Well, going to the supermarket isn’t going to be much fun any more. No doubt you’ve heard about the demise of the print version of The Weekly World News. It billed itself as the world’s only reliable newspaper, and it certainly was that. It was also one of the best-written newspapers in America. The Weekly…
It’s a New Year, a new me, and another 361 days of geekdom to look forward to! I started off this New Year by cruising the Internet and catching up on some geek updates and what caught my eye was the convention news. Usually, December/January is slow for cons, so I was shocked to find…
Pastiche overwrought; Keep Wikipedia near. Moore’s work needs margins. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill (Wildstorm, $29.99)
Ringed with popular anticipation in view of its producer’s involvement with the hit teleseries Lost, director Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield proves to be something more than the moviegoing customers might have expected. The film is an American Godzilla, and I don’t mean the bloated Hollywood Godzilla of 1998. A larger-than-life disaster film, Cloverfield addresses the terrorist…
A quick tip of the hat to two Webcomics You Should Be Reading: Monster Commute just celebrated a year and 267 strips online on September 15th, 2009. “While it’s not 10,000 pages or anything that grand, it is cool to have gone a year and and not missed any updates. It’s little, but it’s OUR…
Or if you prefer, happy Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, or good old fashioned Mardi Gras! As you may know, today is also known as Pancake Tuesday, held on the day preceding Ash Wednesday because pancakes were a way to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk, and sugar, before the fasting season of the…
