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What a view! IS-3 in Shikotan island looking at the sea

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Some predatory mosquito larvae are capable of shooting out their gross little heads like harpoons to grab prey.

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Goggomobil TL400 Transporter Van, 1956. Goggomobil was the small vehicle subsidiary of Hans Glas GmbH. All Goggomobil models were based on the same rear-engine/rear drive platform with 2-stroke twin cylinder engines. The van was built at the request of Deutsche Post (monochrome pic), who purchased over 2,000 Transporters between October 1957 and November 1965. BMW took over Glas in 1966 and all Goggomobil models were discontinued in 1969.

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An excerpt from "exclusion zone", a little comic about villagers resettling in an abandoned bunker complex - up in color on the patreon next month

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Renault VBG Prototype, 1975. Robert Opron joined Renault in 1975 and this was his first attempt at the Véhicule Bas de Gamme. The sketches show a variety of functions for the utilitarian car. Interestingly the sketches also show the semi-circular window that were a feature of the second prototype.

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Renault Piccola Prototype, 1982, by Marcello Gandini. Robert Opron had bought Gandini (newly freed from Bertone) into Renault to work on the Super Cinq project, the second generation Renault 5. Gandini also presented his Piccola concept, a plastic city car that arrived at Renault's offices crated up, in pieces. The car took 30 minutes to assemble with just a few tools and Renault bought the concept on the spot. Of course they were thinking about the Véhicules Bas de Gamme project to replace the R4, which was going nowhere.

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Renault X-45, 1985. This was Marcello Gandini's proposal for the VBG project/Renault 4 replacement. The prototype has 2 doors on a one side (to show the appearance of the 5-door version) and one door on the other (demonstrating how a 3-door version would look). The car was to compete with Fiat's Panda but a sudden change of management at Renault and the appointment of Patrick Le Quément as design chief meant the X-45's days were numbered.

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Trudelturm, Berlin Adlershof. Architects: Hermann Brenner, Werner Deutschmann. Photo: Matthias Heiderich

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how can something be both perfectly elegant and a total clunky pile of crud - i love it

An 80s era Apple portable laptop computer prototype.

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ONLY 48 HOURS LEFT ON THE CAMPAIGN!

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One of my favorite, and most frivolous items, for the kickstarter - a booklet of paper dolls! Featuring characters from throughout the new book and previous books (Betty being the star of "REFUGIUM", at least in the eyes of fans)

The campaign is down to the last three days, so go take a look!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grizgrobus/a-star-called-the-sun?ref=2j478m

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One of my favorite panels from "Vanguard", part of the new book... only three days left on the kickstarter! JOIN US IN ETERNITY

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An incredible pinup for THE NEW BOOK from @vladlegostaev - one of the all-time kings of comics! And a pinup that has since spawned...

A Vlad Legostaev T-Shirt! APOCALYPTICAT!

With that in mind, I also wanted to share with you the other t-shirt we have on offer, over at the kickstarter:

The Altamiran Ministry of Culture T-shirt - a chance for you to wear some extrasolar anthropology, right on your body!

Take a look at the book, and the campaign, here

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An incredible portrait by @vladlegostaev , the unstoppable, for “a star called the sun” - now on Kickstarter! Seeing a drawing of myself, our cat, and characters from the book is a true treat, and I cannot thank Vlad enough!!

Find out more here!

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With a sudden, unwelcome 3d-printing, "THE ANSIBLE" concludes, over on webtoons:

but the book this story is collected in is still up on kickstarter! HALFWAY THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN! 330% FUNDED! COME JOIN US!