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A photo posted by RAN (@konel_bread) on Jun 9, 2016 at 7:00am PDT Using the same methods employed in creating sushi rolls, Japanese baker Ran of Konel Bread makes beautiful loaves of bread that have amazing illustrated designs that come from her imagination, cartoon characters and even children’s crayon drawings baked right in. Each design […]

On the past two great Game of Thrones episodes of Scott Ian’s Bloodworks on the Nerdist Channel, host Scott Ian (rhythm guitarist for the thrash metal band Anthrax) went behind the scenes to find out how prosthetic makeup designer, Barrie Gower, and many other artists bring the characters and props of Westeros to life. Scott […]

Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins donned his spectacles and took on Dr. Seuss in a very opinionated reading of the children’s classic book Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Throughout the reading, Rollins noted the passages that he felt to be most anachronistic. Henry Rollins reads and deconstructs the children’s book “Oh, the Places You’ll […]

Sephko imagines what it must be like when Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones, tries to order at a Starbucks. Also check out her stylish scaled purse. via Tastefully Offensive Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

“The Secret World of Foley“, a short film by Third Man Films that explores the fascinating world of ambient sound creation and the artists who specialize developing these perfectly-timed sound effects films. Spotlighted are two such foley artists, Sue Harding and Peter Burgis, both of whom are highly respected in the field. The Secret World […]

A photo posted by Apollo Peak (@apollopeak) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:36am PDT Apollo Creek in Denver, Colorado has unveiled their two premiere labels – the MosCATo and the Pinot Meow, specifically created for the sophisticated feline palate. Both of the beautifully packaged wines are non-alcoholic, catnip-based, locally sourced and completely safe for cats. […]

20th Century Fox has released the second trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, director Tim Burton‘s new fantasy film based on a novel of the same name by author Ransom Riggs. The appropriately strange trailer reveals more about the team of misfit children, Miss Peregrine, and the odd location that they live in. […]

On the June 19 episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver offered his unfiltered opinion of the upcoming British In-Out Referendum (BREXIT) in order to determine whether or not his United Kingdom homeland will remain part of the European Union. According to Oliver, leaving would be a terrible idea, reinforced by a barber shop […]

F1 sidecar racing is a crazy motorcycle sport that features a whole lot of speed, balance, and constant danger. RKB F1 Racing recently shared footage from the Hyundai Heavy Industries British F1 Sidecar Championship that shows racers flying around the Oulton Park track in Cheshire, England and the Brands Hatch track in Kent, England as […]

Filmmakers at Corridor Digital and Node Studios recently teamed up with Clinton Jones to create a short film where they turn a normal day at the baseball diamond into an awesome live-action anime style baseball game. It’s filled with plenty of anime intensity, music, surprises, and spectacular power ups. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

The Modern Duel by Dan Piraro on Bizarro Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Kuma Films recently captured footage of Japan’s Kohei Matsuno turning the froth from ordinary cups of coffee into incredible pieces of 2D and 3D latte art. His designs feature everything from a 3D octopus popping up out of a cup to detailed 2D drawings of pop culture characters and historical artwork. A video posted by […]

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) successfully test fired their 75-ton liquid-fuel rocket engine for 75 seconds at the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, South Korea on June 9th, 2016. images via KARI via The Awesomer Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The futuristic looking 103EX vision vehicle is a new self-driving concept car recently unveiled by Rolls-Royce at a launch event in Lodon. The car will be 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, feature an AI assistant named Eleanor, a two person silk-covered couch, a see-through glass display screen instead of a steering wheel, and […]

Jimmy Fallon challenges Ricky Gervais to do as many celebrity impressions he can in just thirty seconds. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

HBO has released a creepy new teaser trailer for Westworld, an upcoming sci-fi thriller television series directed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy based on the film of the same name starring Yul Brynner that was written and directed by Michael Crichton. The trailer gives us a much closer look at the show’s futuristic, Wild […]

