Proof of concept

Plans for my army of zombie cephalopod-cyborgs proceed apace. First target: Holland!

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Go ahead, open the dikes—nothing will stop them.

(via My Confined Space)

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Great illustration. I get more the feeling that the Octopus is going on a joyride.
Or playing some game with the ball. Do they flash white when they're scared?

It looks like the Cephaloborg is playing dodgeball. Ah crap. There goes my gym's shot at the $50,000 first prize.

By FishyFred (not verified) on 28 Aug 2006 #permalink

Maybe the red ball is actually a scouting device?

Or an aid to mind control the human masses?

Hey! I might be at Tulane now, but Holland is still my home country! And yes, I do not share your obsession for cephalopods. I'd rather stick with Xenopus laevis.

I, for one, welcome our new zombie cephalopod-cyborg overlords.

By bybelknap (not verified) on 28 Aug 2006 #permalink

MY zombie creationist half-breed squirrels will YET triumph.

SH

By Scott Hatfield (not verified) on 28 Aug 2006 #permalink

HELPeR, no!

Well, since the actual title of the painting, as one learns from visiting the site it was swiped from, is "Rise of the Red Star", obviously it's an allegory in which Soviet Socialism rises above the petty squabbles between Capitalism (the robot) and Tradition (the octopus).

It's part of the Socialist Surrealism school (1937-8).

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By Michael Hopkins (not verified) on 31 Aug 2006 #permalink