Who Would Win? Star Trek vs. The Empire
Last week, I came across this image on Google Plus, and a lengthy (200+, multiple days) discussion ensued. Who would win? The USS Enterprise, or an Imperial Star Destroyer?
Well, in the sake of universal...
Nerdworld reacts with grief, shock to deleted Benedict Cumberbatch shower scene in Star Trek
Tumblr, Twitter and what was left of LiveJournal reacted with shock and then outrage this morning as news of a deleted shower scene starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the new Star Trek film was revealed....
Kindle and WB team up for legal, profitable fanfic
Well my inbox this morning was stuffed with people telling me how big an announcement this is: Basically, Amazon has licensed Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and Vampire Diaries from WB's Alloy division, and...
On the Scene: Long Beach Comics Expo Photo Extravaganza
The semi-annual Long Beach Comics Expo landed on May 11th with a substantial line-up of guests and also some smart choices in programming. Guests included Rich Avons, Joe Benitez, Brian Buccellato, Ale Garza, Joel Gomez,...
Matt Fraction Says Iron Man 3 is as Big as The Avengers!
Matt Fraction skyped in to celebrate Iron Man’s 50th anniversary at a Comic Book Round Table event held at John Ordover's Soho Gallery for Digital Art in New York on Wednesday night, and provided...
Why Maggott Isn’t the Worst X-Men Character of All Time
A few days ago Brett White wrote a passioned defence of teen hearthrob X-Men character Maggott on CBR. Many would mock him for such a claim, and poke him with brightly painted sticks - but...
Patton Oswalt Pitches a Star Wars/Marvel Crossover Movie
Patton Oswalt has been rather busy over the last few weeks. When not convincing the World that he should be cast as The Penguin in the next Batman movie, he's appearing in Parks and...
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Go “Live” at Bard College
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Red Hook, New York, hosted "An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer" on the 6th of April, an event packed with poetry,...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013 Recap and Photo Gallery
As I suggested in my early con impressions, WonderCon had a reasonable amount of space and handled the numbers of attendees pretty well. It was no surprise that Saturday brought bigger numbers than Friday,...
Fully Dressed Redesigns of Superheroines
A project by Michael Lee Lunsford - of Supernnormal Step webcomic fame - that sees some of our favourite women superheroes dressed in non-revealing costumes has been causing a splash on the internet today.
All illustrations...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013, Nerdist’s Chris Hardwick Pushes Fan Empowerment
While the Nerdist Industries’ arena event at WonderCon this year was ostensibly about the future of the Youtube based pop culture conglomerate, and, indeed, plenty was said about upcoming projects, the question and answer...
On The Scene: WonderCon 2013, THE VIKINGS Invade!
Any illusion I had that I was the only human being watching the new History Channel drama THE VIKINGS was shattered walking into a fully occupied large capacity convention hall, already packed fifteen minutes...
