Paper plait

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Sep 7, 2011 7:35 PMNov 20, 2019 5:56 AM

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While I was at Dragon*Con last week, I had a lot of folks tell me I was such a doll. What I didn't realize is that they meant it literally: Steve D at Mad Art Lab made me into a cut-out paper doll. I join the ranks of other people such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and my pal Neil deGrasse Tyson. These dolls feature clothes you can also cut out and put on the figure in question. Jane Goodall's comes with a cut-out chimp. Now, I don't usually put partial frontal nudity on the blog, but in my own case I'll make an exception. You may wish to avert your eyes (and just in case, I'll put it below the fold):

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