The Great Geek Manual

Art

• A look at some of the computer UI from Avengers. Jayse Hansen displays some of the work he did for the Avengers creating the HUD for the Helicarier and the Iron Man suit.
• Who wouldn’t want their own Skyrim Wall?

Comics

• Interview: “Joker” and “Batman: Noel” artist Lee Bermejo spoke with CBR TV at C2E2 about his and writer Brian Azzarello’s latest, “Before Watchmen: Rorschach.”
• News: One Million Moms targets DC, Marvel over gay storylines
• The 10 Greatest JUSTICE LEAGUE Villains
• PVP’s Scott R. Kurtz weighs in on exactly how much credit Jack Kirby should receive for “creating” the Avengers.
• The State of Gay Characters in Comics: Have depictions of gays improved?

Cross-Media

• Infographic: STAR WARS 35th Anniversary Timeline

Film

• Interview: Production designer James Chinlund explains how the iconic S.H.I.E.L.D. airship was designed for The Avengers movie.
• News: IRON MAN 3 Gets A Budget Raise to “Outdo” THE AVENGERS
• News: Warner Bros. Prepping Top Secret Sci-Fi Project ‘The Wind’
• Kevin Smith to Talk You Through All of This Summer’s Most Awesome Movies

Literature

• Interview: Charlaine Harris on Vampires and The End of Sookie Stackhouse
• Interview: Gollancz has a brief Q&A with Elspeth Cooper and Patrick Rothfuss
• Here Are the 1960s Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read

Science

• Should you be able to travel through time and space (mostly space) to, say, the moon, NASA would appreciate it if you didn’t mess up the historical things they left up there. Reads like a passive aggressive note from your dormmate.

Technology

• Elizabeth Moon argues that everyone should be given a barcode at birth.
• FCC considers backdoor rule change that could jumpstart the era of internet
• Google Glass Video sample

Television

• Interview: Joe Dempsie on Game of Thrones, Skins
• Interview: Steven Moffat tells us why it’s a good thing that we had to wait a year for more episodes of Doctor Who. After all, too much of good thing…
• News: ‘Touch’ to get online spinoff
• The Game of Thrones Cast In and Out of Character
• Watch the brand new Doctor Who mini-episode, “Good as Gold”, written by a kid!

Video Games

• Super Street Fighter II with a Portal Gun

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