With the Dark Crystal, Jim Henson established a fantasy world rich with culture, character and a history we discover little about during the course of the movie. To me, it always felt like it should have been the last in a trilogy, the grand finale for a storyline that could have spanned generations.

If there's one person who can deliver a prequel that lives up to Henson's standard of excellence it's illustrator and creative mastermind Brian Froud, who served as the concept designer for the original Dark Crystal film. The first book in his three-volume graphic novel series entitled The Dark Crystal:Creation Myths is about to be released, and it looks fantastic!

You can scan through a few pages for yourself at the link below. Do you think it looks like a worthy addition to Jim Henson's fantasy masterpiece?

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Who wouldn't want a self-balancing, motorized unicycle of their very own? Riding around on this unicycle means flaunting your unconventional nature, while being practical about how much dedication you have towards mastering single wheel locomotion.

You don't have to work hard and practice in order to stay up, on this mechanical marvel created by MIT student Stephen Boyer you can just go, leaving your mind open to other activities, like juggling bowling pins, or calculating the proper speed and angle needed to survive jumping through a flaming hoop. Unicycle stocks are about to go through the roof!

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Illustrator Becca Whitaker has just finished her Geek's 12 Days Of Christmas, a series in which she released one illustration a day for the last twelve days on her blog, and I love the image she chose to end the series!

These adorable illustrations would make a great coloring book, maybe something to think about for next year Becca? You can see the rest of the illustrations in the series at her site Becca's Bombshells, where there is no shortage of geek love.

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This amazing time lapse video shows the entire process involved in making a replica of the helmet worn by Thomas Bangalter of the electronic duo Daft Punk. The helmet looks spot on, with light up LED board in the front and a shiny chrome finish.

However, style this fresh took 4 months to make, and cost over $2000 in materials, so only a lucky few will be getting their hands on this beauty!

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In the alternate reality presented by these slick illustrations by Coran Stone, Calvin and Hobbes grew up to be super spies, and Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear are hell bent on bringing them both down.

These illustrations, and the story behind them, are just begging to be made into an animated series of some sort, and you can read the whole thing at the Geeks Are Sexy link below.

It's the ultimate battle of imaginary friends, and I like the fact that, in the Pooh picture, Hobbes is still a stuffed animal!

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The public artworks in this gallery make one wonder what the artists had to go through for these pieces to see the light of day. Some are silly, others are tasteless, and a few are downright genius, and they all add a sense of whimsy and wonder to an otherwise sterile urban cityscape.

Take your eyes on a stroll through the gallery of images at the link below, then tell me what you would think about having crazy artworks like these on display in your town.

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If you're looking for something to do with that ridiculously expensive Louis Vuitton handbag you have lying around well look no further, because artist Billie Achilleos has some grand ideas about how to give those old bags new life.

This self-described "versatile artist and maker of things" has repurposed Vuitton items by cutting them up and making them into sculptures of animals. We first featured Billie here on Neatorama back in April, and she's been hard at work since, so be sure to check out the link for her updated portfolio, which is full of repurposed creatures of fashion.

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For all you DIY enthusiasts who also happen to remember when boomboxes ruled the sidewalks, the creator of this masterpiece Matt Keeter has posted patterns and instructions on how you can make your own wooden boombox and bring sexy back.

For a cost of about $100, and a few hours of your time, you too can show the world your old school flavor without having to travel back in time, or close out your bank account.

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MAS.863/people/matthew.keeter/fab_boombox/index.html --via Geekosystem

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A furry Alfred, Bane purring away as he stalks his prey, man there is something adorably hilarious about replacing the cast of the Dark Knight Rises with kittehs! And we all know that kittehs have taken the interwebs by storm, so why should Hollywood be any different?

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The world created by Bethesda Studios for their Elder Scrolls video game series is so fully realized, so full of details other game companies would have left out of such a massive project, that now people have taken to making food in real life via the recipes found in books you can read in-game.

The culinary creatives behind this project, called Feast of Fiction, have revealed their first Skyrim inspired recipe-Sunlight Souffle. And, much like the recipes inspired by the food in the Game of Thrones series that people are making nowadays, the end results look interesting and delicious. I can't wait to see what kind of recipes they discover, and bring to life, next!

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We all know Danny Trejo is a badass as far as actors go, but now he's going to star in a movie that casts him officially as Badass.

Loosely based on the true story of Epic Beard Man, a guy who valiantly defended himself on the bus and became an internet sensation because of his actions, this looks like the good old action flicks you know and love, and Danny Trejo is once again in a starring role so I'm definitely on board.

Hopefully if this movie does well, they will consider making Badass 2: Trejo vs. Chuck Norris!

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Not a fan of Rodrigue's Blue Dog paintings? Neither am I, which is why I was amused to find that one of the little buggers had become roadkill somewhere in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Man, Christmas seems to come and go faster each year! These ads harken back to a simpler time, a time when cowboys were all the rage, and gun ads were allowed to appeal to kids during the holidays.

It's a nice bit of nostalgia, and a few of the pics in this gallery are definitely chuckle worthy. Just don't shoot your eye out!

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This young champion of justice is named Riley, and she's sick and tired of all the toy marketing gimmicks that keep girls from buying the superhero toys that they really like.

Watch as she explains what all the pink at the toy stores really means, and I'm sure you'll agree that she is totally right. Let girls enjoy their superhero toys already, or Riley's going to grow up and take you all down!

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So that's how the big guy in the red suit delivers all those toys in one night! I wonder if he happens to be friends with a Time Lord, and what other tricks does he have up his sleeve, say for those on his naughty list? The world may never know...

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