Art
- Depixelating Pixel Art: “Naïve upsampling of pixel art images leads to unsatisfactory results. Our algorithm extracts a smooth, resolution-independent vector representation from the image which is suitable for high-resolution display devices.”
- Gallery Nucleus has posted a flyer for its Harry Potter Art Exhibition
- Green Lantern Concept Art
- James Hance has been working on a line of Firefly / Muppet Mash-Ups. Dr. Bunsen has never looked so menacing.
- Skull Kid Cosplay
Comics
- News: DC Comics Announces Historic Renumbering of All Superhero Titles and Landmark Day-and-Date Digital Distribution
- Creators and retailers respond to the huge DC news
Cross-Media
- Why writers treasure islands: Perfectly formed for drama, it’s easy to see why islands remain such a popular destination for fiction
Film
- Interview: Kevin Bacon told the press that he is a huge fan of the zombie genre in all media forms during an interview for his latest movie X-Men: First Class.
- News: The Akira film adaptation has lost its director. Looks like this movie just can’t catch a break.
- News: Bradley Cooper Anxious to Adapt Dan Simmons’s Hyperion for the Screen
- News: New Line, Warner Bros., MGM announce that the two halves of ‘The Hobbit’ get official titles, and will hit theaters on Dec. 14, 2012 and Dec. 13, 2013
- 14 Classic Film Noirs to Feed Your ‘L.A. Noire’ Fix
- 27 videogames currently being turned into cinema films
- The full trailer for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is finally out.
- Old Spice Guy wants to be Luke Cage so bad he shot his own trailer
- Peter Jackson has begun his 20 Questions for The Hobbit, just like he did for The Lord of the Rings, and the first question asked if we will get to see The White Council attacking Dol Guldur.
Internet
- Could they beat up China Mieville? is a bizarre niche blog.
- PC Magazine picks the 15 best web-only series
- Little Fivers pitches The Top 9 Sci-Fi Country Songs
Literature
- Interview: Alpha Geek interviews John Scalzi
- Interview: Suvudu has posted a video interview with China Mieville
- 11 Most Impressive Libraries from the Ancient World
- Five of the Best Urban Fantasy Series’ for Grown-Ups
- In Search of the Ideal Reader
- The incredible shrinking presence of women SF writers
- Kim Harrison Says ‘Excuse Me, You Got Your Romance In My Urban Fantasy’
- To Save Free Enterprise, Books Must Die
- Typography is about reading – and so are ebooks
- The Use of Conventions in Fantasy Writing to Gain our Acceptance
Science
- Arsenic Life: Fact or Fiction?: Scientists debate evidence, or lack thereof, for a microorganism with arsenic-laced DNA.
- Drug Suppresses Recall of Bad Memories, Leaves Non-Bad Memories Intact
Television
- Interview: Doctor Who Season 6: 5 Questions About What’s Yet To Come…
- Interview: The Guardian profiles Olivia William of Dollhouse
- Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat to ‘rest’ Daleks
- The Doctor is gonna bust a cap in yo ass: a montage of Doctor Who using guns
Video Games
- Here’s another trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Writing
- How Do You Learn to Write?
- How I Self-Published a Book, And How You Can Too
- P.I. Barrington Talks About Random Generators and Writing
- Seven Questions That Need To Be Asked About Writing About Writing
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