The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Bathsheba Grossman is a sculptor who uses cutting-edge technology to render math and science inspired scultures in three dimensions.
• Fandomania has compiled a gallery of Bayonetta fan art from Deviant Art.
• The Huffington Post The Most Amazing Libraries In The World.

Film

• Interview: The LA Times profiles Mel Gibson.
• Interview: The UK Telegraph interviews Mel Gibson.
• Den of Geek picks the Top Ten Stephen King Adaptations.
• Film Junk explains the Five Gold Standards that Make a Great Sci-Fi Film.
• The SciFi Squad counts down The Top Ten Sci-Fi Experiments Gone Wrong.
• Sci Fi Wire explains How Spielberg and Lucas inspired Legion’s battling angels.
• Velcro City has found a photo taken during a break in the filming of Metropolis.
• Watch a YouTube video of The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time.

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Art

• Check out this breath-taking imagining of a city of the future.
• Damned if this isn’t the cutest little kid cosplay I’ve ever seen.

Film

• Interview: Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski raves about 3-D and Daft Punk.
• News: China Pulls Avatar From Their Cinemas Fearing Civil Unrest.

Internet

• CoCo fans have seized control of the Jay Leno Facebook page, and they aren’t releasing it until he gets his time slot back.
• CreativeCloud has compiled some intriguing statistics into this infographic: If You Printed Twitter …

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Art

• Fandomania has gathered Glee fan art from around Deviant Art.
• Katie Cook has released yet another batch of Star Wars sketch cards. [More and more]

Comics

• Entertainment Weeky revealed that Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 will be coming out March 16. It’s already cracked Amazon’s Top 50.

Film

• Interview: Director Peter Jackson speaks with the Telegraph.
• News: Campbell plans My Name Is Bruce sequel.
• Big Hollywood names the Top 10 Most Overrated Directors of All Time.
• Creative Fan has a gallery of 30 Incredible Matte Paintings from Famous Films.
• Film.com wonders Would the Oscars Be More Relevant If They Rewarded Mainstream Movies? The short answer is yes, but it’s still not gonna happen.
• Quentin Tarantino names Star Trek the year’s best movie.
• Yahoo! Movies has posted ten behind-the-scenes featurettes from Avatar.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Above It All” by Carol Emshwiller at Fantasy Magazine,
• Listen to “All the King’s Monsters” by Megan Arkenberg at Clarkesworld.
• Listen to “Good & Faithful Servant” by Colin Davies at Beam Me Up.
• Listen to “The Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling at StarShipSofa.
• Listen to “The Secret Protocols of the Elders of Zion” at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “The Starship Mechanic” by Ken Scholes and Jay Lake at Tor.com.
• Listen to “Turning the Apples” by Tina Connolly at Pseudopod.

Flash and Micro Fiction

• Read the flash fiction “Between the Wolf & The Dog” by C. Le Mroch.

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Art

• DZine has rounded up a collection of 35 Amazing Fantasy Art 3D Wallpapers.
• The Pocket “holy order” wraith dispatching kit circa 1869 is a beautiful piece of “original cryptozoological scientific art.”

Comics

• Interview: Felicia Day Talks About The Guild Comic.

Film

• News: Hustler’s Making an Avatar Porno.
• Ask Google: Will Avatar Really Win Best Picture?
• Cinematical looks back at The Good and The Bad of Gaming Movies.
• The Ferris Bueller’s Fight Club Theory makes watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off about a hundred times more interesting.

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Art

• Legos and Star Wars have been combined many time. There have even been other Lego Chess Sets, but the Star Wars: A New Hope Lego Chess Set is far and away the most drool-worthy.
• The Milky Way Transit Authority offers up this helpful map to the stars.
• Naldz Graphics has posted a gallery of Stunning Warrior Character Illustrations.
• Sci Fi Wire has found The neurotic Seinfeld version of the Star Wars poster.

Comics

• Interview: Fables’ (most excellent) writer Bill Willingham finds a happy ending despite “that damned Shrek.”
• What does the future hold in store for comics? Will digital tablets be the salvation or damnation of the industry?

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Art

• Do you ever feel like this on Mondays? Inspire76 shares a gallery of angry images.
• Naldz Graphics has A Showcase of Stunning Warrior Character Illustrations.
• This is almost too cool for words: Instructables offers a tutorial on How to make your own “Harry Potter-style” Spellbook.

Comics

• News: Felicia Day’s “Guild” Comes to Comics.
• Asylum asks Would you rather be a closet superhero or outed?
• The Comic Reporter claims that If DC Had A Goat, Marvel’d Kidnap It.
• I Love Rob Liefeld has compiled an enormous list of the Best Comics of 2009.
• YouthDesigner has a gallery of 31 Incredible Comic Book Cover Art Samples.

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Art

• Hardcore Twitter fans can now get these “Follow Me” Twitter tights at Etsy.
• …also available from Etsy: very cool yet unofficial Iron Man MacBook Pro decals!
• Incredible World has posted a gallery of The Art of Paper Folding.

Film

• Interview: Peter Jackson talks about The Lovely Bones.
• China Miéville lets loose on CGI in his essay Why the Na’vi Are Making Me Blue. “It is straightforwardly untrue that CGI “looks real.” Are we yet at the point in history where we can all agree we could totally see the digital seams whenever Gollum walked onscreen?”
• Here’s a directory of 100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online.
• James Cameron rejects claims Avatar epic borrows from Russians’ sci-fi novels.
• Spike has a fascinating list of The Top Seven Classic Movie Moments You Didn’t Know Were Improv, including the best scene from The Silence of the Lambs.
• Time magazine has an excellent count down of The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movies, starting with Silent Running. [Video]
• Watch the first A-Team teaser trailer over at Empire!
• Yes, it’s yet another list of The Most Anticipated Films of 2010… they’re going to keep coming until about February.

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