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Geek Media Round-Up: January 29, 2013

29 Jan 2013  Media

Comics

  • Interview: Andrew Kreisberg Talks Boom Tubes in Detroit, Bonding With Geoff Johns and Reinventing Vibe
  • News: Liefeld Writes, Shares Screenplay About The Founding Of Image Comics
  • The Eyes of Joanne Siegel: a discussion of the conclusion of the Superman case.
  • Jim Rugg reflects on the coloring in printed and digital comics.
  • This spring the Canvas Network is offering a massive open online course called Gender Through Comic Books, taught by Ball State University’s Christina Blanch. Read an interview with the instructor.
  • What Did Mary Jane Watson Really Say To Mephisto?

Film

  • Interview: James Franco Was Not Impressed By ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
  • Interview: Kevin Feige: ‘Avengers 2′ has ‘seven things’ that are ‘worth the price of admission alone’. I’m guessing that at least three of those things are explosions.
  • Interview: Warwick Davis On Doctor Who And Star Wars Sequels
  • 5 Things We Could Expect From J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′
  • 10 Things Abrams Needs To Do With Episode VII To Make It Great

Literature

  • Interview: Geek’s Guide interviews Jane Yolen of Curses! Foiled Again.
  • Interview: Paul S. Kemp on Writing and the Similarities between “Dungeons & Dragons” and “Star Wars”
  • Interview: SFFWRTCHT talks to Jay Lake about Kalimpura
  • Interview: SFX interviews Hugh Howey of Wool
  • Interview: Suicide Girls talks to Cory Doctorow about Homeland. (Part 2)
  • News: George R. R. Martin to Debut New Song of Ice and Fire Novella
  • News: Joe Abercrombie: New trilogy in the First Law universe planned
  • Flavorwire has a List of the best fictional libraries.
  • Jesse Petersen on Why Death (or Living Death) Is So Damn Funny
  • Why You Should Judge a Book By Its Cover

Television

  • Interview: Cobie Smulders Talks ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier and ‘S.H.I.E.L.D. TV Series
  • News: Doctor Who Season 7 Gets BBC UK & US Return Dates
  • Over 20 Images From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 3 Including New Characters Mance Ryder, Lady Oleanna, Thoros & More
  • Why The Twilight Zone Still Matters

Video Games

  • Interview: “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” composer Michael McCann about the challenges of scoring a cyberpunk world.
  • News: Atari’s U.S. unit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • Atari retrospective: The rise and fall of a gaming giant
  • A Massive 2,800+ player battle in EVE Online took place yesterday. Here’s what that looks like… [More]
  • This open-source Minecraft-cloning game builder runs in Javascript in your browser
  • The StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm opening cinematic video was released by Blizzard showing what is to come in the first SC2 expansion. Heart of the Swarm will be released on March 12, 2013. Read more about Blizzard’s plan to make StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm easier on newcomers. (New Replay and Resume Features Coming in Heart of the Swarm)
  • The Top 5 Most Artful Video Games

Writing

  • 5 Tips For Developing Supporting Characters
  • 7 Characteristics Of Successful Fiction Writers
  • How Stephen King Writes Imagery
  • How To Get Off Your Lazy Butt and Start Writing Already
  • Turn Your Dreams Into Reality



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