Art
- Check out the Kick-Ass cover art created by Michael Cho for the cover of the Village Voice Spring Arts Guide 2010.
- DarkSabata offers this Assassin’s Creed fan art at Deviant Art.
- Fresh from the latest episodes of Clone Wars, the Zillo Beast attacks Coruscant in this new poster on sale at Star Wars.com.
- Steve Thomas is selling retro Tron propaganda posters on sale at Zazzle.
Comics
- Interview: Mondo interviews Kill Shakespeare authors Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery about their new (and excellent) series.
- Heavy names The 20 Worst Superheroes.
- iFanboy pciks The Top 10 Most Fashionable Comic Book Characters.
Film
- Interview: Cinematical interviews Kick-Ass star Mark Strong.
- Interview: Director Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass “has broken every rule.”
- Interview: Kevin Pollak talks about his upcoming film, Vamped Out.
- News: Joss Whedon to Direct The Avengers, Project Clearly Doomed.
Internet
- The Atlantic explains Why Newspapers Shouldn’t Be Scared of Huffington Post.
- Conan kicks off his tour singing “I Will Survive.” [YouTube]
- How much do music artists earn online? is a rather sobering infographic showing how many units an artist has to sell to earn the US monthly minimum wage.
- Knuckles United has a gallery of 20 “Funny Cause It’s True” Facebook Fan Pages.
- Wow. Media catches on to the fact that boys like staring at pictures of cute girls, blows dicovery out of all proportion in “Getting Off on Facebook“
Literature
- Interview: Dribble of Ink interviews Ari Marmell, author of Conquerer’s Shadow.
- Interview: John Scalzi talks with Ian Tregillis, author of Bitter Seed.
- Interview: Lori Devoti, author of the Amazon Queen series talks with All Things Urban Fantasy about her latest book, Amazon Ink.
- Interview: Publisher’s Weekly profiles Nnedi Okorafor, author of the upcoming young adult novel Who Fears Death.
- Interview: Vera Nazarian talks about her book, Mansfield Park and Mummies.
- I was surprised to find just how many of The Top 100 Children’s Novels recently choosen by a Scholastic Poll I’ve read. I guess YA classics have staying power.
Science
- Michael Specter warns of the dangers of “science denial”.
- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.
Television
- News: HBO’s GAME OF THRONES Series Creating its Own Fantasy Language
- News: Live ‘Star Trek’ Show Coming To Kennedy Space Center In June
- Birdofthegalaxy has gathered a gallery of interesting behind-the-scenes photos taken on the set of Star Trek: The Original Series.
- Chicago Now has compiled a list of the Top Sue Sylvester Quotes From Glee.
- Listverse picks the Top 10 Most Controversial Star Trek Episodes.
- The Sarcasmist picks the Top 10 Sarcastic The Simpsons Quotes.
Video Games
- Interview: Richard Morgan discusses storytelling in computer games.
- News: StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks South Korea
- Filmonic remembers 10 Games that should be Films.
Writing
- Alan Rinzler explains What authors need to know about bookstore visibility.
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