The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Amazing Matt Smith look-alike pulls of some incredible Doctor Who cosplay
• Aperture Science Sentry mask
• Mechanical Donkey Kong game
• Obama Riding A Lion would totally win this election, Game of Thrones style.
• Star Wars Film Noir Posters

Comics

• Interview: Hope Larson on why she adapted A Wrinkle In Time into a comic.
• News: Stan Lee cancels several upcoming appearances due to a “very serious circumstance.” Despite the cancellations, Stan Lee is reportedly doing just fine.
• Comic Book Marriage Proposal Inspired By ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Series (Pics)

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Art

• News: Previously undiscovered ‘Lord of the Rings’ illustrations unearthed by researcher
• Amazing Batman body armor and armor
• If Tim Burton illustrated Spider-Man
• Wait A Second…This Is The Same Castle I Just Passed!: First Super Mario Level 3-D Printed As A Möbius Strip
• xkcd features what may very well be the biggest single comic panel of all time. Aside from the Bayeux Tapestry, that is.

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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

- The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, 1943.

Art

• 8-Bit Throws
• Star Wars Mashup Cake

Cross-Media

• 10 Fictional Languages We Wish We Knew

Film

• Interview: Disney producer Clark Spencer discusses How Wreck-It Ralph Gets To Use All Those Famous Video Game Characters
• News: James Cameron, Fox Get ‘Avatar’ Copyright Suit Dismissed
• 10 Criminally Underrated British Horror Films
• 20 Plot Twists That Would Have Made Great Movies Even Better
• The Avengers 2: 5 Female Avengers We Don’t Want to See
• Can a faithful ‘Judge Dredd’ movie be made?
• Has Hollywood Lost its Way? Hollywood is closing its doors on original stories.
• New photos of The Hobbit include Gollum, Dwarves, Galadriel and more.
• Preview Of PROMETHEUS Deleted Scene: The Engineer Speaks!

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The net is an unending NOW of moments and distractions and wonderments and puzzlements and rages. Asking someone riding its currents to undertake some kind of complex dance before she can hand you her money is a losing proposition.

- “Think Like a Dandelion” by Cory Doctorow, 2008.

The [“why”] question is meaningless. (…) Not only has “why” become “how” but “why” no longer has any useful meaning, given that it presumes purpose for which there is no evidence.

- “Philosophy v science: which can answer the big questions of life?” by Lawrence Krauss, September 9, 2012.
Originally published by The Observer.

Art

• “Chalk Warfare” is a Live-Action War With Chalk Weapons by Wickert & Leigh
• Disney / Avengers Mash-Up
• DragonCon 2012 Gangnam Style!
• Only in San Francisco would writing out Pi in the sky to a thousand decimal places be considered art. Wish I lived in San Fran.
• Tardis Quilt

Comics

• Interview: Countdown to Stan Lee’s Comikaze: Aspen’s Vince Hernandez
• Interview: Star Trek’s Walter Koenig on His Vampire Graphic Novel
• Hero Worship: Why Death Still Matters in Superhero Comics
• Local libraries are expanding collections to respond to growing demand for adult graphic novels. “You think, ‘I’m a grownup, I don’t need to read comics anymore.’ And then these pictures pull you in.”
• Why Wonder Superman And Wonder Woman Should Split Up

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Fundamentally, a society that asks questions and has the power to answer them is a healthier society than one that simply accepts what it’s told from a narrow range of experts and institutions. If professional affiliation is no longer a proxy for authority, we need to develop our own gauges of quality. This encourages us to think for ourselves. Wikipedia is a starting point for exploring a topic, not the last word.

- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson, 2006.