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 [...]
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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 »
Goodnight Folks: Remembering Andy Hallett
Posted in In Memoriam, Real Life, Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged andy hallett, angel, caritas, deathwok clan, fred, joss whedon, krevlornswath, lorne, whedonverse on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fred once told me, after a sinful amount of Chinese food and in lieu of absolutely nothing, ‘I think a lot of people would choose to be green, your shade if they had the choice.’ Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan was unique among his people: he could hear music. Mystic tomes and dimensional portals aside, I [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #10-1
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged a fistful of dollars, alan tudyk, alexis denisof, alyson hannigan, amy acker, angel, battlestar galactica, bill watterson, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, calvin & hobbes, clint eastwood, comic books, comic strips, comics, death, dream, eliza dushku, film, firefly, for a few dollars more, james callis, james marsters, jay karnes, john travolta, joss whedon, lost, marvel, marvel comics, michael chiklis, movies, nathan fillion, neil gaiman, nicholas brendon, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, ronald d moore, serenity, sergio leone, shawn ryan, spider-man, stan lee, steve ditko, television, terry o'quinn, the dollars trilogy, the good the bad and the ugly, the sandman, the shield, tv, vertigo, vertigo comics on August 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last night, Paul and I reached the conclusion of our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture. Here are choice excerpts from our top 10′s, but be sure to listen to the whole show to hear everything we said: #10 PAUL: Calvin & Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) The series was not only [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #20-11
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged adam baldwin, alan tudyk, american pastoral, andy hallett, angel, batman, battlestar galactica, bill murray, cameron crowe, carlton cuse, cary elwes, charlie kaufman, christoph waltz, comic books, comics, damon lindelof, david milch, dc, dc comics, deadwood, dr horrible, dr horrible's sing-along blog, dream, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, film, firefly, ghostbusters, henry ian cusick, hob gadling, ian mcshane, inglourious bastards, ivan reitman, james callis, jim carrey, jj abrams, john cusack, joss whedon, kill bill, kill bill vol 1, kill bill vol 2, lost, matthew the raven, michael emerson, michel gondry, movies, neil gaiman, neil patrick harris, philip roth, quentin tarantino, rob reiner, ronald d moore, say anything, serenity, television, the princess bride, the sandman, tv, uma thurman, vertigo, vertigo comics on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with our penultimate installment, detailing our picks for #20-11. Be sure to listen to the show to hear everything we said, but here are some choice excerpts: #20 PAUL: Westley/The Man in Black (The Princess Bride) He bested [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture #30-21
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged alexis denisof, amber benson, amy acker, angel, anthony stewart head, batman, bigby wolf, bill finger, bill murray, bill willingham, billy wilder, bob kane, bryan lee o'malley, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, comic books, comico, comics, dark horse, dark horse comics, david chase, david milch, dc, dc comics, deadwood, delirium, fables, ferris bueller's day off, film, firefly, ghostbusters, gloria swanson, grendel, henry ian cusick, hob gadling, ian mcshane, ivan reitman, james gandolfini, jon hamm, joss whedon, lost, mad men, marvel, marvel comics, matthew broderick, matthew weiner, movies, neil gaiman, nightcrawler, scott pilgrim, serenity, seth green, summer glau, sunset blvd, television, the sandman, the sopranos, tv on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On last night’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 30-21. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #30 PAUL: Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim series) The series is about Scott growing up, about his [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #40-31
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged 2001 a space odyssey, alan ball, alyson hannigan, arrested development, batman, battlestar galactica, bob kane, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, cch pounder, citizen kane, comic books, comics, david boreanaz, david lynch, dc, dc comics, elisabeth moss, film, frog thor, garth ennis, hal 9000, harrison ford, indiana jones, jesse custer, jj abrams, joss whedon, juliet landau, katee sackhoff, kyle maclachlan, lost, mad men, martin freeman, marvel, marvel comics, michael emerson, mitchell hurwitz, movies, nelson ellis, orson welles, preacher, ricky gervais, robin, sarah michelle gellar, spider-man, stanley kubrick, stephen merchant, steven spielberg, television, the joker, the office, the shield, thor, true blood, tv, twin peaks, vertigo, vertigo comics, will arnett on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On last night’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 40-31. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #40 PAUL: Jesse Custer (Preacher) He’s a good ol’ Southern boy, with a hard-drinking work ethic [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #50-41
