Dæmons Explained

December 26, 2007 – 8:07 pm

Without them we become hollow-eyed, half-alive, wraith-like shadows of ourseves. [via Janice Gelb]

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Justice has a Call Number…

October 7, 2007 – 9:41 pm

It’s 1973, a 19th Century Bible has gone missing from the Oakland Public Library, and Inspector Bay has three days to find it. Return with us now to the days of acoustic coupler modems, microfiche borrower records, and no nonsense library cops in Jason Shiga’s graphic novel, Bookhunter.
Dorothea and Ed, you need to read this.
See [...]

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3 Laws of Disco Robotics

June 19, 2007 – 7:15 am

Scott Bateman updates Dr. Asimov.

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Cathedral Child online under CC License

June 10, 2007 – 11:22 pm

Lea Hernandez released her 1998 steampunk manga Cathedral Child online under a Creative Commons license.

OEL Romantic Science at Its Best!
Texas STEAMPUNK!
The WILD WEST GENIUS GIRL!
Nefarious VILLAINS!
A Dashing HERO!
Adorable Middle-Aged People in LOVE!
WEREYOTES!
JACKELOPES!
…aaaaaaand…
PEACHES!

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Just Another Village of the Damned

April 29, 2007 – 2:36 am

While I was not exactly the audience they had in mind, three things in Hot Fuzz made me smile:

Desk sergeant reading a Iain Banks novel.
Pub playing Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me).
Skellingtons reference.

Dana Stevens has the best summary of the movie: Hot Fuzz is like an Agatha Christie novel directed by Michael Bay and [...]

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Everyone calls me “ma’am” these days

March 12, 2007 – 9:31 pm

Today’s the 10th anniversary of the first broadcast of Welcome to the Hellmouth. I didn’t get into BtVS until Cynthia urged me to watch around the end of season five, “I’m just getting into it and they kill off the title character.”
Of course, I got Cyn back: “hey, Avram mentioned this Japanese cartoon, His and [...]

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“I heard she killed a man with swears and fabulous.”

October 7, 2006 – 1:22 pm

Lea Hernandez ran up to Austin from San Antonio to participate in 24 Hour Comic Day at Austin Books, she’s blogging each page over at her Live Journal.

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Support Comics, A fundraiser for Lea Hernandez

September 18, 2006 – 11:32 pm

Long-time readers will recall Lea Hernandez’s manga explanation of how XML Schema sucks the life out of hapless programmers that appeared in this blog last year.
Lea’s house burnt down earlier this month, and the comics community and her friends have all pitched in to help her and her family through the crisis.
However, you, dear reader, [...]

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Bento Physics

July 18, 2006 – 8:57 pm

Matthew Arcilla, who I know through his snarky blog on comics and Philippine pop culture, has a new blog he’s co-writing with Jamila Nedjadi where they consider Manga and Anime while trying to steer clear of fannish squeee and desiccated theory-speak.

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A Bald Kevin Spacey is not a Sufficient Villain

July 4, 2006 – 10:43 pm

Brad Wilson’s reluctance to see Superman Returns hits on a reason I prefer series over feature-length movies:
Smallville’s Lex is smart, devious, capable, and above all, not yet evil. The on-again, off-again friendship between Lex and Clark, and the tremendous loyalty that they have both shown to each other, makes the idea of seeing a fully-evil, [...]

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Look at that Beetle Go

June 28, 2006 – 10:34 pm

Aside to John Rogers: that was a clever reference to Life on Mars in Blue Beetle #4.

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Maxwell’s Heat Pump

June 12, 2006 – 9:09 pm

Can I buy one of these at Fry’s?
Can I buy one without eternal damnation?

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Update: TokyoPop rethinks 100% Ownership Contracts

November 22, 2005 – 11:31 pm

Back in October, I mentioned a controversy over Manga publisher TokyoPop taking 100% of creator rights in contracts. Lea Hernandez reports that the head of TokyoPop’s parent, Seven Seas, rethought the matter and offered full creator rights. Publishers Weekly has more coverage.

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Six Rules for Writing Superman

November 22, 2005 – 12:37 am

[ via Andrew Ducker ] Grant Morrison’s writing All-Star Superman for DC. In an interview, he gave six rules for writing The Man of Steel.

Superman is the star of the show
Play Clark as a role with a goal
Smash superman’s soul
Remember why you love him
Don’t forget the past
Find your inner Superman

I got the first issue of [...]

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Cat and Girl Halloween Special

October 31, 2005 – 5:46 pm

Easy Last Minute Costume for Cynics

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