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How to network at conventions
We’re in a lull between major comic conventions, and so we’d like to take this time to point you to Diana Rowland’s tips for convention networking. Although written for science fiction conventions, the advice applies quite well to comic cons. Examples: • Don’t bug the crap out of the pro or semi-pro who has been…
Nintendo Drops The Amii-Ball
Being the weekend, Nintendo has not yet explained the delay but numerous major stores report not to have received their complete shipment for the new wave of Amiibo figures, to have been released yesterday. GameStop, Target, Walmart and BestBuy locations report that no or limited stock came in, some only receiving one or two of…
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‘Star Trek’ when Sulu was black and Uhura was white
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Tom and Jerry: Doomed To Repeat History
Warner Home Video released the final set in their "complete" Tom and Jerry DVD collection – and it ain’t so complete. It’s missing the cartoons "Mouse Cleaning" and "Casanova Cat." In their official statement, WHV said they "made the decision to omit these two shorts because, regardless of their historical context and artistic value, the…

