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What If Batman: Arkham City Took Place In Springfield?
Every pop culture character looks funnier when they’re Simpsonized! Awesome toon creator Dean Fraser has taken on the video game Batman:Arkham City via his Springfield Punx blog, where stiff upper...
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Stephen Hawking’s Response to a Request for a Time Travel Formula
In 1995, the now-defunct pop culture, music, and fashion magazine The Face asked physicist Stephen Hawking for a formula for time travel. Letters of Note has a photo of the fax that he sent in...
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Kim Jong Il, the Director He Kidnapped, and the Awful Godzilla Film They Made...
Late Sunday, the Associated Press reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died of heart failure. He was 69. The following story about the former dictator originally appeared in mental_floss...
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Furry Tauntaun Costume
Apparently nothing is sacred when it comes to Furry culture, because now they’ve set their sights on Star Wars with this creepy Tauntaun costume. In other circumstances, this would be a cute mascot...
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A Fun New Years Eve Tradition From Ecuador
These images aren’t of pop culture statues being erected to spruce up city street corners in Ecuador, they’re giant effigies known as “anos viejos”, many of which feature fan fav characters, that are...
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Geeky Transformations of Victorian Portraits
Alex Gross takes classic Victorian pictures and then repaints them into portraits of pop culture personalities like Aquaman, Bride of Frankenstein and Godzilla. His work will be exhibited at the...
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The New Hipster Cities of America??
There’s a new-ish blog on the scene here in Austin called Culture Map, which I’ve been enjoying very much during my stay. The blog actually started in Houston and was so successful there that it’s...
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The Missing Links: Stingray Sneakers
Con: These Shoes Cost $1,800. Pro: I Bet They’re Waterproof They are, after all, made out of stingrays. * Pop Culture Might Be Repeating Itself. Pop Culture Might Be Repeating Itself. These 15...
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Why Immigrant Children Do Better in School
Photo: Shutterstock A large study by Johns Hopkins University confirmed what many of us have known for a long time: children who immigrate the United States with their families tend to do better in...
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The Resemblance!
Some people come by a pop culture costume honestly. Redditor MissAshley214 posted a photo of her husband’s grandmother, who doesn’t need a lot of special effects to portray the cartoon character...
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