Burger Fiction takes a look at the evolution of Pixar over the last 30 years. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The 6th and final installment of the surreal educational show series “Don’t Hug Me I’m” by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling of Blink Industries was released on June 19th, the date foretold by the calendar on the wall. Happy June 19th! Episode 6 is now onlineeeee!!!! ???????????????? #dhmis6 #donthugmeimscared #Dhmis A photo posted by Don't […]

Actor Anton Yelchin, best known for his role as Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot films, tragically died today in a freak car accident when his car rolled backwards down his driveway in Studio City, CA. The car pinned Yelchin, 27, against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence at his home in […]

Action Movie Kid drew a chalk UFO on his driveway that transformed into the real thing and took him away. Just doodling with some @Crayola Chalk. pic.twitter.com/KCsqffIx1W — Kid (@ActionMovieKid) June 18, 2016 Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Grant Snider shares his experience selecting the perfect children’s book. Check out his full tribute to Father’s Day on Incidental Comics. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Orlando Shakes Theater Company partnered with Angel Action Wings to outfit volunteers with magnificent angel costumes brandishing astounding wings that are ten feet wide and seven feet tall. The giant wings were able to physically block out the hate-filled signs and actions of Westboro Baptist Church protestors during the weekend funerals of victims who were […]

In celebration of Father’s Day, Rolling Stone asked Jim Gaffigan to select the best sitcom dad of all time in a March Madness-style bracket of fictional TV fathers. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A man celebrating his birthday explains how he thinks that blowing out candles on a birthday cake is “one of the worst traditions in the history of mankind”, due to the fact that germs are spread on the cake that people will be eating. He then proceeds to demonstrate his germ-free method for extinguishing the […]

A truck carrying deli meat collided with a bread truck causing a sandwich-like spill on I-287 in New Jersey. via NBC New York Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

100% Pre-Columbian Coffee by Dan Piraro on Bizarro Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Samuel Hicks shows off his impressive Hambone skills in video shot by vidge123 in the early 1990’s. Hambone, hambone where ya been? Been around the world and back again. Whatcha ya gonna do when you get back?, take a little walk on the railroad track, hambone, hambone. Hambone walk, hambone talk, hambone eat with a […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers have released the music video for “Dark Necessities”, which was directed by Olivia Wilde. It’s from their new album The Getaway. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Last night at the Blue Jays vs Phillies game, Phillies fan Brian Kucharick made an amazing one-handed catch of a foul ball without a glove, while holding his young daughter and a try of food. “I’ve been playing for about 30 years now. It looked like a normal fly ball from the outfield, I put […]

While walking in the wilderness in Northwest Territories, Canada, Joanne Barnaby and her dog Joey were stalked by a lone wolf for 12 hours. She was able to end the ordeal when she heard a bear cub separated from its mother and decided to walk in that direction which lead to the mother bear scaring […]

In her first video in over seven years, the infamous, (albeit fictional) Bree Avery, aka Lonelygirl15, revealed that she may still be alive and appearing to be comfortably folded back in to the The Order, offering advice and instruction to girls who have been selected for The Ceremony. Although appearances can sometimes be deceiving. Did […]

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox performed a wonderful orchestral cover of “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden featuring incredible vocals by Haley Reinhart. Catch PMJ on their world tour. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Max Galka of Metrocosm has created a fascinating interactive map that plots the astounding number cities that have been formed over the past 6,000 years, using data from “Spatializing 6,000 years of global urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000” By 2030, 75 percent of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities. […]

Comedian and performance artist Andrew Bowser, known for his really offbeat, unusual and outspoken characters, has taken to his YouTube audience to democratically decide what his next character should be. Among the choices are an aging special effects guy named Creature Carl , A misogynistic asshole named Scarze, a country singer named Tyrell Bowden, a […]

Targaryen Salt Lake City, Utah artist Kaleb Raleigh (a.k.a. “Sketch-BGI“) has created A Song of Blue and Red, a series of illustrations imagining Game of Thrones house sigils as Pokémon characters. The entire series of drawings are available to view on DeviantArt. Stark Greyjoy Tully Lannister Bolton images via Sketch-BGI via reddit Help Laughing Squid […]

