"And there goes one crazy son of a gun ..."

R.I.P. MCA. Tribute art by Steven Howard.

[nerdbastards.]

What do the Avengers do on their days off?

A) Eat shawarma and B) What days off?

But also, the things that illustrator Matt Kaufenberg depicts in his series of super-cute retro Avengers images. (If you guessed that Hulk smashes, you are absolutely correct.)

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In the future, the survival of the planet will depend on domestic felines piloting heavily-armed mechs. In the present, a mech is just a good place to catch a catnap.

[obvswin.]

This is a pretty cool illustration re-imagining H.P. Lovecraft and Nikola Tesla as paranormal investigators. While they're certainly rad, in that played-out steampunk sort of way, they would make awesome central characters for that third Ghostbusters movie.

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Avengers-mania continues on for a third consecutive week (fourth when international audiences are considered) with this cool Pixar/Avengers mashup that JM Walter created. Now that Marvel is part of the Disney family, fan art like this could be a reality.

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In a coalesce of late author/artist Maurice Sendak and The Avengers, Hannah Friederichs illustrated this image that pays tribute to both. C'mon, you can't not like the grin on Thor's face.

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This fantastic piece of Valve fan art by Darren Geers casts Gabe Newell as the last free man in Half-Life 3.

We can only hope this flattering portrayal counteracts some of the Internet's fat jokes and gets the game moved back up to our lifetimes.

Prints are available on Etsy, and there's also a making-of video.

[epicponyz.]