Books
Ch-ch-Alterations
Comic Books as we know them are now over. Too bad, really, there were some super sweet books coming out this week, such as The Goon #41, Wolverine and the X-Men #15, Before Watchmen: Minutemen […]
Star Wars
Cartoons
Kre-O Sentinel Prime Review
When I was a kid, I was really into LEGO, even more than I was into action figures. As the years went on, though, I noticed the sets were declining in quality, mostly due to […]
Comic Book Movies
Junk Food Dinner Movie Night
My buddy Mark Freado over at Junk Food Dinner is now hosting a movie night in Bed-Stuy, along with Kevin Merryman, who also runs a radical blog called Cultural Atrocities. March 1st is a red letter […]
Geek Couture
Three Ewok Shirt
For the ladies with a fine appreciation of the Three Wolf Moon shirt, the official Star Wars Shop is now offering this:
Objects of Desire
Mondo Print: Salacious Crumb
Dig this gorgeous print of mischievous little muppet Salacious Crumb by Rhys Cooper. 24″x 36″ screen print w/ metallic inks, it is was available from one of my favorite other purveyors of geeky goods, mondotees.com.
Comic Book Movies
The Best Ben Affleck Film Ever Made
…by someone else. A rather large-necked filmmaker named George. Featuring lazers and Carrie Fisher. The Town.
Science
“There’s a meteorite that hit the ground near here. I want to check it out. Won’t take long.” -Opportunity
Not much going on in the Geek Kingdom today (NOT! So totally NOT!) so let’s check in with Mars Rover Opportunity, who, unlike fellow trailblazer Spirit, currently has power and is about to investigate a […]
Movies and TV
The Empire Strikes Back (1950)
I saw this version of The Empire Strikes back way back in 1950. They played it on a big screen with a news reel and two ‘toons for a nickel. They served real butter back […]
Card Games
Star Wars Games
Here on Earth we use games of both the card and video variety to distract ourselves from the misery of our daily existence. Logically, who wants to be an unemployed barber when you can be an attractive 60th level elf woman who rides a tiger? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, however, life was different. Games in the Star Wars universe were utilized for a variety of purposes, such as degrading droids, stealing space ships or just shooting whining farmers with lasers from a robot piñata until they learn to chillax. […]
Comic News
Comic Con Exclusives 2010
By Devin T. Quin Arg! T’is time again for the San Diego Comic Con, the biggest and most expensive trip most nerds will take outside of their parents basements this year. If you haven’t bought […]