Some fun stuff today in the comic roundup – we’ve got our standard Sunday Grin + Bear It (interesting uses for Engineers!), we’ve got a Halo mention in this morning’s AppleGeeks Light (thanks to many, first was Jim 028) – this explains a LOT of things – and we’ve got a very special treat for you. Stuntmutt’s back, just for the week, with some new ODST-themed One One Se7en strips! First up – Phony. Here’s hoping you like bad puns and bad art – because he’s here all week! Try the Kig-yar. Update: OMG, it’s TWO strips back from the dead! Halo Action Figure Theater has not one, but TWO updates – there’s a guest strip by OboeCrazy yesterday… and a brand-new regular-storyline strip from Elnea which recaps what happened the last time this strip was live (back in June) – and opens the door for a bigger story. Hmm… I wonder if we’ll get new strips from ZZoMBiE13, Paul Maestri, or Blackstar this week?(Louis Wu 13:47:28 UTC)

FassinTaak whipped up a Shepard Fairey-style poster of the Prophet of Regret – would make a nice wall hanging. Take a look!(Louis Wu 12:50:09 UTC)

Whoa – Brandon pointed out a pair of videos from Kre8-fx, showing off the start of an animatronic Elite costume being whipped up for Halloween – (the first shows off the servo controls for the jaws, while the second – much shorter – shows off the moving eyeballs, along with lots of other small but really cool tidbits). (Louis Wu 12:48:01 UTC)

Last night’s episode of The Simpsons – ‘Treehouse of Horror XX’ (available here on Hulu, sponsored by Halo 3: ODST) has a fun Halo reference – Jimbo is dressed as the Master Chief. Looks like bluerunner was first on our forum with the update!(Louis Wu 12:46:23 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty funny little clip – looks like grenades do more than explode! (Louis Wu 12:45:50 UTC)

Darkspire Films is back – and the first of several new shows is “The Candy Coated Wonder Road”. Can you picture a Halo-based children’s show? You don’t have to – they’ve built one. The first episode is “Friends”, and the music is infectious. Well… healing, but… oh, never mind. Go watch.(Louis Wu 12:38:49 UTC)

Chris101b ran across the personal website of Brandon Riza, an employee of Blur Studio. In his 3D effects portfolio, he includes some cool animations he’s built for various projects – including the Halo Wars cutscenes. Very nice alternate angles!(Louis Wu 12:37:56 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo music video – this one sets various Halo-related footage to Papa Roach’s “Getting Away with Murder” – nice timing!(Louis Wu 21:04:33 UTC)

Tommy92L let us know about ‘Dock‘, a hand-held look at a suspicious location… some things shouldn’t be investigated. (Just in time for Halloween!)(Louis Wu 20:07:05 UTC)

We got word from the Russian Halo Community that at least SOME of the concept art that appeared yesterday (purportedly for Reach) was actually done by Robert Brown, an artist in California, and was seen by a member of halouniverse.ru more than half a year ago. It’s not Bungie-related, it’s not even Halo-related – it’s just concept art with a slapped-on logo. (Louis Wu 15:26:07 UTC)

icefire decided to animate a scene from Family Guy… using Halo models. Animation was done in 3ds Max 7, rendered in Skyline, using a fan-made map for Halo CE. Short and sweet. (Louis Wu 15:25:00 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles put together what he calls “The Ultimate ODST Firefight Survival Guide” – it’s a collection of tips that will keep you going in Firefight mode. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:24:24 UTC)