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged al pacino, alan alda, alan rickman, alfred hitchcock, almost famous, andrew niccol, animation, anthony perkins, aragorn, bill willingham, books, cameron crowe, cartoons, casablanca, chris carter, comic books, comics, daniel day-lewis, david duchovny, fables, film, flycatcher, garth ennis, harry potter, holden caulfield, how to train your dragon, hugo weaving, humphrey bogart, jack nicholson, jd salinger, jim carrey, jk rowling, jrr tolkien, kate hudson, literature, lucifer, lucifer morningstar, mash, michael curtiz, michael madsen, movies, music, neil gaiman, patrick fugit, paul thomas anderson, peter jackson, peter weir, preacher, proinsias cassidy, psycho, pt anderson, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, real genius, reservoir dogs, severus snape, simon and garfunkel, snape, television, the boxer, the catcher in the rye, the godfather, the lord of the rings, the matrix, the sandman, the truman show, the x-files, there will be blood, tv, uma thurman, val kilmer, vertigo comics, viggo mortensen on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On last night’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 50-41. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #50 PAUL: Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon) In my opinion, the character’s progression throughout the [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture #60-51
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged alan ball, angel, anne rice, arrested development, battlestar galactica, beauty and the beast, brian k vaughan, bruce willis, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, charlie kaufman, chris claremont, christina hendricks, clint eastwood, comic books, comics, david boreanaz, david bowie, david cross, die hard, edward james olmos, eternal sunshine, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, film, garth ennis, gwyneth paltrow, interview with the vampire, jack sparrow, john krasinski, john milton, johnny depp, joss whedon, kate winslet, kitty pryde, lestat, literature, lost, lucifer, lucifer morningstar, mad men, magneto, marvel comics, matthew weiner, michel gondry, mitchell hurwitz, movies, neil gaiman, pale rider, peter krause, pirates of the caribbean, preacher, ron perlman, ronald d moore, six feet under, stan lee, television, terry o'quinn, the corinthian, the office, the royal tenenbaums, the saint of killers, the sandman, the vampire chronicles, tom cruise, tv, unforgiven, vertigo comics, wes anderson, x-men, y the last man on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Paul and I reached the halfway mark of our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture. Here are excerpts of our thoughts on our picks for #s 60-51, but be sure to listen to the show for our full rundowns. #60 PAUL: Vincent (Beauty and the Beast) Speaking with a [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture #70-61
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged almost famous, amy acker, andy serkis, angel, animation, ben edlund, blade runner, books, brian k vaughan, buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, cameron crowe, cartoons, comic books, comics, daniel clowes, dustin hoffman, film, ghost world, hellboy, ian mckellen, jim parsons, john c mcginley, joss whedon, jrr tolkien, juliet landau, kate hudson, literature, martin freeman, matt wagner, mike mignola, mike nichols, movies, patrick fugit, peter jackson, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, ricky gervais, ridley scott, rutger hauer, samuel l jackson, sandman mystery theater, scrubs, seth green, sir ian mckellen, south park, steve carell, television, the big bang theory, the graduate, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the hobbit, the lord of the rings, the office, the tick, townsend coleman, trey parker, tv, vampire, y the last man on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Catching up! In episode 17, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 70-61. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #70 PAUL: Daniel “Oz” Osbourne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a [...]
Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #80-71
Posted in Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged angela bassett, bill murray, billy wilder, books, crow t robot, daniel day-lewis, david thewlis, diablo cody, ellen page, eternal sunshine, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, film, firefly, forrest gump, gene wilder, george rr martin, harry potter, ingmar bergman, jack lemmon, jason dohring, jaws, jeremy davies, jewel staite, jim carrey, juno, kevin murphy, kevin spacey, lauren ambrose, literature, lost, lost in translation, mordant's need, movies, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, richard dreyfuss, roy scheider, serenity, six feet under, stephen r donaldson, strange days, television, the apartment, the shield, the usual suspects, tom hanks, tom servo, trace beaulieu, tv, veronica mars, victor sjostrom, walton goggins, wild cards, wild strawberries, willy wonka, willy wonka and the chocolate factory on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well, better late than never, right? On last Friday’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture. We’ve each got our own lists, and on Friday, we revealed our respective #s 80-71. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-down, but here are our picks [...]
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