Seeing masterpieces recreated with a little twist is always fun to see such as when Lego Met Fine Art. Bat blog has some great images showing Batman adding inspiration to some very famous pieces of art by artists such as Van Gogh and MC Escher.

I bet you have never seen Batman and Robin looking this cute. These 7″ rubber squeeze toys are from the late 70s and were designed to make these Superheroes into kiddie characters. It looks as though they never quite took off which is a shame as it would been great to have seen more superheroes in the style of these toys. More info over at the Bat Blog.

Federator Studios have done a great interview with Stephen DeStefano who is an amazing comic book and cartoon illustrator. He has worked on many famous shows such as Ren & Stimpy, Futurama and Spongebob.

Didn’t you just love the old Batman shows where everytime there was a punch or kick you would see a onomatopoeia appear on screen. This gallery of onomatopoeia screen shots is a nice little reminder of those sounds you imitated in the playground. Come to think of it I still use some of them today.

I never realised there were so many variants of Spider-man but after seeing the above customs I would love to see them all. The versions displayed above are as follows;

Back row (l to r) Alex Ross movie Spidey suit concept; repro Circle suit Spidey; Symbiote Spidey.
Middle row (l to r) 1967 animated; Spider-Man Unlimited
Front row (l to r) Ben Reilley; 2099; “What if (#1) Spidey joined the Fantastic Four?” costume

Head over to the Mego Museum forum post to see more ideas for different Spider Man variants.

USPS have got these Marvel Comics Super Heroes stamps available in the USA. Some of the stamp are real gems like the one below and I am sure comic fans will adore these. UK’s Royal Mail need to take a look at this and create some stamps of equal coolness for once. Something I noticed is that images files are 300dpi so you could probably make some cool mini art prints on your home printer. Visit the download page at USPS (The Marvel stamp are about halfway down). [link via neatoroama]

Take a look at these wonderful cross section illustrations by Graham Bleathman. They are all original artworks from the 60’s for the classics Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet. This is retro illustration at its best. View the full collection at the Graham Bleathman website. [link via neatorama]