Make sure to check out the other great work of Bubi Au Yeung.

-Hadley

I dunno about you, but whenever I try to play Beatmania I am concentrating WAY too hard to notice the backgrounds. Thanks to astute Cute Tipster Frank T. for pointing out that the background for Love Shine is “painfully cute”.

If you want to be really impressed, check out this vid of some lunatic beating the pants off that level.

~*Mercedes*~
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Warning, warning everyone! We have an awesome alert!

Charity by Numbers, a benefit art auction for The Alliance for Children’s Rights, features vintage paint-by-numbers pieces reinterpreted and transformed by a jaw-dropping lineup of leading underground fine artists including Mark Ryden & Marion Peck, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Todd & Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, Michael Hussar, Shag, Christian and Rob Clayton, Shepard Fairey, Andrew Brandou, Gary Panter, and many more.

The auction will be held on eBay from February 10th and end on Saturday, February 17th @ Midnight Pacific Time.

Check out Corey Helford’s online gallery to see all the paint by numbers art.

The above picture is by Tim Biskup.

-Hadley

Going down to LA’s “Little Tokyo” is dangerous for my wallet… Especially these super cute Monokuro Boo monochrome piggies from San-X (a division of RM Licensing. You can find Monokuro Boo merch online- or if you’re in the neighborhood, swing by the mall at Mitsuwa Marketplace (formerly Yaohan Plaza), where I bought mine!!

~*Mercedes*~

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BMEzine, the largest “body modification” community on the ‘net, has got an image gallery devoted exclusively to cartoon and comic art tattoos. It’s a lot of fun to see where your favorite characters might pop-up… eek…

Check it out!

~*Mercedes*~

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Playground Ghosts is a webcomic ring of sorts which hosts many fine and fantastic comics for your viewin’ pleasure, but mostly what I love about it is Chris Yates’ adorable sculptures in the Playground Ghosts Toy Shop.

I think you will agree.

~*Mercedes*~

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Weebl’s Stuff has a new catchy looped animation out called Mango. Check it out and annoy the people around you.

-Hadley

With all the excited buzz around Pendleton Ward’s new short, Adventure Time, I thought it’d be a fun little reminiscin’ kinda thing to post his uber-classy “Butt Dance” (staring Bueno the Bear). I have spent many dark nights playing this short on loop, cackling madly to myself.

~*Mercedes*~

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nARTBOX is my favorite thing of the day. Even though I can’t understand what the sam-hill is going on, the little characters and song-and-dance numbers are too much to resist. You may have seen this infamous video before.

~*Mercedes*~

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