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Hilarious Illustrations of Cats, Ninjas, Zombies and More

ProCATStination

Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of Anna-Marie Jung. The freelance illustrator from Graz, Austria has a hilarious sense of humor that comes through in every one of her works. Inspired by pop culture like cartoons, comic books, movies and computer games, she creates "nerdy" art that features the Internet's most famous…

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Added by alice on April 15, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

The Awesome Dragon Ball Meme Lives On



Last week, we posted on the awesome Dragon Ball meme that showed Japanese schoolgirls performing superhuman energy attacks that sent their peers flying. (Our post alone was retweeted almost 2,000 times and liked over 17,000 times on Facebook.) While many of you have now moved on to the…

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Added by alice on April 4, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

New GIFs Help Newcomers Navigate NYC

Artist Nathan Pyle knows a thing or two about living in New York City...or at least adjusting to it. Almost five years ago, he moved from the small suburbs of Dayton, Ohio to the great big city. Throughout the years he's learned a lot of lessons about living there and he's now sharing them in his…

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Added by alice on March 27, 2013 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Laugh Out Loud Valentine's Day Messages



A few days ago, redditor Slddngwthtgrs shared a set of Valentine's Day messages that can be described as either incredibly sad or downright creepy. With nothing more than a few words on a page, he manages to pull out a whole range of emotions in us. Mostly, you'll laugh as slddngwthtgrs' relevant sayings hit us where it hurts. As fellow redditor ProbablyBeingIronic states, "You write what we're…

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Added by alice on February 14, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Jason Schwartzman's Hilarious Valentine's Day Portraits

Who could pull off such a hilarious set of portraits but indie heartthrob Jason Schwartzman? For the February/March issue of BUST magazine, Los Angeles-based photographer Amanda Marsalis shot Schwarzman in a wide variety of hilarious scenes. From nonchalantly sucking on a lollipop while sporting heart-shaped sunglasses to lying passed out on the floor with the top of…

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Added by alice on February 13, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

The Cute Adventures of Little Alice Bee: South Korea

World's Best Father Gangnam Style



It's been about four months since we first wrote about Dave Engledow's hilarious series titled "World's Best Father." Since then, we not only got to…

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Added by alice on January 11, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Plastic Toys with Funny Captions: Christmas Edition



It's been almost two years since we came across Aled Lewis's hilarious series, called Toy Stories, where he pairs miniature plastic toys with hilarious captions. However, it was only just last month that he…

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Added by alice on December 21, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments

New Calendar from the Viral Hit "World's Best Father"



Remember Dave Engledow, aka the self-professed World's Best Father? The hilarious dad just released a limited edition 2013 calendar he created along with his cute little daughter Alice Bee. He sent us the front and back covers of the calendar, as well as some never-before-seen,…

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Added by alice on November 21, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Funny Venn Diagram Shows Where the Dark Side Lives



It's been awhile since we posted on any of graphic designer and illustrator Heng Swee Lim's work so here's one for you today. Also going by the name I Love Doodle, Lim has created a classic Venn diagram with a highly recognizable character in the middle. The hilarious piece is called Dark Side.…

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Added by alice on October 27, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Exclusive Interview with the World's Best Father

Every once in a while, we'll see an artist's work spread throughout the web at lightning speed. There's no exact science to it, you never know what will go viral. It's only happened a handful of times on My Modern Met - Jason Lee's creative photos of his daughters and…

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Added by alice on October 2, 2012 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Creepy Hug Me Jacket



Sometimes, don't we all just need a hug? Forget asking your family or friends, wear this crazy-looking jacket and you'll always feel special. Of course, you'll also look a little freaky but who cares? This great green jacket was one of six designer Si Chan created under his Fall/Winter 2012-2013 men's collection called Hug Me. Meant to show the disconnect we feel between other people, the…

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Added by alice on September 3, 2012 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Creative ABC Flash Cards for the Modern Baby



When did the letter A not stand for apple the fruit but Apple the brand? Cape Town, South Africa-based illustrator Emma Cook has created some awesome ABC flash cards for the modern baby. This "silly side project" was designed to show the ABCs with more culturally relevant examples. Though mostly made for designers, any geek, hipster, or person who spends most of their time behind a…

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Added by alice on August 27, 2012 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Funny Typographic Jokes Created to Lift Designers' Spirits



Graphic design student Gary Nicholson has created a very funny set of posters for anyone who's into typography. Meant to "lift the spirits of fellow designers," the set of five posters are fantastically witty in that "inside joke" kind of way. As one commenter on Behance stated, "Ha ha super nerdy but…

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Added by alice on August 23, 2012 at 8:41am — 1 Comment

McKayla Maroney is Not Impressed in LEGO Form



Team USA gymnast McKayla Maroney recently became a huge Internet meme when she was caught on camera with a sour-looking smirk on her face after being awarded the silver metal in the women's vault final. There's now even a Tumblr blog called McKayla is Not Impressed where one can check out some hilarious photos of…

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Added by alice on August 16, 2012 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Street Art Dripping with Sarcasm



We all have that one friend. That one who has that biting sense of humor that you don't know if he's joking or if he's telling you the truth. All in all, everyone knows he has a way with words. In fact, they're always dripping with sarcasm. If that person were to create street art, I imagine it would look something like this.

UK-based Mobstr puts up simple sentences that were designed…

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Added by alice on June 15, 2012 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Yum Yum's Hilarious Vinyl Toys are Now Available



Remember those hilarious vinyl toys by Yum Yum? We're happy to announce that they're now for sale! Yes, the company we interviewed back in September 2010, is now going to release a limited number of five toys that you can pre-order. The complete set is going for 60 pounds or about $94 dollars.…

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Added by alice on May 29, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Pop Culture Characters are Just Like Us

Magnets



Going on now till April 28 at Gallery 1988: Melrose is a fun show called "Just Like Us" that shows new work by artist Mike Mitchell. Taking some of the most loved pop culture characters of our time like Disney's Dumbo, Marvel's Magneto and Sesame Street's Burt and Ernie, Mitchell puts his own unique spin on them, often showing some pretty ironic…

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Added by alice on April 11, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Clever Venn Diagrams by Stephen Wildish

Though UK-based graphic designer Stephen Wildish is more well-known for his alphabet film posters, he's also pretty talented when it comes to making clever venn diagrams. On his website, he has a special section called…

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Added by alice on March 3, 2012 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Cute and Clever Illustrations by Nathan W. Pyle

You got served

May Nathan W. Pyle's illustrations make you laugh today or perhaps just crack a smile. His cute and clever illustrations sure did the trick for us. By day, Pyle's a freelance television producer and, in his words, he's drawing "ridiculous things at night."

As he told…

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Added by alice on March 1, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Sweet and (Slightly) Disturbing Art by Sebastien Millon

Phoenix, Arizona-based artist Sebastien Millon creates works that ride that fine line between sweet and slightly disturbing. While some of his pieces can be appreciated by one and all, there's definitely a good amount that should only be viewed by adults. Usually featuring animals like a drunk bear, a knife-wielding lemur or an evil rabbit, they're hilarious,…

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Added by alice on February 24, 2012 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

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