The main protagonist in Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series of video games. Created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamot, this magical swordsman has been traveling through Hyrule, attempting to save Princess Zelda and her kingdom, since 1986. I love the music from the original Zelda game. A lot.
A giant ape, created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, who stars in a series of Nintendo games. In the original 1981 video game, Jumpman (now known as Mario) had to rescue Lady (now known as Pauline) from this barrel-throwing ape.
The Dark Knight is a DC Comics superhero who first appeared in 1939. By day he is billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne; by night he is a caped crime-fighter with no actual superpowers. He successfully defeats Gotham City villains by being an excellent detective and martial artist who’s unbelievably rich.
Imagined in the 1860s by Lewis Carroll, this young girl from Victorian-era Britain falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. I love the 1951 animated film and prefer to believe that the 2010 Tim Burton remake never happened. Remix!
In the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, Doc Brown invents the first time machine, which he builds with a DeLorean DMC-12 sports car. The car could travel back in time via a “flux capacitor” when it reached 88 MPH—which seems appropriate for my 88th character.
A comic book superhero who appears in DC Comics. He can breathe underwater and communicate with sea creatures. He was humorously appropriated by South Park as Seaman. This 8-bit sprite completes the Super Best Friends religious group.
If yesterday was Cinco de Mario, then today is Seis de Luigi. Here is more Nintendo-based childhood nostalgia in the form of Mario’s twin brother.
I’m taking a break from political leaders and revolutionaries for a couple of video game characters. Childhood nostalgia runs deep with this Italian-American plumber who first appeared over 25 years ago.
I briefly considered posting an 8-bit Mexican luchador today instead (as a weak tie-in to Cinco de Mayo), but the force of Nintendo was too strong.
Happy Easter or Happy Ostara! Here is a rabbit that carries around a basket of colored eggs and candy. The bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have its origins in Germany in the 1500s. German settlers introduced the Easter bunny to American folklore in the 1700s.
A cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft. Who better to help us celebrate Earth Day and get us to demonstrate our commitment to survive on this small planet.
V.I.N.CENT. L.F. 396 (The Black Hole) – No. 92
I loved this floating, sharpshooting robot from the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole when I was a kid. In the year 2130, V.I.N.CENT. is aboard an exploratory spaceship, the USS Palomino, when the crew discovers a black hole with a lost ship just outside its event horizon.
This is my third and last day at WebVisions 2011 in Portland, Oregon.