The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Frank Frazetta, was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1928. He rose to fame first for his work with comic books in the 1940s and 50s, then for his iconic fantasy art from the 1960s on. Frazetta was the inspiration behind Zelda artist Yusuke Nakano, and Frazetta’s artwork for the "Famous Funnies" were an inspiration for Star Wars. In the fifties he did cover art for Buck Rogers. Frank Frazetta died today, at the age of 82.
• The American Art Archives Frazetta Gallery
• CakeCentral has posted the results of the 2010 Steampunk Cake Contest.
• Green and gold skull badge by Nerd Merit Badges for a California girl scout troop.

Comics

• UGO has posted a gallery of Iron Man’s Top 11 Love Interests.

Film

• News: ‘Captain America’ May Be Marvel’s First 3D Film.
• Bullz-Eye remembers 15 Films Where Humanity isn’t Doing so Hot.
• Check out Perception Studio’s design work for Iron Man 2.
• Chicago Now has a feature on Ironettes: Iron Man’s Cheerleaders.

Internet

• All’s Faire is a web comedy series about the fictional Southeastern Delaware Renaissance Faire and its actors/employees.
• Conan O’Brien at Google: The World Has Completely Changed.
• hh1edits has compiled a Montage of people saying “Get Out Of There!”
• The Inquisitr offer this Fanboys: A Field Guide by PCWorld.
• The Sphere of Mercury’s Mathematician and other thrilling randomly generated retro pulp Sci-Fi titles are available to you now from the Random Pulp Sci-Fi Title-O-Tron!

Literature

• Interview: SFF World interviews Michael Moorcock.
• News: Borders throws its hat in the e-ring
• Steven Levy explains how Amazon deals with Typos in the Kindle Age.

Science

• io9 wonders How Much Would It Cost To Build A Real Iron Man Suit?

Television

• Little Fivers presents The Top 8 Rejected “Battlestar Galactica” Spinoffs.
• Online Schools offers this 15 Things you Didn’t Know about Star Trek infographic.
• Over at MovieLine, Lost Gets a Scooby-Doo Resolution.
• The Washington Post explains What Betty White hosting ‘SNL’ says about our culture.

Video Games

• News: Barack Obama: Video Games Are Hurting Our Democracy

Writing

• V3 picks the Top 10 science fiction writers.