What Color Is That Word?

Enter a word, and The Color Of... will show you its color (drawn from searching Flickr)

Thanks to Dudecraft for the find!

Dear Separateness and Closeness

This post from THXTHXTHX is just so right for me:

Comic Book Grammar by Nate Piekos

Nate Piekos at Blambot has written up a wonderfully detailed article for letterers about traditions and trends in comic book grammar. It was fun to read and appreciate how much is communicated through the styling of the letters and balloons.

ELLIPSES
The ellipsis is used when a character's speech trails off. If a character is speaking, trails off, and then resumes in another balloon, you should always end the first dialogue with an ellipsis and then begin the second dialogue with an ellipsis. Another allowable use is when a character's speech is stilted or they pause due to physical distress. Injured characters or those soon-to-be unconscious often make good use of this in wavy balloons. There are only THREE periods in an ellipsis. Again, you'd be surprised how often I've seen four or more.

via Sentence First

Natalie Irish Created Marilyn out of kisses

Artist Natalie Irish created this portrait of Marilyn Munroe with lipstick and many many kisses:

via Craft

Skateistan (Documentary)

I'm eager to check out the documentary of Skateistan

Howard Jones + Vintage Dance Clips = Fun Music Video

Really fun video by Howard Jones - especially great for dancers. It makes me wish that music videos had a credit reel. The director, archivist, and editor should get props for this.

As Gollum, Adam Savage sings "I Will Survive" for Neil Gaiman

This is like some kind of surreal nerdy wet dream for me: On Public Radio, Neil Gaiman asks Adam Savage to reprise his rendition of "I Will Survive" in the voice of Gollum.