Nick Spencer is the up-and-coming mainstream comics writer of the moment–he’s responsible for the Jimmy Olsen back up in Action Comics and for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, among other titles. He’s also currently writing Morning Glories, an ongoing series of his own, drawn by Joe Eisma and Rodin Esquejo, about a prep school where many things …
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Top Ten Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Refurbished Sony Webbie HD: $49.99 (SonyStyle.com)
Sony’s Flip competitor, the Webbie HD, can be had for around $50. It’s refurbished and purple, but it’s got a swiveling lens and dedicated movie and still image buttons. The price is set at $129.99, but add it to your cart and begin
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Will Apple Announce Web Based iTunes Tomorrow?
We will never forget whatever Apple’s announcing tomorrow, according to the teaser text on the company’s website. “Ah, November 16th. The day Apple launched iTunes for the web,” we might say in the year 2056. That’s not to say that Apple’s launching iTunes for the web, but a web-based version of iTunes would certainly be a relatively big …
“Path” Photo Sharing App Has Big Backers, But Will It Stick?
There’s a new photo sharing service in town. Path, available initially for iPhone, makes the idea of social networking an images-only affair and limits your network to just 50 people. The result is a “place you will always feel comfortable being yourself and sharing the story of your life with your closest friends and family,” according …
Exclusive Preview: Adele Blanc-Sec
Techland’s Comic Book Club was very enthusiastic last week about The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec–the new English translation of the first volume of a Jacques Tardi series about a fearless, cold-blooded adventuress in the mysterious Paris of 1911. Now, courtesy of Fantagraphics, we’ve got an exclusive look at a scene from …
Photos: Quidditch World Cup in NYC
Attention all muggles, wizards and house elves, Techland’s Joseph Chi Lin helps you gear up for the latest Harry Potter installment in theaters Friday with photos from this weekend’s Quidditch World Cup held in New York City.
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Quidditch World Cup Diary: Day 2
The fourth annual Quidditch World Cup came to an exciting end today, as the top 24 teams from yesterday progressed into single-elimination bracket play. (Read our diary of the first day here.) Techland was on the scene once again. Here’s what we saw:
The differences between today and yesterday: This year’s tournament was the first …
Quidditch World Cup Diary: Day 1
A small block of Manhattan has been transformed into something more like Diagon Alley this weekend, as the 46 teams of muggles competing in the fourth annual Quidditch World Cup took over DeWitt Clinton Park on the far West Side. Day 1 was taken up by the group stage: Each team played three matches, the results determining the 24 teams …
Wired vs. Women: Too Much Objectification In Tech?
Is women’s greatest contribution to technology and/or geekdom their bodies? No, but sometimes it may be hard to assume otherwise.
On newsstands, December’s cover of Wired magazine is a little hard to miss. Accompanying a piece on tissue engineering is a shot of a woman’s cleavage. Slapped with the cover line, “100% Natural,” …
5 Alien Invasions To Worry About
If there’s one thing that both Skyline – opening in theaters today – and the just-released trailer for Battle Los Angeles prove, it’s that alien invasions can be terrifying things. It shouldn’t be surprising – There’s something upsetting about both invasion/war stories and aliens in general, so putting the two together to get “We don’t …
How George Lucas Changed Special Effects in Filmmaking Forever
When a young filmmaker named George Lucas pitched his idea for a space saga, FOX and most people were wondering how he was going to pull it off. The movie called for more cuts, action sequences and imaginative landscapes that had never been done before. When the studio asked him how he planed to do that, though Lucas had no clue he …
E-Books Added To NYT Best-Seller List
It looks like literature finally had its Aha! moment, now that the book world is recognizing electronic reading as a viable publishing venture.
Yesterday, The New York Times announced it would begin publishing a best-seller list, perhaps the largest change to the Times’ book ranking rubric since it began in 1935. Earlier this year, …