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Geek Media Round-Up: February 14, 2013

14 Feb 2013 Media

“As near as I can tell, throughout DC Comics’ more than 75-year history, the publisher has only ever hired two black women writers on monthly titles: Felicia Henderson on Teen Titans and Angela Robinson on The Web, both in 2009. … That said, they are potentially doing better than their principal competition: Try as I might, I cannot find a single black woman who has ever written a monthly ongoing comic for Marvel in the publisher’s history.” Joseph Hughes talks about the lack of Black comics writers at Marvel and DC both right now and historically. Christopher “Jim Owsley” Priest on why his being stereotyped as a “Black writer” made him leave comics, racism in the comics industry, the uphill struggle to get comics fans to try “Black” books, the viability of Black superheroes and how to get Black people to read them.
DC has responded to backlash over their hiring of anti-gay writer Orson Scott Card for the new Superman: “As content creators we steadfastly support freedom of expression, however the personal views of individuals associated with DC Comics are just that — personal views — and not those of the company itself.”
How I A Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Manga

Interview: Hugh Jackman talks about the first time he heard about X-Men: Days of Future Past and described the size of his role as “Large.”
Interview: ‘Jack The Giant Slayer’ Secrets Revealed With Director Bryan Singer
Interview: Singer explains why Halle Berry may not be in Days of Future Past
6 Cynical Valentine’s Day Scenes We Love
10 Teen Movies Adapted from Great Books
10 Upcoming Movie Reboots Doomed To Fail
Download Eight Free Lectures on The Hobbit by “The Tolkien Professor”
IGN has sliced together a 5-minute clip recapping the Alien films in an effort to get primed for the upcoming videogame Aliens: Colonial Marines. From the Nostromo to chestbursters, it’s all here.
If you want to discuss why Star Wars is one of the most influential films of our time: Comedian Chris Hardwick on the Epic Story That Shaped a Generation
If you’ve ever scratched your head at the Empire’s terrible military strategy: Inside the Battle of Hoth: The Empire Strikes Out

Interview: BookOTron discusses Homeland with author Cory Doctorow
Interview: Bookish Ways interviews Robert Jackson Bennett
Interview: Fantasy authors Patrick Rothfuss, Peter Brett, Jacqueline Carey and Robert Redick talks about writing sex scenes in fantasy stories.
Interview: The SF Signal Podcast interview with Chuck Wendig of Blackbirds
Interview: Speculating on SpecFic interviews Karen Healey of When We Wake.
Interview: Wyvern Peak chats with Lee Collins of She Returns From War
Geek Rage Go! Terry Deary says that libraries are no longer relevant: “People have to make the choice to buy books. People will happily buy a cinema ticket to see Roald Dahl‘s Matilda, and expect to get the book for free. It doesn’t make sense.” I personally find this entire article enraging.
Nerdology.com’s “Creighton” asks why don’t we remake books like we do movies and TV shows, apart from adding “with zombies” to the title? He’s got a point.

If you’re not convinced the nonsensical “parsecs” comment was just an error: How the Star Wars Kessel Run Turns Han Solo Into a Time Traveler

David Cage: Game industry has ‘Peter Pan Syndrome’
The lost art of keeping a secret: Are big budget games losing their mystery in the face of aggressive marketing?
There is a new Batman Arkham game coming later this year! No word on title or release date yet, but Superhero Hype has the details on the reveal.

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