Link roundup

1. "An undercover police officer 'chased himself round the streets' for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect." Via.

2. Mark Cuban's always a great interview. Some advice:

Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort. It’s not about what you can dream of. That’s easy. It’s about whether or not it’s important enough to you to do the work to be ready to be successful in that business.

3. Gawker on news of big government resignations in Romania:

The resignations come after some very unpopular budget cuts that were made to comply with IMF demands so that Romania could secure a loan and continue to pay government workers. The IMF is, of course, the International Monetary Fund, which is a fund with international money in it.

4. New Spider-Man promotional site. Via.

Mary Jane as Venom

Mary Jane as Venom by Joe Quinones - - the variant cover to Amazing Spider-Man #678, which is available at eBay.

Illustration roundup

Young Inhumans by Evan Shaner and Jon Morris.






Concert posters by Johnny Sampson on sale here. Via.






Spidey and Venom meets Calvin and Hobbes by Timothy Lim. Available as t-shirts.

*Buy Gig Posters Volume 2 at Amazon.

Illustration roundup

Cover to Liesel & Po. You can see lots of illustrations by Kei Acedera here, and the book is $11 at Amazon.




New wallpaper by Dan Matutina by The Fox is Black.



Naoto Hattori for a new show at Last Rites.



Little Nemo art challenge at Whitechapel.




Latest missed connection by Sophie Blackall.



Spider-Man by Norman Rockwell by Paulo Siqueira. Via.

Spider-Man versus The Wall - - live action on The Electric Company

Spider-Man versus The Wall - - live action on The Electric Company. Via.

*Buy Electric Company DVDs at Amazon.

Sculptures by Calvin Ma

Sculptures by Calvin Ma.

Upcoming toys

A small sampling of toys being showed off at NYCC. Lots more at the links.



DC Universe and Young Justice (some already available for preorder).







DC 52 and Arkham Asylum.








Classic and Renegades G.I. Joe (some already available for preorder).



Marvel Select movie Spider-Man.





Marvel Legends Fantomex, Spider-Man and more.

Illustration roundup

Batman and Robin by Vasilis Lolos. Via.



Nightcrawler by Rafael Grampa.



One of several new Magic: The Gathering cards by Ryan Pancoast.



Beach House by Jon Klassen, who will be signing his new book at Gallery Nucleus this weekend.



Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man by Mike Maihack, who has several neat $5 prints on sale here.

*Buy Marvel sketch cards at eBay.