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Photoshop Touches Up on Some (Alternate) History

August
30
2011

There are some things that the U.S. government doesn't want us to know about, but Pittsburgh-based, NYU film grad Matthew Buchholz is finally clueing everybody in. Well, that's actually not true, but Buchholz does dream up some pretty convincing re-imaginings of history, with a fantastically off-beat and brilliant sci-fi vision.

Map of Washington, DC

The Defeat of General Frankenstein at Bunker Hill

Homestead Robot

Photoshop is his medium of choice, with a healthy backdrop of witty, deadpan captions detailing the sci-fi'd, pseudo-historical events depicted in the images. The descriptions alone pack as much punch as the clever pictures; check out his hilarious explanation of the Floating Saucer Crafts and the Chicago Fire, below:

"The Great Fire at Chicago, Oct 8th, 1871. The Great Fire commenced on Sunday evening, Oct 8th and continued until Tuesday, Oct 10th, consuming the Business portion of the City, Public Buildings, Hotels, Interstellar trading depots, Newspaper Offices, Rail-Road depots, and extending over an area of Five Square Miles. The fire began when Immigrant Aliens, feeling cheated in a business transaction, took to the skies in their Floating Saucer Crafts and employed their Destructo-Ray. Interstellar Trading was suspended in Chicago soon after the fire.”

The Burrowing Beast in Hollywood

Prints of his work can be purchased via his Etsy site, as well as cleverly campy greeting cards to brighten up those special days.

An Unidentified Floating Craft Above Fifth Avenue

Inauguration of Vilnar the Destroyer

The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Pittsburgh Zombie Outbreaks: A Map

Zombies in Schenley Park

This is just a taste of Buchholz's willdy entertaining collection, so check out his website to witness beer-guzzling sea-nuisances, monstrous, banana-loving ape-creatures, a giant Andrew Carnegie wreaking havoc on his beloved Pittsburgh, and good old-fashioned zombies galore.

Now I just need someone I know to get pregnant so I can send her this awesome card.

(images courtesy of renegadehandmade and alternatehistories)

Let Your Inner Geek Out!

July
23
2010

Costumes, Gamers, and Nerds OH MY! It's official, Comic-Con has hit San Diego!

For those of you who don't know, Comic-Con is a four day sci-fi convention where people from all over come to find out about the latest comic book, gaming, TV, and movie news. Here are a couple of the main projects that will be featured this year:

"The Green Lantern"

Green is the IT color next summer! Adapted from the comic book, The Green Lantern follows Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), a test pilot who's been chosen for recruitment by the elite Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lantern Corps is a group of space cops who wear rings that give them "out of this world" powers (like flying!) to help keep peace in our universe. Also featured in the movie is love interest Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) and super villain Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard). There's a lot of high hopes for this planned trilogy due June 17, 2011.

"Sucker Punch"

From the guy who brought you "300," comes Sucker Punch, the story about a girl who's sent to an insane asylum by her evil step father. While there she dreams up an alternate universe which features kick-butt girls (they trained with Navy Seals!), zombies, dragons, etc. The movie features a lot of familiar faces like Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jena Malone. On March 25, 2011, look for this girl empowering, super natural movie.

"Paul"

The dynamic British duo that brought us laughs with "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" are back and this time with ALIENS! Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star as two nerds who road trip across America to various UFO tourists spots and conventions (including Comic-Con!). Of course, on their list is Area 51, where they meet an alien, who they name Paul. Get ready for this comedic adventure on March 18, 2011!

"The Walking Dead"

AMC has brought us classics like "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad", now they're coming out with a new show called "The Walking Dead." Any guesses as to what the show is about? After an undead apocalypse, people a forced to figure out what to do with their lives. The new show based off of the comic book premires October 2010!

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic"

Before Twilight, there was Buffy. Yes, I admit it, I was a huge fan of the show and now it's back for an encore. The show's creator Joss Whedon has been writing this comic-book series and now with it coming to an end this September, the comic book is being made into a series out on DVD this fall.

Are you keeping up with the Comic-Con News? What upcoming show or movie are you looking forward to the most?