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Geek Media Round-Up: July 2, 2012

2 Jul 2012  Media

Art

Video Game Samurai

  • Amazing Harry Potter Hedwig Cake
  • Boba Fett Shogun Armor
  • Doctor Who Quilt
  • Harry Potter Quote Tattoos (Part 2)
  • Jed Henry is back with still more (Previously) classic video game characters portrayed as samurai!
  • Star Trek / WALL-E Mash-Up features a very bloated crew floating about in chairs.
  • Steampunk Cupcake

Comics

  • News: Outraged fans urge you to send waffles to DC Comics
  • 9 Graphic Novels That Revolutionized the Comic Industry
  • 50 comics and characters that resonate with LGBT readers.
  • Celebrate 50 years of Spider-Man with 50 amazing comics covers.
  • Gina Misiroglu on The Bronze Age of Comics and More

Cross-Media

  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy’s Greatest Sound FX

Film

  • Interview: Alex Kurtzman on People Like Us: The Star Trek writer on the personal story his directorial debut and an exclusive update about the Van Helsing reboot.
  • Interview: In Conversation With Ian McKellen
  • Interview: Star Trek Villain Forces Kirk To Grow, Chris Pine Says
  • Interview: Visual effects veteran Phil Tippett on his personal project, Mad God.
  • News: Marvel movie bridging to Avengers 2 revealed
  • The Chest-burster scene from Alien …Re-enacted by Kids
  • First synopsis for M Night Shyamlan’s After Earth
  • ‘Grampire,’ ‘Buffy,’ ‘Dracula’ and More Joss Whedon Movies We Never Got to See
  • How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money?
  • Spinning a Tangled Web—Again: Why Sony is starting a new ‘Spider-Man’ franchise just 10 years after the last one; Peter Parker’s contacts

Internet

  • This trailer for the upcoming web series Harry Potter and the Ten Years Later teases a post-Hogwarts life for Harry Potter that isn’t quite as happy-go-lucky as Rowling’s epilogue made it sound.

Literature

  • Interview: Brandon Sanderson Dishes on Publishing
  • Interview: Charles Tan interviews Kit Reed, author of the Shirley Jackson Awards nominated short story collection What Wolves Know.
  • Interview: My Bookish Ways interviews Paul Tobin, author of Prepare To Die!
  • Interview: My Bookish Ways interviews Thomas Koloniar of Cannibal Reign
  • Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi presenting his book the Windup Girl at Google
  • Interview: Sword and Laser asks George R.R. Martin even more questions.

Science

  • Did you know you can watch all of NOVA’s The Elegant Universe right here?
  • OMG SPACE is a project by designer Margot Trudell ”to communicate to people what we’ve managed to accomplish in space exploration in simple terms” Also, don’t miss How to tell if you’ve found a Meteorite.
  • Science Fiction Barely Ahead of Space Reality
  • Scientists untangle web of science fiction on Spider-Man

Television

  • Interview: Noel Clarke on ‘Doctor Who’ 50th anniversary
  • Interview: SFx briefly interviews Robert Picardo
  • News: David Warner to star in Doctor Who
  • News: DirecTV decides to cut 3D programming on its n3D channel due to a lack of consumer interest in the channel
  • Top 10 reasons why seafarers love Joss Whedon’s Firefly.

Video Games

  • The Family That Built A Video Game Together
  • ‘Tomb Raider’ Execs Claim You’re Reacting to News About the Game Wrong

Writing

  • Susannah Breslin explains Why You Shouldn’t Be A Writer… and Sarah A Hoyt responds with Why You Should Be A Writer.
  • Writers’ Village discusses The Laziest Way To Find a Winning Plot.



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