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Geek Media Round-Up: April 23, 2009

23 Apr 2009  Media

Comics

  • Alan Moore reads Rorschach’s Journal far more chillingly than Jackie Haley.
  • Underwire interviews Neil Gaiman about his Final Love Letter to Batman.

Film

  • Review: Variety is calling J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek a SciFi nirvana.
  • Enjoy scripting your own film with this Michael Bay Mad Lib from HolyTaco.com.
  • John Scalzi looks ahead to analyze this summer’s nerd-worthy movie releases.
  • Reddit users are all over this editorial on How to Fix Star Wars. It turns out, there aren’t two people on all the internet who would have changed it in the same way.

Internet

  • Cracked.com names 6 Evil Henchmen Who Sucked at their Job, but if you ask me, the list is a bit redundant. Name just two that were good at their job. See?
  • McSweeney’s presents an Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview. ENG 371WR: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era.
  • Zombie Bible. Need I say more?

Literature

  • Review: Matt Staggs reviews Lin Carter’s Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy. The beginning of this book has been recommended to burgeoning writers for generation, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen an explanation as to why.

Television

  • Cracked.com reveals The Awful Secrets of 25 Famous Cartoon Characters.

Writing

  • The Wall Street Journal has some interesting thoughts on How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write.
  • Strictly Writing shares Ten things Only Writers Understand.



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