Art
- Comics Alliance has posted an inspiring gallery of ‘Wolverine: Netsuke’ Re-Imagined by some very talented art students.
- Fandomania has posted a gallery of excellent Lost fan art.
- Greenpeace is encouraging satirical redesigns of BP’s logo.
Comics
- Backroom Comics discusses the portrayal of women in mainstream comics.
- CBR counts down The Greatest Mark Millar Stories Ever Told!
Film
- Interview: SCI FI Wire interviews George Romero.
- News: Gene Luen Yang to Boycott ‘The Last Airbender’ Movie Over ‘Yellowface’
- Neil Gaiman Gives has released an Update on The Graveyard Book Movie.
Internet
- Galaxy Far Away points the way to Five Great Star Wars Song Parodies.
- OC Weekly lists the Five Things We Hope Are Covered in the Comic-Con Documentary. I’m guessing that “More booth babes” constitutes items 6 – 10.
Literature
- Interview: John Scalzi interviews the author of Brains: A Zombie Memoir.
- News: The Book Industry Study Group sees eBook adoption growing.
- Barnes & Noble’s free eReader app is here, and shockingly, it’s probably the best ebook app on the iPad, for now.
- The Baltimore Sun wonders, In a world where everything’s free on the web, what will happen to publishing?
- Is it ridiculous to criticise Robert E Howard’s enjoyably pulpy Conan stories for their 1930s attitudes to women and race? asks the Guardian.
- SF Signal asks authors “What Fantasy Series comprised of at least 3 novels do you think is underrated?” in its latest Mind Meld.
Technology
- News: First human ‘infected with computer virus’
- News: OLPC Foundation to Launch $100 Student Tablet
Television
- According to ABC, the final images of wreckage were ‘not part of the final story.’
- Julia Stiles is in late-stage negotiations to join the cast of Dexter season five.
- For those of you having a hard time letting go, Max Pictures has an enormous directory of DHARMA Initiative food labels for you to download.
- The Hurley & Ben Show: Lost Epilogue to Get DVD Release.
- UGO has compiled a list of Real-World Gadgets Ripped From Science-Fiction.
Video Games
- News: Study Claims Cognitive Functions Increased through Casual Gaming
- Check out the Fan made Halo Assault Rifle, complete with ammo counter.
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