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From J. Otto …

But isn't that what the internet and Photoshop were made for? * Thank you Eric Buckler for always sharing the mail.

…is the superb Day Four entry of Thomas Allen's "12 Days of Tasteless Christmas Ornaments," which I believe you can follow on his Facebook page. (I don't know Facebook so if you're interested in the rest of the days, go search for him there.)

Some Fanta artist previews for the Post-It Show 3 at GR2. December 13, 2008 – January 14, 2009Reception: Saturday, December 13, 6:30 -10:00 Curated by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson and Giant Robot, the exhibition is slated to feature nearly 2,000 works by over 95 noted contributors each starting at only $20. These pieces will be on standard-sized 3 x 3 Post-It notes. (Larger sizes of 4 x 4 and 6x 6 will also be available.) Tim Hensley: Steven Weissman: Johnny Ryan: (*Speaking of Mark Todd — he has a show at La Luz in LA coming January…

Or anything about the depictions involved. But I like it. More here.

Some magazine out there could do a lot worse than hire a 21-year old Australian to become their staff portraitist. For what it's worth, I really like what she's doing.

Martin Ontiveros shot this photo of a giant Superman that's for sale in the Mission in SF. I know someone out there has been looking for one.

  Anders Nilsen has a solo show opening tomorrow at Little Bird Gallery in Los Angeles. "It's my first proper solo show. It's mostly a bunch of drawings and paintings I've been doing over the last year or so, of various sizes, and a few covers from issues of Big Questions." Seeing a collection of Nilsen's original work would surely be a great experience. Jim Woodring fans might want to check out the Kaiju Invasion at Art Center South Florida. Jesse LeDoux show in Rhode Island Saturday. Also, TONIGHT: Portland's Grass Hut has a grasshutgang show. Le merde, Scrappers, Bwana…

I just remembered this timely factoid about the Tony Millionaire Leviathan that appears in BEASTS! Book One: These sketches (embellished with Tony's esoteric notes) are the actual reference material that was used by animators to create the look of the recurring "whale fish" for the Drinky Crow Show.