On the new episode of Gobbledygeek, Paul and AJ told you about all the things you should buy this Christmas season, and now here’s a comprehensive guide! (Including a few items that weren’t even mentioned on the show.) Note: Most links and prices are from Amazon. BOOKS/COMICS READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline $14.33 Hands [...]
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The Truth About Cake: Portal 2 Comic Debuts
Posted in Comic Book News, Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, Video Game News, tagged cake, chell, comics, glados, IGN, lab rat, michael avon oeming, portal, portal 2, the cake is a lie, valve, video games, weighted companion cube on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Valve, the company responsible for the darkly humorous and addictive action puzzle game Portal in 2007, has released the first part of an online comic that bridges the story between the original game and the upcoming Portal 2 (April 19). Titled Portal 2: Lab Rat, the comic, created entirely in-house at Valve Studios with the [...]
Comics 201: More Recommendations
Posted in Comic Book News, tagged a softer world, aids, alan moore, alex, alison bechdel, all new issues, atomic robo, autobiography, bill ellis, bone, brian clevinger, brian fies, brian hurtt, brian michael bendis, canada, canadians, cancer, candians, comic books, comics, cullen bunn, dark horse, dark horse comics, david lloyd, david petersen, dc, dc comics, deadwood, emily horne, england, fantastic four, fantasy, fun home, fun home a family tragicomic, gay, graphic novels, guy fawkes, hellboy, hiv, invisible girl, invisible woman, jeff smith, joey comeau, john byrne, john totleben, joss whedon, jrr tolkien, judd winick, literature, lord of the rings, mark bagley, mark kalesniko, marvel, marvel comics, mike mignola, mom's cancer, mouse guard, nazis, nikola tesla, non-fiction, pedro and me, pedro and me friendship loss and what i learned, pedro zamora, persepolis, photographic art, photography, rick veitch, sci-fi, science fiction, scott wegener, spider-man, stan lee, star wars, stephen r bissette, steve ditko, superheroes, swamp thing, tesla, the real world, the real world san francisco, the sixth gun, the thing, tolkien, tony weare, uk, ulimate spider-man, uncanny x-men, v for vendetta, vertigo, vertigo comics, watchmen, webcomics, weird western, western, x-men on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In our latest episode, Paul and I mentioned a number of comics recommendations for beginners in a variety of genres. However, we also mentioned that we had to pare down our lists significantly so that the topic would even approach being manageable. Here, as promised, are our other selections. SUPERHEROES FANTASTIC FOUR #232-293 (John Byrne) [...]
Westboro Baptist Church Is Picketing Comic-Con
Posted in Comic Book News, tagged batman, batshit insane crazy people, comic books, comic-con, comic-con 2010, comics, fall from grace, fred phelps, nate phelps, netflix, netflix instant viewing, superman, westboro baptist church on July 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Did you hear the one about the batshit insane lunatic and his inbred clan who spread the word of hatred and intolerance like Christmas carolers from hell? Yeah, there’s no joke there. Fred Phelps’ close friends and family–mostly family–who in the past have picketed the funerals of gays and soldiers, as well as many other [...]
So, Hey, Wonder Woman Has Pants and Stuff
Posted in Comic Book News, tagged comic books, comics, dc comics, gail simone, greg rucka, jim lee, justice league, nikki finke, spider-man, superhero, superman, superstition, wonder woman on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m still determining how much I actually care about this news, but everyone’s talking about it: writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Jim Lee have redesigned Wonder Woman’s costume. Gone are the bustier, the star-spangled panties. In are pants–er, “urban leggings”–and a lil’ jacket, presumably for those colder nights aboard the Justice League satellite. But…er…is [...]
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