There’s only one you can see Ava the Spider Woman, conjoined tag team wrestlers Tim and Todd, and Serge LaRoue with his midget bull, Mignon.

The Lyndon Show is just one of the gems in artist Lyndon Wade’s portfolio that shows off his knack for photo-illustration, retouching, and a distinctly weird aesthetic.

For the Hollywood-enamored, the rest of his portfolio holds a wealth of celebrity cameos.

Via Surfstation

Can an anthropomorphic swirl of paisley learn from its mistakes?

You can find out at Design You Trust, where someone has posted an amazing 12-panel illustrated story about one hungry swirl's lament.

Overt product placements aren’t new (remember the Goonies sitting around drinking Pepsi?) but they’ve certainly saturated the movie-going experience of late, with on-screen talent endorsing products every time they take a phone call, check the time, drink, drive, or drive-thru.

The phenomenon is laid bare in these minimalist movie posters. Lists of brands contained within read more like a shopping mall directory than a promise of entertainment.

Via Design Sponge

Some of the most valuable works in his collection perished in a fire, and a battle with his landlords at County Hall forced him to shut up shop for a while, but ladies and gentlemen, über art mogul Charles Saatchi is back in business.

His brand-new gallery opened this week in the 70,000 sq. ft. Duke of York HQ building on King’s Road, Chelsea with an exhibition dedicated to new art from China.

If you’re in London, get there soon, all exhibitions are free. If you're not (shame), enjoy the comprehensive online interactive gallery, which allows you to peruse each artist’s work at your leisure.

A new IKEA magazine ad by zig Toronto promises beds “So comfortable, you’ll need shorter bedtime stories.” And then it fills that need with an accompanying booklet of very, very short stories.

An illustrated Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Sleeping Beauty are all told in one sentence. Short and sweet.

One’s a web-slinger. The other’s a truthiness-slinger. Together, they’ll roam NYC and fight crime. Or possibly bears.

Stephen Colbert is set to bring his larger-than-life television persona to Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #573, as a presidential candidate. It’s not the first time a late night celebrity has been illustrated alongside superheroes. Letterman, Leno, and the original cast of SNL have also made appearances.

No word yet on a Jon Stewart & John Stewart team-up.

The Boston Globe has a stunning set of images up from photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's collection Earth From Above, which offers unique aerial views to encourage people to think globally about sustainable living.

It would be an understatement to call Arthus-Bertrand’s subjects diverse. In this sampling alone, they range from elephants running through high grass in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, to walled orchards on Croatia’s Island of Kornat, and the iridescent swirls of the oil sands in northern Alberta, Canada (shown above).

(Thanks Beau!)

So many mad scientists, but never a mention of mad artists? The portfolio of Nemo Gould makes an excellent case for it.

His kinetic sculptures include countless robots, animal mashups like the Mermanatee and Attackalope, and an aluminum scooter retro-retrofitted with parts from streetlamps and vacuum cleaners.

There's even something called the urban assault baby. Resist clicking that.

Okay, it’s more of an angry mob than a posse. Such is life as an abomination. But don’t feel bad for him. Think of the exercise and all of the free pitchforks he gets.

This fleeing Frankenstein and other Halloween foldables can be downloaded from Christopher Bonnette’s website. Click downloads, then paper craft to find them.

Via Paper Forest

Putting a spin on the photo-a-day meme, Emilie Boudet has been illustrating the highlights of each day in 2008 in her notebooks.

Her meals, projects, conversations, and observations have been sketched out and scanned in for your enjoyment — artistic and voyeuristic alike.

Via the always charming Design For Mankind