The Great Geek Manual

Watch the whole thing before you close it! The last half is really poetic.

According to the sidebar, this video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books for a DK Publishing sales conference a few weeks back, but then, it went viral. You can read an interview with the creator of the video on the Penguin Blog.

Art

• Fandomania has rounded-up a gallery of Dragon Age: Origins fanart.
• If it’s Hip has an image of Crayons carved into the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac.
• This may be the most awesome tattoo ever. Clearly, he’s a serious Die Hard fan.

Comics

• Is Harry Potter joining The Guardians? Because that’s what it looks like. [More]

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Art

• Irrational Games features a gallery of the monsters from BioShock that might have been.
• National Post has an inexplicable gallery of Babies dressed as Evil Historical Figures.
• Threadless is selling these Tron Police t-shirts for just a few more days.
• Tor has just released the cover art for the re-release of Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos.

Comics

• News: Judd Winick Taking Over ‘Power Girl’

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Art

• Books on Mars has a gallery of Pulp Magazine covers from Amazing Stories.

Film

• Interview: SciFi Wire interviews Jeff Bridges about Tron Legacy.
• John Scalzi explains Why Hollywood Always, Always Gets the Future Wrong.
• Missions Unknown! offers alternatives to film remakes in Scrap the Remakes and Film These Books Instead.

Internet

• GeekDad offers these Top 10 Geeky Excuses For Missing MegaCon.
• James Bowen is offering a free, downloadable tabletop wargame called Flipit. You can download the rules, fold up the 3D paper models, and play a game for next to nothing next time you’ve got a day to kill.

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Art

• Joe Corroney is selling an array of Star Wars Propaganda posters and offering the art for free as wallpapers.
• Naldz Graphics has rounded up a gallery of Fantastic Cosplay Photos.
• Singularity has posted a gallery of Photoshopped Cyborg Animals from Worth1000.com .

Comics

• GeekDad asks Should Superhero Stories Kill Off Kids? The short answer is no.
• Stephen King is slated to release a comic entitled American Vampire.
• Strange Horizons considers Superman as Science Fiction.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh at Starship Sofa.
• Listen to “Charlie Harmer Looks Back” by Brendan Detzner at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky at Tor.com.
• Listen to “A Light in Troy” by Sarah Monette at PodCastle.
• Listen to “Remote Control” by R.R. Angell at Transmissions From Beyond.

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Art

• Check out this Bioshock parody by Zander and Kevin Cannon for the April Fool’s edition of Game Informer.
• Finally! A graphic portraying the power of the Death Star vs. the power of the Force.
• Michael Kutsche has a gallery of Alice in Wonderland artwork.

Comics

• AV Club does a decent job profiling the work of Alan Moore.

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Art

• Liven up any room in your house with one of these Mario Bros. Floating Blocks.
• Tron Legacy concept artist Daniel Simon is choked full of eye candy, including sci-fi race cars and spaceships.

Film

• The Atlantic Wire tries to nail down Why Alice in Wonderland Disappoints.
• BriTANicK has crafted this stereotypical Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer.
• SlashFilm reports on the latest film gimmick, Movies that call you on your cellphone during the film.

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