Platinum Studios targets sex offenders
Well here is the headline we never thought we'd see, but it's all for a very good cause. Family Watchdog, a registry of information on sex offenders has teamed with Platinum Studios to put...
Gossip! Scandal!
Not too much happening in the comic book world right now. Our link dump brought in a lot of sort of comics related MOVIE AND TV NEWS, however, so we'll call this our special...
Make friends on the internets!
Yes, yes, there is a new ComicSpace site that aims to do for comics-types what MySpace did for normal people. Yes, yes we probably already know everyone on it, but go ahead, friend us...
9/11 remix
Wonkette remixes the 9/11 REPORT comic with words from the Iraq Study Group report. Fun!
Danger toys imperil Aussie brats
Safety-conscious Australian toy inspectors have found no fewer than 129 dangerous toys on sale in New South Wales, up from last year's tally of 76. The deadly toys threaten to choke, drown, strangle...
More Minx Links
A few more just tying up the loose ends.
If you haven't read the epic comments thread on our previous Minx post, you are missing out on comments from all the players, a lesson...
Geeks can’t get enough of genitalia picture book for doctors
Oh, how we love Mainichi Daily News. It seems a medical text book called "Vaginas and Pain" has become a hot ticket for Akihabara otaku interested in "learning more about female anatomy":
Akihabara has...
When monsters get tummy trouble
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Is it just me or is the vision of a giant woman in a toga grabbing her ass for fear she has diarrhea---while standing right over your HOUSE--one of the scariest sights ever?
Levitz on Transmedia
We told you about that MIT Convergence Culture Consortium thing that took place over the weekend, and if you really want to delve in they have transcripts and what not, including that panel that...
Lovable ‘toon penguins defeat James Bond
"Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?"
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to waddle over to that ice floe and guard your eggs fiercely.":
A cadre of singing and dancing penguins beat out the monkey-suited...
Comic novels
It was a red letter day for The Beat when we finally got linked in Gawker in an item parsing Wil Moss's report on the graphic novel symposium at the 92nd St. Y. Specifically...what...
VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
Variety says it all:
VHS, 30, dies of lonelinessThe home-entertainment format lived a fruitful lifeBy DIANE GARRETTVHS RIPAfter a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States....
