The Great Geek Manual

Due to some issues getting posts to re-appear in the site’s RSS feed each year when it’s updated, the “This Day in Geek History” posts have each been given their own page. Choose your date below.

Cross-Media

• The 10 most badass sci-fi battlesuits ever

Film

• Interview: Evil Dead II: Bruce Campbell Interview
• Interview: Iron Man 3 Interview: Shane Black Answers YOUR Questions
• Interview: Joss Whedon Is Either Messing With Us Or Adding Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to ‘Avengers 2.’ Keep your fingers crossed.
• Interview: Kevin Feige discusses the Thor 3 trailer.
• Interview: “Preposterous,” “ridiculous” and “completely insane.” Those are the exact words J.J. Abrams uses to describe the fact he’s behind not only Hollywood’s current iteration of Star Trek, but will soon helm Star Wars VII.
• Interview: Talking to IGN at this weekend’s C2E2, Patton Oswalt riffed all about George Lucas’ work ethic and retold a story of how Brad Bird would have slightly changed Return of the Jedi. Read the full quotes at IGN.

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Art

• The jaw-dropping Japanese cover for The Lies of Locke Lamora
• Star Wars Vintage Action Figure Paintings

Comics

• Interview: The Children’s Vampire Hunting Brigade: A Q&A With David Lucarelli
• Interview: Marvel vs. DC: Inside dope from the kings of comics, Dan DiDio, co-publisher, DC Comics
• The 50 Greatest Iron Man Moments

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Art

• Awesome Custom Steampunk AT-AT
• Commenting on the Museum of Modern Art’s recent acquisition of Dwarf Fortress, Bill Coberly muses how the game might function as spectator sport.
• Here’s the midnight IMAX poster for Iron Man 3, by comic book artist Jock. Jock also posted a ton of alternate versions of his Iron Man 3 IMAX poster on his site. If You Like Jock’s ‘Iron Man 3′ IMAX Poster, Wait’ll You See His Nine Unused Designs.
• Steampunk Portal Illustrations

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Art

• Clever Boys Turned a Subaru Into a Jurassic Park Tour Car

Comics

• Interview: Ed Brubaker, the writer of the original “Winter Soldier” comic storyline has nice words for the upcoming Captain America sequel.
• News: Cleveland Declares ‘Superman Day’ To Celebrate 75th Anniversary
• The 75 greatest Superman stories of all-time: 75-26, 25-1
  - celebrating the 75th anniversary of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s debut of the character in ACTION COMICS #1. Everything you need to know about Superman in four panels. The Actual Best Superman Writer Ever Happy Anniversary Lois Lane. The $130 Check That Bought Superman.

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Comics

• Interview: Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson on the ‘Saga’ Fiasco
• 10 Insane Alternate Versions Of Batman You Won’t Believe Exist
• Kindle Comic Creator Makes Comics Into E-Books

Film

• Interview: ILM Creative Director Says Special Effects Aren’t Special Anymore
• Interview: Joss Whedon Says ‘Avengers 2′ Starts Filming February 2014; Promises ‘Awful’ Things For Characters
• Interview: Robert Downey Jr. Hints At Leaving Marvel and ‘Iron Man’ Behind
• News: ‘Man of Steel’ will open door for more DC Comics superhero movies
• 10 Awesome Examples Of Overacting
• The 11 Greatest Computer Supervillains in Film
• 15 Iconic Movie Scenes Ruined by ‘Yakety Sax’
• 15 Popular Movie Poster Cliches
• Elysium and the gap between rich and poor in sci-fi cinema
• Figure out what Time Travel Movie you’re in with this Infographic
• Justice League Film: 20 Villains We’d Love To See

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Comics

• Interview: The First Law novels by Joe Abercrombie in comic form!
• Interview: Mike Mignola Explores “Hellboy In Hell’s” New World
• 5 Comic Books Heroes Who really Deserve Their Own Movie
• Graphic Novels Vs. The Critics

Film

• Interview: Joss drops hint for Avengers 2. He spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the sequel at last night’s MTV Movie Awards.
• News: The Avengers wins the MTV Award for Movie of the Year!
• 5 Reasons New He-Man Movie Must Be Made
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’
• 10 Movies That You Need To See More Than Once
• 20 Things You Didn’t Know About 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Why Hollywood Must Stop Making 3D Films
• Writing Excuses discuss pacing in The Avengers. randon and co. over at Writing Excuses – a weekly 15-minute writing podcast – talk about pacing in stories, citing multiple examples from The Avengers.

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Art

• The Battle for Middle Earth graffiti
• Bioshock’s Columbia re-created in Minecraft in fine detail
• BioShock Infinite Concept Art
• Calvin and Hobbes Game Box Art
• Dresden Codak artist Gender Bends The Hyrule Universe

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