The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Smashing Magazine has posted 50 (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos.

Comics

• Before you see Iron Man in theaters, you may want to comb through your collection (or Pirate Bay) for these 10 Must-Read Iron Man Comics chosen by ComicMix.
• Don’t forget! Saturday, May 3rd 2008 is Free Comic Book Day. Check out the comics that will be released at the Free Comic Book Day 2008 Roundup.

Film

• Hollywood’s capacity to retroactively jack-up a perfectly good film never ceases to amaze me, and they’re at it again. It turns out that one of the most truly frightening film produced in the last decade, The Descent, is about get a sequel which will evidently completely ignore the ending of the first film.
• A trailer for the upcoming Incredible Hulk movie is now available online at Apple’s website.
• Yahoo! marks End-of-the-Earth-Day with a list of The top 10 causes of world destruction in movies.

Internet

• Interview: Michael Emerson, who plays Ben Linus from Lost, plays mindgames with Quint! of Ain’t it Cool.

Literature

• I have to make a note to stop checking io9, because, yet again, they’ve posted a list that has me panting to get to the bookstore. My wallet is going to survive many more of these… This time it’s 20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read.

Television

• One of my favorite authors, J. Michael Straczynski, rails against the system in his latest rant, What the Networks Don’t Know About Science Fiction.
• Should Blake’s 7 really get a remake? I say hells no, and yet, no one seems to care. Forward defensive screens to full!