Tag: comics
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N Steven Harris
Start Play Sharky and Pady talk to N Steven Harris, award-winning comic illustrator(nstevenworks.com)
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Shahryar’s Free Comic Book Day picks
This year, Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, May 4th. This promotional day was created to capture a wave of interest alongside newly-released superhero movies. This year’s touchstone is the film Iron Man 3. This is an opportunity to engage new readers in the rich world of comic books. This year will offer 52 […]
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Nick Mamatas – Let us put an end to Geek Pride
A subculture is not a counterculture. A consumer culture is not a subculture. We are not all in this together. Your social Laws (Godwin’s, etc.) are as insipid as any aphorism your grandmother might have cross-stitched and put on display two generations ago. What you think is cool is not cool. What you decide is […]
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South Park censorship controversy: Not Without My Famous
Last night’s episode of South Park saw the network censor a great deal of content in a way not intended by the creators. The action suggests that the network was scared of backlash by radicals. It’s nice to Muslim brothers and sisters taking cartoons seriously. If only they would tone it down a little. Let me […]
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January 2010 seems to love comics
The first month of the year seems to be obsessed with comics and cartoons. In full disclosure, I enjoy short-form comics only occasionally. However, the short form seems to be getting all the attention right now. Earlier this month, an illustrator of one of the bigoted JP comics of the Prophet Muhammad was the target of […]
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Watchmen review: Who Watched?
Just got back from Watchmen. Have a few thoughts Laurie was too underdeveloped as a character, It might be either the actress or stuff that was cut. Perhaps it was both. The soundtrack selections sounded out of place for what was going on. No alien squid? wtf!! Lot more gore than the comic and more […]