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Star Trek's Nine Lives - How The Sci-Fi Saga Keeps Cheating Death

Right now, you can’t turn a corner and not see something Star Trek-related hit you in the face, with the theatrical release this past week of JJ Abrams’ long awaited sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. For nearly fifty years now, the Star Trek franchise has been a part of American popular culture in some form, and many out there see it as something perennial, something that is always there… more

From Whence The Wild Things Came: A Talk With Maurice Sendak

One thing Nerdist is concerned with is, of course, the process by which creative people create. In that vein, if you grew up with Where the Wild Things Are and/… more

Meet the Nintendo Family. All Of It

Artist Luis Carrasquillo has created this panoramic piece of art featuring every major Nintendo character ever. It even includes characters from other game developers which have some connection, however slight,… more

Two Turntables and a Microphone. And Cameras. And a Video Mixer, And A Lot Of Pictures

We like cool animation, don’t we? This one from Austria, Stuck in a Groove, directed by Clemens Kogler and featured by Future Shorts, is a demo for analog animation using… more
 

Soldiers of Thundura

Seven months, 1,000 hours, and 6 x 11 feet of canvas used in the best way mankind knows how: This epic Thundercats oil painting by Robert Burden, titled Soldiers… more

American Icons

Hey, if you’re in L.A. and want to see a particularly awesome art exhibit that’s right up the alley of most nerds, there’s one opening tonight that you’ll want… more

Better Design Through Chemistry

Did you know that 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry? Okay, maybe YOU knew. I didn’t. Kinda slipped right past me there. The IYC is designed, according to the… more
 

Album Covers, Remixed

Our pal and designer of the incredible Nerdist Podcast Live posters, Dana Lechtenberg, is once again curating a very cool art show that opened in Elkader, Iowa on Sunday, and… more

The Art of the Hobbit

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit this month HarperCollins will release more than 100 original illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Art of the Hobbit.  These… more

Invasion Of the Lego People

Another Giant Lego Man has washed up on a beach! Look: This time, it’s on Siesta Key in Florida, and the giant Lego man’s back is emblazoned with the name… more