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Just setting a memory point to come back to 99 Flickr Groups for Design Inspiration later when I have time to go through them all.

I spent the past week or so working my way through 5 years worth of Questionable Content back archives. It’s a web comic strip.

On April Fools Day, this super geeky comic that I love, XKCD switched comics in a round robin “prank”. I read a few, and was kind of interested in the characters. I got busy and forgot about it, but then earlier in the week, I was reminded and decided to start from the beginning.

I think I liked it generally. A lot of the drama seems pretty goofy, and many of the characters (particularly the 3rd tier characters) are basically the same unrealistic character with like 1 quirk to make them different, and in the case of parents really unbelievable. Still, it held my interest, and there are a bunch of Dune references that I love. Really, more things should reference Dune.

Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel’s cover of Helter Skelter is surprisingly awesome. Oh sure, it lacks some of the zen koan like absurdity of his throw a rock into a lake video. But, what it lacks in inscrutability it makes up for in disturbing images of war and violence and Bill Shatner like ironic song stylings.

I have no idea what Today is the Day is going on about. It’s surreal in the weirdest ways, but it is foamtastic.

Lasagna Cat is crazy weird. Somebody has done a bunch of live action recreations of Garfield comic strips. Each strip is surreal enough on its own, but then they tack on these crazy music videos. Very, very strange.

Cadbury’s A Minute and a Half Full of Joy is one of the best viral videos I’ve ever seen. I defy you to watch this to the end and not smile. Every time I see it, I laugh out loud. Now, I want some chocolate. The only problem is that there doesn’t seem to be a way to link directly to the video.

I had no idea Roger Ebert was so powerful. Thank goodness there is The Thumbs of Fate comic strip to set me straight.

Wow! The construction paper art that Jen Stark creates is truly amazing. I can only imagine how much work must go into one of those. They are beautiful and playful at the same time. Very nice.

The Kid Creatures over on DrawerGeeks feature monster illustrations that are created and inspired by children’s original drawings. It’s an interesting concept. It’s like the pictures that the kids would have drawn if they only had more sophisticated illustration skills.

Artist, Nicole Maynard, creates a new work of art each week and displays it on the blog Art Weekly.