Alt-porn site Suicide Girls is claiming that it’s been banned from Comic-Con in San Diego next month, as well as sister convention Wondercon in San Francisco for selling adult material to kids, but Comic-Con seems to disagree. Suicide Girls founder Missy told LA Weekly that the site has been informed it will not be allowed a booth at …
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Behind the Scenes With The Toy Story 3 Video Game
Toy Story 3 could change the way you think about games based on movies. Now, I know you’ve heard this before. But what game developer Avalanche Software and the animation geniuses are cooking up for isn’t just a checkbox on a merchandising sheet. The Toy Story 3 video game fulfills one of the movies’ most important yet most …
Saturn Awards Offer Few Surprises
The 2010 Saturn Awards were presented last night by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, recognizing excellence in the genre fields of movie and television and… Well, I don’t think anyone was too amazed to see James Cameron’s Avatar doing so well, or nods for Lost, District 9 and Fringe. In fact, the most …
This Navy Seal Is a Terrible Shot
Armed with a .50 caliber Barrett M82A1 rifle, a former Navy Seal barely hits his target, an iPhone 4. Kudos to Richard Ryan for capturing it in slo-mo but maybe he needs to get someone a little better next time. So underwhelming.
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I Want to Go to the Sci-Fi Air Show
I mostly associate air shows with sad headlines about Blue Angels crashes. No such accidents bedevil the Sci-Fi Air Show, a lovely Photoshop project with the following mission statement:
The SCI-FI AIR SHOW’s purpose is to preserve and promote the rich and varied history of Sci-Fi/fantasy vehicles. Through display and education we
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In Ode To The Greatest Zombie-Inspired Dance Break Of All-Time
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too …
Emanata: What’s a Digital Comic Book Worth?
The most interesting element of DC’s announcement this week that they’re entering the digital-comics sales fray is that they’re trying out tiered pricing: selling individual full issues of serial comics for 99 cents, $1.99 or $2.99. The question of what a digital comic book is worth–and whether its value to a reader is correlated with …
Why I Hate DRM (Example 147,000,000)
I am really late to the party, but since I saw my first series in 2007, I’ve been crazy about Doctor Who. My Netflix queue is almost entirely old Tom Baker stories, and all four New Who series. (The remainder is mostly MST3K, if anyone was wondering what kind of stuff I like to watch in my spare time.)
I’m still working my way …
80s Pop Sensations Will Star In Syfy Creature Movie. Wait. What?
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Syfy has just cast 80s pop stars Debbie Gibson and Tiffany in one of its Saturday night creature flicks.
That’s right, upcoming movie Mega Python vs. Gatoroid will pit the two ex-music chart rivals against each other, who are, surprisingly not strangers to creature features. Gibson starred in Mega …
Is Multiverse Titanic SF Cinema’s Crossover King?
With Avatar proving to movie executives that non-SF fans can be interested in science fiction movies provided they’re marketed properly, Ridley and Tony Scott are producing what may be the Killer App for crossover sci-fi: Ion.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ion is a story about a man who travels through parallel Earths, looking …
The Comic Book Club: Superman #700 and Bart Simpson #54
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Mike Williams, Evan Narcisse and Graeme McMillan discuss Superman #700 and Bart Simpson #54, spoilerishly.
DOUGLAS: Superman #700: not a good comic. The James Robinson/Bernard Chang story is eight pages …
Panel of the Week 6/23/10
Every week here at Techland we pull out the best panels from all our favorite comics. This week we have mouse on bear action, Bats gets punked, WWII nostalgia, Logan attempts a figure four, and Killer Croc literally bites the hand(s) that feed him. Here it is, your Panel of the Week!
Secret Warriors #17
There’s not much to say …