The Man Above the Universe, Super Actually-Uncut Web Edition Deluxe

The Man Above the Universe: Supreme Actually-Uncut Web Edition

Right, so I realize that the "Uncut" version of TMATU was, in fact, cut into little bits. Rather than getting webspace, I've decided to save on our precious data resources and try out some free image hosting. This is a test. 

EDIT: Hey, looks like failure! Does anyone know of a free image hosting service that'll take a >7mb file? Flickr will let me upload it, but I need a pro account to actually display it... Guess that's what one gets for free.

In the meantime, I guess you can all kind of arrange those partially-cut files in different browser windows in order to simulate the full, raw, visceral experience that you are missing out on. 

The Man Above the Universe: Uncut Web Edition

In celebration of its publication in Dialect Magazine, here is The Man Above the Universe collected into one web-page. Oh glory be.

There would've been a one-image format, too, but Blogger auto-resizes it (too big). Time to buy webspace?  w  e  b  s  p  a  c  e  (!)

The Man Above the Universe, Part the Tenth

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The Man Above the Universe, Part the Ninth

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The Man Above the Universe, Part VIII

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Telekinesis for Tots, 37-Ton Mechanical Spiders, and a Host of Spectacular Artists.

Here is a video of one of the first brain-wave-reading toys coming out this year:

Here is a giant mechanical spider (non-functional, too bad):

[via Pink Tentacle]

Here is a man walking from China to Germany:

Here is an Internet-only fanmade Lord of the Rings prequel (well, one of the trailers for it):

Hunt For Gollum - Trailer One
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And some artists:

Jen Stark makes amazing sculptures and animation out of paper. But I like her drawings best.

Nemo Gould makes amazing kinetic sculptures out of bits of rubbish:

Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio makes amazing illustrations out of puppets:

Joalo Ruas makes amazing things just with a pencil:

The Man Above the Universe, Part VII

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All Games End Today

I nearly pooped my pantaloons today when I surfed over to Adult Swim for some lunchtime tostada accompaniment and found G.I. Joe: Resolute, a new (PG-13) take on the action figure-selling property of my youth... penned by none other than Warren Ellis (creator of Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and Freak Angels, and one of my own personal comic heroes)! 

From Ellis: 

"The people at Hasbro were actually remarkably supportive. And I did apologise after shouting at them those times. And they did give me one of those conversations that you never really expect to have when growing up:

HASBRO: No, Warren, you cannot wipe Beijing from the face of the earth.

ME: Shit. (pause) What about Moscow?

HASBRO: Wiping Moscow from the face of the earth would be fine."

The first 5 episodes are up on Adult Swim and YouTube:

The Man Above the Universe, Part 6

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The Man Above the Universe, Part 5

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The Man Above the Universe, Part 4

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Go Build Your Own Damn Robot

In much the same vein as the Powder Game, Incredibots is an in-browser physics simulation sandbox. Instead of simulating the properties of different sorts of matter, it focuses on the physics of simple machines and allows one to create surprisingly complex contraptions (given time and effort- just load up a few "bots" on showcase from the enthusiastic community). 

There are challenges to be completed and a tutorial available (which is recommended- some of the required controls and techniques are more intuitive than others). I had the most fun just dinking around in the sandbox mode and seeing what I could come up with (almost a working 4-legged robot... maybe next time). 

Try(?)

The Man Above the Universe, Part 3

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The Man Above the Universe, Part Two

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