Art
- Pink Tentacles has a gallery of Sci-fi illustrations by Shusei Nagaoka.
Comics
- Alan Moore, the comic book writer responsible for Watchmen and V For Vendetta, says he’s writing lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s next opera.
- Imagine going to Hollywood on vacation, only to watch Spider-Man being carted off by cops.
Film
- Cracks sifts through the suggest box for Rejected Ideas for Disaster Movies.
- Daily Fill remembers 15 Childhood Movies that Failed the Test of Time.
- Fumiko’s Confession is a short film animated completely by one person. (More)
- John Scalzi explains Four Reasons Why Avatar Is Too Big to Fail.
- There’s a new poster out for the upcoming Kick-Ass movie, and it’s waaay better than the last round of posters.
- This year, there are 20 Cartoons competing for Oscar nominations.
- VideoHound picks The Ten Worst Unexpected Sequels of All Time.
Internet
- Comedians have complained that their acts are being ruined by people plagiarising their jokes on Twitter and other websites.
Literature
- Interview: Cory Doctorow talks about geek revolutions and Disney lawsuits.
- The Agony Column has posted a discussion of The Google Books Settlement recorded during the World Fantasy Convention.
- Borders SciFi Blog charts out the Cover Cliches of speculative fiction, ranging from unicorns to the ever ubiquitous sword.
Television
Video Games
- Watch a count down of the Top 50 worst videogame voice acting.
Writing
- Over at Google Books, you can read the 1982 InfoWorld article on Isaac Asimov switching over to a word processor.
- Rantas & Ramblings breaks down the math involved in determining how much of a financial investment a new book represents.
- Science Fiction author Eric Brown offers Ten Tips for Aspiring Writers.
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