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Comics and Graphic Novels

The Lion and the Unicorn

By Unkiedev The nineties comic book boom (and subsequent crash) was based on two factors that are still cavorting through the forest of comics today. One is the Unicorn of variant covers, the other is […]

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Comic Book Movies

TRON Legacy Eve

I’ll cool it with the TRON posts soon.  Promise. These gorgeous prints from Mondo went on sale today, but were sold out in mere minutes. FP still has some stock left on what’s sure to […]

Comic Book Movies

TRON Update 8.29.10

…In which we catch up with one of our favorite subjects. Actor Peter Jurasik, who played a compound interest program named Crom in the original film, showed up in an article in the Star News […]

Comic Book Movies

TRON Legacy Check-In, July 8th

It’s been a bit since The Daily Planet presented any news bytes on its most anticipated movie of 2010, so let’s check in and see what’s shaking! Empire Magazine’s new issue features, among other geeky […]

Comic Book Movies

Links 3/11/10

Coming soon: Battlestar Galactica MMO.  Slated to be a browser-based space strategy game, offered exclusively on syfy.com for its first 30 days, this is being developed by obscure (and relatively unproven) Norwegian developer Artplant– which […]

Comic Book Movies

Tronorail, Tronorail, Tronorail

Well, sir, there’s nothing on Earth Like a genuine, Bonafide, Electrified, Six-car Tronorail! Greetings, Programs!  Personally, it’s been a tough week, so please forgive me my second Tron Legacy related post in four days.  Gotta […]

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Comic Book Movies

Daft Punk: The Crash

Could this be an official track from the French duo’s Tron Legacy score?  Internet scuttlebutt says so.  Very much in line with Wendy Carlos’ iconic music for the first film, with some signature Daft Punk […]

Comic Book Movies

Countdown to 12/17/10

‘Round this time of year I’d normally be much more absorbed by a wholly different countdown (Mets pitchers and cathers = 20 days and counting), but I’ve just seen something that has set my geekalogical […]

Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Books for the Coffee Table

Plaque, Legos, Dozers… These things build up. So too does the rather heaping mound of comics, books, and assorted curiosities on the coffee table back at Casa de Ayers. I get sent and/or buy a whole lot of stuff in my capacity as buyer for FP (not to mention my lot in this life- Jeff Ayers, geek) and most weeks simply cannot keep up with the volume. Don’t get me wrong, there are worse problems to have, but there are many quality works that need to be rescued from this oblivion periodically. Let’s see what’s currently mixed in the pile. […]

Books

Tales From My Coffee Table

Plaque, Legos, Dozers…  These things build up.  So too does the rather heaping mound of comics, books, and assorted curiosities on the coffee table back at Casa de Ayers.  I get sent and/or buy a […]

Video Games

Spock II Supports Arcades

Zachary Quinto lent his fame to Stride Gum last week in an effort to promote their Save The Arcades program.  Very much a good geek cause, yet still very much a publicity grab for… um…  […]