Star Warsfan Rebecca Crane found made a wonderful use of her spare time (which nerds seem to have an awful lot of) and created a map of The United States of Star Wars. Each state on the map represents a different planet/location from the Star Warsuniverse. Texas is Kessel, Oregon is Endor, Maine is Naboo…etc. Each state is based on similarities in geography as well as the type of people that reside there. Here is a little more info…

There are probably tens of planets that work for each state, I picked either the first one that I came to or the best fit.

Planets were assigned based on partial terrain, landmarks that correlate with the planet and state, types of people in the state and planet, famous landmarks, or slightly randomly selected (but loosely based on facts) from my brother and myself. 

In case you can identify all of the Star Wars States Rebecca made a list of what state corresponds with what planet. (AFTER THE JUMP)

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Holy Testicular trauma! Batman has been through many strange battles in his lifetime, fighting the likes of the Joker, Riddler, bad acting and cheesy puns(thanks Batman & Robin). How many of these have envolved him getting a hit below his utility belt though? Drawn by an assortment of artists and collected by Justin Stewart, this ball busting Batman Bonanza shows us how the Dark knight reacts to getting busted by The Flash, Prince, children! Watching these would bring a smile to any villian’s day.

Warning: The following contains images of bean bag destruction, enjoy the show.

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James Roberts (a.k.a Jam-Wah) was once an inspiring artist who wanted his work published (and eventually did have one work published) proves that my Dragon Ball-esque drawing style is child’s play compare to his many styles. Jam-Wah has done a series of Geo Vectorial Portraits of well known super heroes such as Cyclops and The Incredible Hulk. Check after the jump to see the large size images of the comic characters we like and also check out Jam-Wah’s deviantART page to see more of his awesome art.

Source: Geek-Art, deviantART Account

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Have you ever wanted to see some of your super heroes being super buffed to the point where their head is so tiny (unlike me who has big body and a big ass head)? How about seeing some heroes a bit scrawny but fits the character? Well, Patricio Betteo took that mindset and drew some interesting pieces. From Wolverine to Rorschach, and from Spider-man to Bone, Betteo has drew various of characters. Check after the jump to see quite a few of them and see if Betteo drew one of your favorites.

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What you see above is just a little taste of the two awesome poster art we have today. The Astor Theatre was having a double feature of Die Hard and Predator and they hired two artists to make the poster art for the flicks. The first one is a Die Hard poster done by Tim Doyle and on the poster we have John McClane being the bad ass he always is. The second poster is for Predator done by an artist named Godmachine and the art just fits the damn Predator so awesomely. Click after the jump to see the posters in their full glory and if you happen to like the posters, you can head on over to TommyGood to buy them for $33 each.

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Hey look, it’s another set of poster art and it’s full of superheroes that people love. Mark Grambau, who has said that he himself has an unhealthy obsession of superheroes, got his art on with these simple yet awesome silhouette poster art. By using some colors, a quote, and the silhouette of the character, Grambau was able to show just who are these superheroes and what they’re about. Check after the jump to see if your favorite character got their own silhouette poster and also, head over to Grambau’s website to check out his other art/project.

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What if Pixar’s Toy Story wasn’t just a story about toys, but instead an action film about a Spaceman, a Cowboy and their friends? It might resemble this awesome piece of fan art created by UK artist Sean Izaakse. Seeing these classic characters re-imagined as hardcore gritty comic book designs is pretty damn cool. If this were a poster, I’d buy it for a dollar.

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Being the normal young boy growing up in the early 90’s, I grew up loving the Ninja Turtles (though, being the stupid fat boy I was, I ruined most of my Turtle figures by chewing on them) and watching the X-Men cartoon on Fox. Artist Dean Fraser decided to give the turtles a new look and something amazing was created. He gave each turtle and Shredder a Marvel persona and he did it where it matched each one.

We now have Dontello Stark as The Iron Turtle, Raphael Howlett as Shellorine, Michelangelo Wilson as Shellpool, Leonardo Rogers as The American Turtle, and Oroku Eisenhardt as Shredneto. Check after the jump to check out the individual pics of each character.

Source: Comics Alliance, Facebook Fan Page

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Unless you have been completely out of the loop for the past few weeks then you have probably seen the twisted summer block buster Inception. With Inception comes layers to a story that most people have never seen in cinematic history. Following all the twists and turns might be a bit of a task. So we here at nerd bastards have found a perfect graphic for you (the viewer) to use as a companion to Inception.

Designer Graham Scott tweeted his, well, let’s call it cynic’s guide to Inception in response to fastcodesign’s call for “a chart that elegantly explains the most complicated movie of the summer.”

How do you think he did?

full size image after the jump

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This is quite possibly the coolest mash-up of nerd properties the world will ever see. If you were an NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) fan than you may have seen a plethora of 8-bit games dedicated to the marvel franchise but I think deviant artist suzuran totally got it right. Enjoy them shits! And don’t forget to check surzan’s account to see more stellar artwork because here at Nerd Bastards we like to support the artists that bring us great content.