I second the supernova concept. I'm just not a huge fan of an animal. Unless it's a Tardigrade. I found some cartoonish things that show a supernova could be graphically stylized: * https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/snrs/SNR_cartoon2.gif * http://coffeeshopphysics.com/articles/2011-10/12_standing_on_a_crunchy_star/kapow.png * http://usscouts.org/advance/Images/Nova.gif -- Augustina Ragwitz Señora Software Engineer --- Ask me about contributing to OpenStack Nova! https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Mentoring --- email: aragwitz+nova at pobox.com irc: auggy