The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Grant Snider’s awesome Webcomic Posters For Book Lovers are always a treat
• How to Hand Craft a Book
• Nothing says fanboy like making your own life-sized suit of Iron Man armor from cardboard… unless it’s a giant Cardboard Optimus Prime

Comics

• News: Comics sales may have hit 20-year high of $715 million
• News: More Shops Announce Boycott Of Anti-Gay Writer’s Comic Book
• DC Comics Unveils Revamped Latino Superhero
• Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics
• What Happens When You Combine a Comic, an iPad and Augmented Reality
• Writer Will Brooker didn’t like how women were represented in comic books so he created My So-Called Secret Identity with artist Susan Shore and PhD student Sarah Zaidan. The story follows Cat, a PhD student who creates her own secret identity.

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From the Big Bang Theory episode “The Irish Pub Formulation.”

This is one of my favorite moments from season three of House, specifically “Whac-A-Mole.” This is probably a lot funnier if you’ve just seen the episode.

Alternatively, “House Principal: Everybody Lies”

I’ve been re-watching the first season of House, M.D. The best part of this show, is that, even if you remember the plot of the episode, all House’s little jabs still feel fresh. This line is from episode three, “Occam’s Razor.”

Did anyone else catch the season premiere of Bones last week? They seriously need to give Daisy and Sweets their own spin-off or, at least, a couple of mini-webisodes.
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Before you ask, this shot is from an real condoms advertisement, and yes, it’s from Japan. Suggest you own comments below. Click through the link below to see the Hello Kitty-style packaging. Twisted.

Photo Source: Rilakkuma Condoms via Flickr

Yes, that’s Vigo the Carpathians from Ghostbusters II. Guy’s gotta eat, doesn’t he?
Suggest your own caption below.

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