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Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn (Pin-up version)

by AyyaSAP

 

from https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/

 

Armored Marvel Vs. Armored DC by olybear


Armored Marvels:
Mach IV (Abe Jenkins, Thunderbolts)
Iron Man (Tony Stark, Avengers)
Beetle (Leila Davis, Redeemers)
War Machine (James Rhodes, Avengers/Initiative)
Box (Walter Langkowski, Alpha Flight)
Box (Madison Jeffries, Alpha Flight)

Armored Titans:
Skyrocket (Celia Forrestal, Power Company)
Steel (John Henry Irons, JLA)
STRIPE (Pat Dugan)
Steel (Natasha Irons)
Warmaker One (Scott Sawyer, Ultramarine Corps)
Rocket Red (Dimitri Pushkin, Justice League International)

 

Thanks for posting this one. I remember when I first saw this in C&H collection a long time ago and it made me hard as I poured over every snow person.

That just happened again. Probably my all time fave Calvin & Hobbes (with a wink to my favorite Far Side strip).

If I could find a high resolution quality of this, I’d love it...

And now back to

 

Jyn.

 

TIE/D Elite Defender Elite Squad by Aaron Ashford



Star Wars concept Midhat Kiptanovic

 

Fancy Steven Universe Gems, by ChiyoPurr:

 

by Doug Wheatley



with thanks to @spicer who originally posted it in the STAR WARS: ROGUE #$^$%&ING ONE: A STAR WARS STORY thread

 

from https://www.deviantart.com/phill-art/

 

from https://www.deviantart.com/pelycosaur24/



larger version here

"As you all know the Stone Age means a lot to me and I am quite upset with how badly it is often represented both in popular culture but also educational media.

For anyone who is interested in Prehistory and wants to quickly brush up on the general framework of the Stone Age I made this handy diagram. For a more in depth look check out the Stone Age 101 series here www.deviantart.com/pelycosaur2…

A few words from left to right:

The Lower Paleolithic is the part of the stone age where human ancestors in Africa first started walking upright and using tools. Typical for this stage are tear drop shaped hand axes - the so called Acheullean tools. This is represented by a Homo Habilis. Later in the lower Paleolithic humans moved out of Africa and started settling Asia and Europe. Homo erectus, who reached east Asia, represents this stage in human prehistory.

Next the Middle Paleolithic is the time of the so called "Levallois technology". In Europe and Asia the Neandertal (who represents the Middle Paleolithic here) hunted the megafauna of the last Ice Age while in Africa the first modern humans emerged and started moving out of Africa at the end of this stage.

The Upper Paleolithic might be called "the classical Stone Age". Neandertals died out and modern humans spread to almost every corner of the world. Modern humans revolutionized stone industry but also used other materials like bone and antler. Art and Music also got big in the upper paleolithic with cave paintings and sculptures making their debut.

The Mesolithic is a phenomenon that is tied to the end of the Ice Age and the change in Fauna and landscape that came with it. Humans learned to live without the herds of Megafauna by inventing archery for smaller game and focusing on fishing and foraging. Primitive agriculture emerged in some places around this time.

The Neolithic revolution started in the middle east but quickly spread to the rest of the old world. Agriculture, stock farming and the use of pottery changed human life like nothing before. Permanent settlements allowed for a change in human society and the first cities emerged.

At the end of the Neolithic the discovery of metal once more revolutionized human life. Once again starting in the middle east the new technologies spread quickly both east and west marking the beginning of the Chalcolithic or "Copper-Stone Age". This gave rise to a new stratification of human society as for the first time a true "upper class" formed.

I hope you like this and I hope to inspire some interest in Prehistory with this "

 

I have a Calvin & Hobbes compilation book and so love it. I remember getting the Sunday paper and jumping to see what Bill Waterson came up this week for Calvin & Hobbes. I just the love the sick and twisted imagination of Calvin juxtaposed to his parents and friends, especially with his snowmen creations. And thus, these comic strips were part of my Yuletide happenings. I miss Calvin & Hobbes.