Filmmaker Daniel Barreto used hundreds of long-exposure photos to create the short, stop-motion experimental film Ignite that focused on the subject of dancing light. Because Barreto filmed outdoors at night, he sometimes found it challenging to get the shot he wanted due to unforeseen circumstances. This stop motion film was made with hundreds of long […]

On a recent episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the talented team of blacksmiths and craftsmen at Baltimore Knife and Sword built a real-life version of Voltron‘s massive blazing sword. They tested out their deadly replica by slicing through a cantaloupe, a Godzilla action figure, and more. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

In April, police officers in Parma, Ohio noticed that a mourning dove had made her nest in the warm, dry area at the base of the windshield of an auxiliary police car, they decided to let her be since the car wasn’t being used at the time. In order ensure that the dove, who they […]

Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explain through whiteboard animation, the commonalities between fish brains and human brains and offer at least one example in which a goldfish’s brain works better than that of a human. What about attention span? One particular report found that the human attention span is down from 12 seconds […]

In the newest video from Cooperative of Photography, the incredibly creative photographer Benjamin Von Wong offers a number of tips and tricks to help photographers expand their skills and photos, using his own work as an example. The great news is that all of these photos all follow the same basic structure in order to […]

A photo posted by Sebastian Bergne (@sebastianbergne) on Jun 7, 2016 at 12:46am PDT British designer Sebastian Bergne has relaunched his classic but clever glycerine soap ring, which can be conveniently hung on a easily attachable silver peg to dry. The soaps come in two beautiful colors; Emerald and Amber, each with its own distinctive […]

“Sleepy Steve” is a wacky stop motion animated short film, written and directed by filmmaker and animator Meghann Artes, about a bearded man named Steve (Thomas Kelly) and his robotic morning routine. It features animation by Molly McCandless, music by Robert Steel, sound design by Suzanne Goldish, and cinematography by Scott Thiele. via Vimeo Staff […]

“Max Man & Maya Man” is a 3D animated sci-fi short film by WOW featuring a heated battle between two futuristic robots. The short was created to show off the “unique features” of Autodesk‘s new versions of the 3ds Max and Maya 3D animation software packages. via GeekTyrant Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly […]

In advance of the final episode of her breakout show Orphan Black, the incredibly versatile actress Tatiana Maslany sat down with Vanity Fair to act out real-life versions of virtual emojis. This included the poop emoji. I’m just going to leave that there. I pooped on the chair. That’s what you do at Vanity Fair. […]

In a really thought-provoking episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta talks about the ongoing argument regarding the correct way to pronounce GIF, the passions involved in the argument, how the word has become a symbol of specific cultures, the arbitrary nature of the English language that lends itself to multiple pronunciations and how […]

A photo posted by Chuck Palahniuk (@chuckpalahniuk) on Jun 13, 2016 at 1:42pm PDT Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color is an upcoming adult coloring book from author Chuck Palahniuk and Dark Horse Books containing “eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Lee Bermejo (Suiciders), Duncan Fegredo […]

Jack Aiello, a very funny 8th grader at Thomas Middle School in the Chicago area, used his talent for impression, his humor and his interest in politics to deliver a hilarious graduation speech that incorporated spot-on impressions of such candidates for President as Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Aiello also included […]

Rock ‘N’ Roll Weather Map by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Simpsonwave is a series of video remixes that combine VHS style clips from the animated television series, The Simpsons, with chill vaporwave music. According to Pitchfork, Simpsonwave can be tracked back to a Vine from 2015 created by Spicster “where a clip from the episode ‘Bart on the Road‘ is set to the tune of […]

The New York Times created a GIF showing how their homepage changed with breaking news from the Orlando shooting. As details of the tragedy were discovered, the story grew larger and more prominent. “As you can see from the GIF, it went in stages as our reporters on the ground began to understand the immensity […]