Stephen DeStefano is probably best known in comics circles for his late-’80s series ‘Mazing Man, but he’s one of those artists’ artists whose reputation among their peers is high even when they’re not publishing work under their own name. Lucky in Love: A Poor Man’s History, the first of a two-volume project, is his first graphic novel. …
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Microsoft Partners With the Double Rainbow Guy
Remember Paul Vasquez, better known as Hungry Bear? (No, we’re not making up this nickname. CNN actually called him that).
What does this mean!? Well, it seems Microsoft has nabbed him for their latest ad campaign for Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman Rethought For Today?
No sooner has the most recent retelling of Superman’s origin been completed – Superman: Secret Origin completed its six issue run last week – than DC Comics unveils the first preview of Superman: Earth One, the even more brand new version of the earliest days of the Man of Steel. DC’s The Source blog today posted pages from the upcoming …
Epic Video of the Day: Real Life Rocket Jump
Freddiew, you are a genius.
How Do You Pronounce AT-AT?
Yes, I know I’m a bit late for Techland’s Star Wars month, but hey, every month is Star Wars month for true Star Wars aficionados.
The question at hand, the proper pronunciation of the AT-AT walker, arose after watching Techlander Allie Townsend’s Star Wars Yoga video. Her Star Wars Yoga master pronounced AT-AT phonetically as …
Panel of the Week 9/1/10
Every week I crawl out from under my long box fort and hoof it over to my local comic shop. Every week I laugh and I cry and I poo-poo the deserving. And every week I grab a stack of panels that I find noteworthy and I make some notes. Welcome to Panel of the Week. Now mostly spoiler free.
Science Dog #1
Technically this issue of …
Giveaway: Win Star Wars Comics From Dark Horse!
Earlier this week, we suggested that you give some of Dark Horse‘s Star Wars comics a try. Now, we’re making that even easier by teaming with those fine Oregonian publishers and giving away seven of the most recent collections (Knights of The Old Republic Vol. 8: Destroyer, Knights of The Old Republic Vol. 9: Demon, Legacy Vol. 8: …
Mark Waid: We Can Define Publishing For The 21st Century
Like it or not, downloading is here. Torrents and filesharing are here. That’s not going away. I’m not here to attack it or defend it–I’m not going to change anyone’s mind either way, and everyone in America at this point has anecdotal evidence “proving” how it hurts or helps the medium–but I am here to say it isn’t going
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The Best Apps For Back To School
Our ten favorite apps, from that will have you organized and ready to study.
Plinkett Defends Movie Remakes With the (Old) New Star Trek Movie
We make no qualms about worshipping at the altar of Harry Plinkett, film reviewer for Red Letter Media.
He’s back with a new review for 2009’s Star Trek. Yeah, the movie’s been out of the theaters for quite some time, but no one does it better than Plinkett (real name: Mike Stoklasa) when it comes to berating what’s at the movies. The …
A Brief History of Wolverine #1s
Wolverine #1 comes out this week–but it’s far from the first time the diminutive Canadian mutant with the big sharp claws has launched a series of his own, and it won’t be the last, either. Here’s a quick timeline of the many debuts of Wolverine.
13 Thoughts About Warehouse 13 2.9: Vendetta
Clearly, Warehouse 13 is written and shot way in advance, and not the kind of thing that can be turned around on a dime because of one loudmouth making noises on the internet. And yet… there were times during last night’s episode where I felt as if it was giving me exactly what I’d been asking for here for a long time. Here’re 13 …