The seminal cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants is now in its fifteenth year on the air, and whether you love the pineapple dwelling strangeoid or cringe at the sight of his stupid face you have to agree there’s something iconic about that undersea wearer of square pants.

But before Stephen Hillenburg's absorbent series hit the small screen SpongeBob, and all the people and places that reside in Bikini Bottom, went through years of development and reworking until Spongeboy became the Bob we know and (some) love today.

Cartoon fans, budding animators and chroniclers of all things Nick will love this 36,000-word oral history of SpongeBob SquarePants, compiled by Tom Heintjes, which is the most comprehensive history of SpongeBob ever published.

-Via Cartoon Brew

Superheroes as a whole seem to have a fetish for tight fitting costumes, and whether those spandex clad superfolks know it or not their choice of exterior underwear makes them incredibly easy to identify.

Toronto based creators of colorful artworks Design Different have come up with a handy dandy, full color guide to help people identify superfolks, both good and bad, by their underwear.

So the next time you see a super flying around your neck of the woods you can consult the chart, learn their name and yell “Hey So-and-so! Git offa mah propertee!”

-Via DesignTAXI

There’s something very satisfying about discovering that something fits into something else, like fitting two shoes together, one inside the other, so they only take up one slot in your shoe rack, nesting bowls together perfectly in the cupboard, and figuring out that an orange fits perfectly in the space left inside an avocado after you pull out the pit.

A Tumblr called Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things explores the sheer delight we humans feel when we discover that things fit together so perfectly, and may inspire you to take a good, hard look around your house for things you can fit into other things. It’s not OCD, it’s the best way to save space!

-Via 22 Words

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Imagine a board game so complicated, so full of intrigue and rules, that it takes six boxes to contain it all.

Picture yourself, and your friends, playing a game that requires you to devote your entire life to playing, a game that cannot be stopped once it has began.

This is Game Of Thrones: The Board Game, a board game that will ruin your life faster than any MMO ever could, a board game that tests your resolve by turning your life into an episode of your favorite fantasy bloodbath. You may survive the game, but will your marriage?

Game of Thrones: The Board Game, from the makers of SAW: Family Edition and Who Killed Daddy?

-Via GeekTyrant

Sculpting with hard mediums such as marble and stone requires hammer and chisel and lots of sanding, but creating soft, human forms out of red bricks seems so ridiculously difficult it’s a wonder sculptor Brad Spencer is able to create such amazing works with the stiff yet crumbly ceramic material.

Brad’s brick sculptures really capture the look and feeling of children climbing around on a brick wall, kids whose bodies are seemingly turning into brick as they play, complete with mortar seams that run through their bodies as they run through the wall.

Brad creates sculptures of all kind out of brick, from free standing sculptures to walls with reliefs sculpted into them, and for some reason people just feel safer with Brad's sculptures hanging around their property!

-Via Laughing Squid

Fashion photography is supposed to show off the clothing, evoke a feeling about the ensemble and try to sell the viewer on some aspect of the designer’s image, whether real or make believe.

Madame Peripetie's approaches these ideals with a sense of avant garde experimentalism and freedom from the ordinary that probably appeals to the fashion forward, but not so much to the more uptight designers who just want to showcase their clothes.

The images are interesting to look at to say the least, and unlike most fashion photos the clothes take a back seat to the overall visual impact of each shot.

-Via Hi-Fructose

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Katsucon 2014 is a fandom convention that started out being primarily about anime and has blown up to encompass all aspects of pop culture, primarily anime and video games.

Katsucon recently took place in National Harbor, Maryland and we’ve got the videos to prove it. These high quality overview videos were created by YouTuber beatdownboogie, and they showcase some of the best cosplayers in attendance, and generally make free range geeks look all dramatic and cinematic to a slick soundtrack.

Of particular note are the Iron Man Mystery Machine, the spot on Nights Into Dreams costume and the awesome little Doctor Who kid driving around in a K-9 mobile.

-Via GeekTyrant

There’s a strange little app out there called Talking Angela that has parents acting paranoid, kids running scared and online commentors going crazy spreading misinformation and fear about a harmless app.

