Author: Mike Flacy

    Editor-in-Chief for The CheckOut. During my free time, I love to write about pop culture, home theater, digital photography, social media, mobile technology and cool gadgets!

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  • Twelve Amazing Movie Infographics

    We really love infographics, especially smart, savvy ones that pay homage to all my favorite pop culture references and movies. I’ve collected twelve of the coolest movie related infographics on the Web ranging from movie monsters to...

    • Posted 8 months ago
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  • Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi
    Popular Movies Turned into Pulp Comics, Novels

    Created by illustrator Tim Anderson, this collection of illustrations takes the classic 1920s pulp novel covers and applies the style to popular movie franchises. Movies adapted into pulp comics and novels within the collection include The Matrix,...

    • Posted 9 months ago
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  • Bill Murray's characters over the years
    16 Amazing Actor Evolution Illustrations

    If you haven’t checked out the fantastic drawings of Los Angeles illustrator Jeff Victor, you are in for a real treat! Over the past year, Victor has been illustrating specific actors and actresses over the years in...

    • Posted 9 months ago
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  • The Good, The Bad and the Ugly showdown scene
    34 Famous Movie Scenes Captured by LEGOs

    Easily some of the most amazing work with LEGO figures on the Web, Alex Eylar’s portfolio of LEGO character poses, designs and builds is absolutely magnificent. Eylar creates everything from famous movie scenes to entire sets inspired by...

    • Posted 10 months ago
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    Star Wars Characters Built with Typography

    Check out some of the ridiculously awesome designs created by Pete Ware at his 17th and Oak store on Etsy. Ware takes a popular line from a movie and molds the character that spoke that line out...

    • Posted 10 months ago
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  • This is the face of the enemy
    20 Fantastic Star Wars Propaganda Posters

    We’ve scoured the Internet to collect twenty of our favorite Star Wars propaganda posters, the majority of which seem to rally support for Darth Vader and the Empire. It’s likely that the Empire would have a vastly more...

    • Posted 10 months ago
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  • 60 Terrific Pop Culture Math Equations

    Scottish Web designer Matt Cowan has come up with some brilliant pop culture equations from everything from Marvel and D.C. comic book superheroes to classic movie series like Star Wars and Indiana Jones. He also takes on actors...

    • Posted 11 months ago
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  • No Soup for you!
    Ten Seinfeld Quote Posters in Stunning Typography

    Sold on the aptly named “Sign-Feld” store on Etsy, these posters take a classic quote from the NBC sitcom hit Seinfeld and print it in gorgeous, clean typography. Available in multiple sizes, characters mentioned within the series...

    • Posted 1 year ago
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    Deep Fried Gadgets, What’s Not to Like?

    As someone who lived in the South from my birth to my mid-twenties, I can tell you without a doubt that we like to fry up any food we can get our hands on. It’s a stereotype...

    • Posted 1 year ago
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  • Super Mario Brothers
    Stained Glass + A Love of Gaming =

    Developed by Evan Daniels of Atlanta, Georgia, this collection of stained glass artwork will be very familiar with anyone who grew up with an old-school Nintendo. Up for sale on the Etsy store MartainGlasswork with prices reaching...

    • Posted 1 year ago
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  • The Dark Knight overlooking Gotham City
    10 Fantastic Film Noir Superhero Posters

    Created by comic book author and illustrator Marko Manev, this collection of superhero illustrations are dripping in the film noir style seen in classic Hollywood crime dramas like Bogart’s The Maltese Falcon. Pulling from both DC and Marvel comics,...

    • Posted 1 year ago
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    13 Charming DC & Marvel Comic Mashups

    Prepare yourself for a cuteness overload! Artist Darren Rawlings (known as Rawlsy on DeviantArt) has created a fantastic, extremely adorable series of DC & Marvel comic book hero mashups in what he calls the Little Friends series. He’s...

    • Posted 1 year ago
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