The Fail Whale Fan Club

So far our beloved whale has been featured from a lot of media publications. Here is a brief collection for whom want to have a bit of insight of Fail Whale:

* Fail Whale Story on CNN By John D. Sutter

* Fail Whale Story on New York Times by Rob Walker

* “How Fail Whale became a hit” on Sydney Morning Herald by @skytsang:

* Fail Whale Party featured on Wired Magazine by @jennydeluxe:

* Fail Whale Story on ReadWriteWeb by @sarahintampa:

Also Check out:

www.whatisfailwhale.info

Last week, in New York City, the first Shorty Awards ceremony was held to honor the twitter elite. Yiying Lu, the creator of the “Lifting a Dreamer” Fail Whale illustration was honored with the award in the “#Design” category. There’s even an article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend. Congratulations Yiying! We’re very proud of you!

Here’s an iPhone wallpaper image for those of us who just can’t get enough. Thanks Yiying!

Tuesday night’s FAILparty at Shine was a success. We had a capacity+ crowd and copious amounts of [pseudo] Fail Whale Pale Ale was consumed. My compliments to the organizers and everyone who participated in the event!

The photos above are just a sample from Flickr. Please click through to the respective detail pages for copyright information.

If you are in San Francisco on July 29th, you need to be at the FAILparty! Let’s remember and celebrate our FAILures and show our appreciation and support for others experiencing FAIL - including of course, the adorable Fail Whale!

• FAILparty art & schwag designed by Fail Whale creator Yiying Lu
• Music by John Adams (@netik)
• FAIL visuals and FAILbooth
• Fail Whale Pale Ale on tap!

Location:

Shine
1337 Mission St.

FAILparty details (Please RSVP):
Facebook
Upcoming

Special thanks to @mr_bill, @ChadScott, & @TimIsHungry for organizing this event.

Don’t forget the First Interplanetary Fail Whale Pale Ale Label Contest submissions are due to Jeff Sonstein, the contest organizer, by Midnight (UTC) on July 31, 2008

Contest Details can be found at: Tweet Hunt. Please use a hash tag (type "#fwpa" at the end of your tweet) when talking about the contest on Twitter.

NOTE: This is not a submission to the FWPA design contest. I’m confident that you can do a whole heck of a lot better than this, so get your submissions in soon!!

[UPDATE 2008-08-01]
By unanimous agreement amongst the judges, the Fail Whale Pale Ale Label Design Contest has been extended until October 1, 2008. There have been five excellent submissions so far and we’re looking for many more. Please see the contest website, tweethunt.org for more details.

This was a quick mashup… but just wanted to let our Apple brethren know that we’re here to help if you need us!

Yiying Lu opened up an additional online store for tshirts and accessories. There are lots of color choices, so check it out:  failwhaleshop.com

Yiying Lu has done it again. This time, it’s Fail Whale’s love interest, Eve Whale. She’s had a tuck here, a snip there, and she’s lookin…. HAAAAAWWWWWTTT!!!!

Hilary Talbot (@Hil121), a talented puppet maker and kinetic sculpture artist, created a beautiful sculpture of Fail Whale. An enthusiastic tip of the hat goes out to Hilary as well as all the other Aussies who have shown tremendous generosity, creativity, and humor in recent days!

[UPDATE 2008-06-29 09:00 PST]
Here is Hilary’s Blog Post about her sculpture