Dec 01

Skeletor Is Waging a Twitter Takeover of @Honda. Here Are the Best Moments So Far

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One of the universe’s greatest villians has conquered the Twitter feed of one the world’s most recognized automotive brands.

Yes, it appears that Skeletor, the nemesis of He-Man (both of ’80s Saturday morning cartoon fame) has manned the controls of Honda’s Twitter account, coinciding with the brand’s newest campaign featuring famous toys promoting the Happy Honda Days sales event. 

The exchanges are actually pretty hilarious and range from trolling He-Man to sharing his #ManCrushMonday. Take a look:

Here’s where it all went down…

Sexiest troll alive:

Sick burn on He-Man.

Takes one to know one:

Old joke, new delivery:

Very literal, here:

Ha! Skeletor’s on fire!

No brand is safe, even Charmin.



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Nov 13

XKCD Live-Sketched the Comet Landing Every Few Minutes for 12 Incredible Hours

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If you missed the excitement and tension of Wednesday’s Philae lander completing its 10-year journey to a comet’s surface, here’s a pretty fantastic way to relive it.

Web cartoonist Randall Munroe, creator of the massively popular xkcd, live-cartooned the Philae module’s separation from the Rosetta spacecraft and its gradual, often nerve-wracking descent to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Despite the marketing and media world’s obsession with producing real-time content, Munroe truly created something light years beyond what most big-budget brands or news outlets would attempt (or even imagine in the first place).

Here’s how it all looks put together:

His 142-frame project spanned across 12 hours and charmingly captured both the scientific status of the lander’s descent and the emotional uncertainty of scientists and fans back home. As with any project taking place hundreds of millions of miles away from Earth, the comet mission had its share of perilous moments, and several of the xkcd panels capture these brief (in retrospect, but heart-stopping in the moment) instances of doubt.

The animated GIF above was created by the Explain xkcd wiki, where you can also find a list, link and timestamp for every frame. There’s also a fan-created version you can scroll back and forth through. 

Below are a few our favorite moments:



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Apr 21

Cartoon Characters Go Bald to Sweetly Show Kids With Cancer They’re Not Alone

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There's a reason children's shows always seem to have more diversity than anything else on television. It's because kids look to TV as a window that helps make sense of the world, and when they don't see anyone resembling themselves reflected back, they can be left feeling isolated and weird.

That can be especially true for children who've lost their hair due to chemotherapy, which motivated a Brazilian cancer charity to create a fun project: Bald Cartoons.

The advocacy group Graacc partnered with several popular cartoons—including U.S. hits like Adventure Time and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, along with classics like Peanuts and Garfield—to have characters shave their heads in solidarity with young cancer patients.

The resulting clips and posters show these children they're not alone. You can see the results yourself in the incredibly touching video below, subtitled in English. 

The program is looking for more cartoonists to contribute their work.




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