Art
- 8-Bit Assassin’s Creed
- Art of the Genre: Cosplay
- Mash-Up: Ducktor Who
- Social Media Propaganda
- Vader got Served
- Van Gogh’s Starry Night in paper.
- Zombie Superman Cosplay
Comics
- Interview: Daniel Abraham on Bringing ‘Game of Thrones’ To Comics
- Interview: Yet another awesome interview from Robert Kirkman at Comic Con where he discusses The Walking Dead, Marvel Zombies, and a thankfully avoided crossover between the two.
- News: The Crow Set For a Revival
- “Ultimate Marvel is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and updated versions of the company’s superhero characters” Wednesday, the imprint has introduced a new version of Spider-Man, Miles Morales, a half black-half latino male teenager. Fans are already talking about why this matters.
Film
- News: Everybody Freak Out: They’re “Rebooting” SHORT CIRCUIT
- News: Johnny Depp, Graham King Teaming to Adapt ‘The Vault’ Comic Book
- News: Marvel Wants Guardians Of The Galaxy Pic
- Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman Costume in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Revealed!
- How the Wing Commander Movie Went Wrong
- Infographic: Planet of the Apes Cheatsheet
- The Story Behind Super 8: The sorcerer’s apprentice: Behind the scenes with Abrams and Spielberg
- Top 10 Most Influential Nerds in Film
- Watch a trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s dark, trippy horror flick, Twixt.
Internet
- Forget First World Problems. Fifth World Problems are irritations of Lovecraftian proportions. Stuck between alternate dimensions? Plagued by neighboring hyperlizards? Is your quantum state beginning to crystallize? You’ve got Fifth World Problems.
- The Jedi Trainer’s Guide to Employee Management.
Literature
- Interview: Brian Selznick offers a sneak preview of Wonderstruck. [Youtube]
- Interview: Justin Gustainis of Sympathy For the Devil talks to Bookish Ways.
- Interview: Q & A with Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck
- Interview: Straight.com interviews Cory Doctorow.
- Interview: Tarasharp talks with The King’s Bastard author Rowena Cory Daniells
- Interview: Video interview with Craig Thompson, author of Habibi, a story of cross-cultural conflict, apocalyptic romance and the enduring power of fable.
- News: Self-Published Kindle Author Signs Six-Figure Deal
- 5 websites that alert book lovers about new book releases
- EReader Generation Gap
- Kindle tests a subscription model on ‘Fantasy & Science Fiction’ [More]
- The Next 10 Ebook Trends to Watch For
- The true price of publishing: Ebooks have reignited the question of what we’re really paying publishers for – the physical product, or what’s written inside?
- Why Underestimating Sci-Fi Romance Heroines Is A Dangerous Thing
- Why We’ll Never Have Innovative E-Books
Technology
- AviCoS avatar replaces vehicle owner’s manuals
- Crowdsourced online learning gives robots human skills
- Japanese inventor develops flying sphere drone
- Robot makes a cookie
- Video: A Robot That Can Figure Out New Tasks Based On the Ones It Knows
Television
- Interview: AMC President Comments on WALKING DEAD Budget Cuts
- Interview: CNET video interview with Joss Whedon from Comic-Con.
- Interview: Felicia Day: Mogul in the Making.
- Interview: Nathan Fillion monologs with a fan at Comicon.
- News: Shark Week Rakes in the Ratings: Discovery Channel’s annual toothy extravaganza – which has a strong geek following – was the second-highest rated program on all of cable its debut night, outranked only by True Blood.
- Game of Thrones season 1 simplified as an RPG
- ‘Freedom in an Unfree World‘ – a ‘Verse essay. This libertarian examination of Firefly and Serenity comes from the ‘Serenity Found’ collection of essays.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar: 5 Things to Know.
Video Games
- Borderlands 2 has been officially announced
- More gamers are spending real money on virtual goods, women more than men
- World of Warcraft subscribers fall for the second straight month
