Grasping for the Wind

Art

• Dave McKean Reveals Artwork for Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
• Gingerbread Town: When the Japanese do Gingerbread, they don’t mess around.
• It’s not a doll house, it’s a scale model! Fan builds near-perfect replica of Bag End.

Comics

• Interview: Alan Moore: why I turned my back on Hollywood

Cross-Media

• ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Big Bang Theory’: Geek’s mainstream makeover

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Art

• Interview: Inspiring New Realities – James Gurney Interview
• Best Video Game Box Arts of 2012
• Star Wars Death Star Relativity
• Famous sci-fi spacecraft re-created from computer parts
• Here’s a massive collection of Game of Thrones desktops
• Hobbit Dwarves Cheat Sheet
• Pop Culture House Flags created in imitation of Game of Thrones sigils
• Tolkien’s The Green Dragon is now a real-world pub.

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Comics

• Interview: JMS talks to Ain’t it Cool about Earth 1 and the future of Superman
• Interview: Stan Lee, Spider-Man Co-Creator, Recalls His Origin Story
• Do comic books — and comic book stores — have a future? It’s up for debate.
• Graphic Novels Aren’t Just Comics Anymore
• Six Dazzling Graphic Novel Apps: Reinvented For The iPad
• Why Superman Underscores the Need for More Original Graphic Novels

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