The Great Geek Manual

Art

• City in the sky is a concept about a tranquil oasis above the mega developed and polluted city where one can escape from the everyday buzz, smog and dirt. The concept is inspired by the Lotus flower which is known for its ability to emerge above the murky waters pure and clean.
• Pushpin Mario is an 8-bit re-creation of Super Mario Bros

Comics

• Interview: Chip Kidd offers us a sneak peek of the new Batman graphic novel
• Peter Parker’s Penance, an essay on the psyche of everyone’s favorite superhero, Spider-Man, from the new Webslinger collection.

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Art

• Adam Savage tells the story of his Zorg Industries ZF-1 replica from The Fifth Element, which he’s been working on for over 13 years.
• Brit Lit Map
• Game of Thrones Cosplay cosplay

Comics

• Interview: USA Today has an interview with Richelle Mead, author of the Dark Swan comic series. ComicBooked chats with her, too, in their latest podcast.
• China Miéville’s “rejected pitch” for Scrap Iron Man, a comic book hero-by-committee dedicated to taking down Iron Man, the beacon of capitalist selfishness.

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With Marvel’s new Avenger’s movie out, audiences are going blockbuster movie crazy, what with the dazzling shots and expensive special fx. For most no-budget independent moviemakers it would be an expensive feat to duplicate, but for Patrick A. Prejusa all he needs is a camera, a computer, some orange juice bottles, and a roll of duct tape.

Patrick is making his own blockbuster movie called REDD, an ambitious sci-fi / action / adventure project featuring what looks like expensive special fx. REDD uses no-budget tricks like building monsters out of cardboard and duct tape, space ships from orange juice bottles and coffee cans, and various other tricks to produce cinematic quality fx.
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Comics

• 10 High-Risk Sci-Fi/Fantasy Careers

Cross-Media

• 10 Coolest Fictional Asteroids of All Time

Film

• Interview: The BBC meets the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman and learned how they were shrunk to fit the part.
• Interview: Damon Lindelof Talks LOST Homages, 3D, and Hints at Further Sequels During PROMETHEUS Twitter Q&A
• Interview: Idris Elba Confirms He’s Returning for THOR 2
• Interview: Joss Whedon talks Avengers sequel
• News: ‘The Avengers’ is officially the 9th biggest film of all time globally, passing ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and ‘Star Wars Episode 1′
• News: Robert Downey Jr. ‘Avengers’ pay set to hit $50 Million.
• The Avengers trailer as a Lego remake
• io9 picks the 10 Best Time Travel Movies of All Timelines
• Why the Avengers is the best TV show in movie theaters: The AV Club’s Todd VanDerWerff examines what t.v. lessons Joss carried into the film world.

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Art

• Amazing homemade Star Trek Shuttlecraft Clubhouse
• Sweets: Dalek Wedding Cake

Film

• Interview: Alex Pappademas examines the increasingly complicated legacy of Stan Lee in light of the release of The Avengers movie.
• Interview: NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour discusses The Avengers, among other topics, and gives Andrew Wheeler’s “Gayness of Batman” piece a shout-out.
• Interview: Sense of Wonder interviews Gavin Rothery, VFX Supervisor on Moon
• The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has a new Twitter account, which he’s so far used to tease images of Peter Parker chillin’ on a street light.
• The Ghostbusters Tour of New York
• Taken from the Studio Stories series included on the Blu-ray versions of Toy Story 1 & 2, here’s a short story about how Toy Story 2 was almost erased before the film could be rendered for theaters.
• “We stuck your girlfriend on an island” 22 main characters dismissed in sequels

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The sole purpose of the latest clip from Prometheus seems to be to show off the movie’s titular spaceship.  It looks great and all, but I have my fingers crossed in the hope that this movie isn’t just an hour and a half of special effects.

I’m loving this new storyline, but that costume is a major downgrade from the Tobey Maguire version. It looks cartoonish. That’s not going to stop me from buying a ticket, though.

Art

• 5 Rules for Comic-Con Cosplay
• Colossus of Hattin Papercraft
• Amazing Dragon Cake
• Black Widow cosplay [More and more]
• Mass Effect Cake

Comics

• Interview: In an interview at ICv2, IDW Publishing CEO Ted Adams discusses the growth of digital comics to 10% of the publisher’s overall direct market sales, and how contrary to the expectations of some critics, print sales have actually increased 25% as digital sales soared.
• The Spandex Closet: Ten Superheroes Who Need To Come Out
• Top 5 Unsung Marvel Avengers
• Top 20 Avengers Comic Book Covers

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