Talking Angela is an app that stars a talking fox named Angela who asks you far too many personal questions, and supposedly spies on you through your webcam. Parents got understandably upset when Angela started asking their kids for their names, present locations and saying strange things like "You have been a naughty girl and you must be punished" or "My tongue likes action too ;-)", odd statements which can be construed as sexual messages.

But is Talking Angela safe? A posse of paranoid parents say no, and won't be taking the risk again, but you should read on about the Talking Angela app and decide for yourself.

Hand stitched embroidery art has gone from traditional to ultra modern, from pretty flowers and basic lettering to pixilated landscapes and video game characters, and Michelle Hamer is one of those cutting edge stitchsters changing the way we think of needlearts.

Michelle’s embroidery focuses on cityscapes, and in particular the textual elements such as signs and billboards found in the urban jungle. But her billboards feature enlightening slogans like "Only a little bit dead" and "Blame and punish the individual", definitely not the kind of slogan embroidery artists once sewed onto samplers.

-Via Beautiful/Decay

Japanese blogger Mr. Sebuyama of Omocoro.com claims that his transformation into a turkey started because he can't afford to buy warm clothes, which forced him to figure out a way to make the most out of wearing nothing but a pink sweater, but I'm pretty sure Mr. Sebuyama has been a turkey since birth.

Once the wildman completed his transformation into comfy, cozy turkey he took to the streets to show off his slightly disturbing new look, which even the pigeons find off-putting, and in the midst of field testing Mr. Sebuyama realized that once you go full turkey you can't go home again.

-Via Bored Panda

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Most American supermarket commercials push convenience, lowest prices, and freshest product, occasionally resorting to acting all hip and tech savvy in order to appeal to the younger generation.

German supermarket chain EDEKA chose to take the most interesting man route when they created this crazy ad, casting musician Friedrich Liechtenstein as the silver maned star of surreal fine dining.

He bathes in milk, steals some poor lady's croissants, and generally rocks the supermarket aisles with mad swagger as he keeps it Supergeil.

Wonder what he's singing about? Check out the full translation of the lyrics here.

-Via Gawker

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Car insurance exists because accidents happen, and when you live in a town that hosts street fighting tournaments there’s even more risk of something bad happening to your automobile.

Turkish auto insurance company Anadolu Sigorta wants you to know that you can rely on them to help you pick up the pieces of your wrecked car, even if the cause of the destruction is a fiery attack by Street Fighter video game star Ryu as he tries to pick up some bonus points by smashing your car to bits.

-Via Gamma Squad

It all started with dogs, then we were treated to cat, hamster and rabbit versions, and now the animal menagerie has been completed thanks to the arrival of chicken shaming.

Technically it’s chicken and rooster shaming, and judging by the list of crimes the roosters really deserve shaming much more than those poor little egg laying hens, but since they're all birds of a feather they all get shamed together.

The public poultry shaming phenomenon was started by artist Amy L. Rawson, and she's happy to include pics from fellow poultry shamers on her website if they send the images her way, with an open submission policy that even includes turkeys.

-Via 22 Words

Street artist Fra.Biancoshock insists that his works are not to be defined as street art, but they are displayed in public, (some) make a political statement, and they embody the DIY aesthetic of street art so let’s just leave it in that category.

Fra. refers to his works as “ephemeral experiences” which, as you can see from the still images of Fra's fleeting public artworks, means delightful to come across in a crowded city, extremely creative and occasionally politically oriented.

Fra.Biancoshock’s works can be found all over Europe, but when the lucky viewer discovers one of his pieces they’d better snap a pic quick, because it probably won’t be there for long.

-Via Hi-Fructose

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Wayne White is a legendary artist, puppeteer, designer and one of my personal heroes. He designed the set and created the iconic puppets that populated Pee Wee’s Playhouse, he was the art director for Peter Gabriel’s iconic music video for “Big Time”, and the Smashing Pumpkins video for “Tonight, Tonight”, and he’s worked in so many mediums the guy should have his own wing in MoMA.

Wayne’s latest adventure involves a trip to Hawaii for Pow Wow 2014, the Honolulu street art festival, but he felt that his aerosol painting skills weren't up to snuff so he contributed to the artistic cause in a very different way- by creating some totally wild looking Cubist inspired mascot heads that are guaranteed to make the wearer look much more attractive after they've been taken off!

-Via Hi-Fructose