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NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is on an 11-day mission to repair and upgrade the
Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle’s silhouette can be seen against the sun in
this image taken from Florida on Tuesday, when the shuttle was on its way to
Hubble (Image: NASA/Thierry Legault)

It was moider.

So I do this thing on Whitechapel most weeks where I name an old, old character, usually from the public domain, and set the artists on the board to re-interpreting it for the 21st century. This week, I called The Octopus. Look at what Jess Nevins has to say about this character:

One of the more outré of the pulp characters-and given the genre, that’s quite saying something, believe me-the Octopus was actually the villain of the piece in his single issue, The Octopus v1 #4, 1939, written by…well,

"Brus Sterling" for Tranz Art. Some dialogue in Serb.

Splavovi from Jasmina Tesanovic on Vimeo.

The Deep Flight Super Falcon:

Unlike conventional submersibles, which sink because their ballast makes them heavier than water, the Super Falcon is positively buoyant and descends using inverted wings that exert a downwards force when the craft is propelled forwards by its motor, just like a plane uses its wings and engines to generate lift.

(yes, we’re a bit tumbly again today. Multiply postgasmic.)

Video trailer for Bryan’s new graphic novel:

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At my internet flophouse tonight:

* Tell Ellis Of Your New Comics (13may09) - bought comics this week? Talk about them. Markets are conversations etc etc ad bleeding nauseum

* REMAKE/REMODEL: The Octopus - Pia Guerra (Y THE LAST MAN) just showed up and owned everybody. Though it is an excellent jam in general this week.

* Webcomics Week (May 2009) - and it’s only Wednesday. AMAZING stuff in here.

* This Week In Comics (13may09) - many creators show up to talk about their work on offer in comics sto

As posted by Rick Bradford on Whitechapel earlier:

I hope this doesn’t seem inappropriate (if so, delete at will!) but I run the Poopsheet Foundation, a website dedicated to mini-comics new and old (lots of history articles and data). Our intention is to be a central meeting place for mini-comics publishers, artists, writers, readers and collectors. It’s a community-driven site that’s also got social networking features built in. Members can upload photos and videos, participate in discussions in