[SF/F/H Link Post] Things You Need to Know About Aquaman; Geeky Origami Books; Pop Culture Characters as Cute Kids
Interviews & Profiles
- Jenette Kahn Interview [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Geekdom House Episode 23 – Mythbusters / Star Wars Diversity
- The Writers Panel #256: Doug Petrie & Marco Ramirez, Melissa Rosenberg, Jason Katims, Jessica Goldberg
- An interview with Robert J. Sawyer, author of Quantum Night
- Jonathan Hickman and Tom Brevoort on “Secret Wars”
- Jeff VanderMeer Writes Hauntings Without Ghosts
News
Events & Event News
- Liu Speaks in Washington – Ken Liu will speak at the Library of Congress Pickford Theatre on April 8 from Noon to 1:00 on “Chinese Science Fiction: Conformance, Estrangement, and Translation.”
- Salt Lake Comic Con to take FanX events to Asia
- Batman Vs Superman Day At Barnes & Noble This Saturday
- The Will Eisner 75th Anniversary Exhibit Showcases The Comics Great
- Things To Do This Weekend In Birmingham If You Like All Things Pop!
Crowd Funding
- My First Science Textbook: Chemistry Story Books for Kids by John Coveyou (Genius Games)
- Fathoms: The Art of Michael Manomivibul by Michael Manomivibul
Articles
- Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines
- DC Comics’ New 52 Turns 50: Detective and Catwoman
- Flipping Tropes: A New Anthology Turns Cliches ‘Upside Down’
- The ABCs of Anime
- 11 Things You Need To Know About Aquaman
- Hot Wheels Rolls Out 4 New Character Cars, But Wonder Woman Steals the Show
- Geeky Origami Books For Nerds
- Comics Panel: Miracleman: The Golden Age reprints Gaiman and Buckingham’s fascinating run
- Snakewood Is Not Your Typical Grimdark Fantasy
- Every Live-Action Spider-Man Costume Ever Ranked From Worst To Most Amazing
- Version Control: Will probably be my favorite book of 2016
- The Real-Life Filming Locations of Famous Sci-fi Dystopias
- Amazon’s Best Books of March: Part Two
- Are bricks and mortar Amazon’s next conquest?
- Prepare for Captain America: Civil War With This Handy Video on the Civil War Comics Event
- Forbidden Planet is Still Essential and Subversive Sci-Fi
- Chasing Comets: Retiring from Science Fiction – [via Paul Di Filippo]
TV & Movies
- Tits and Dragons is a much better name, agrees George R R Martin
- Magical Solutions: Intelligent Creatures & The Witch
- Fist Of Its Kind: How Marvel’s Iron Fist Will Be Different From Other Marvel/ Netflix Shows
- Veteran, Emmy-winning sci-fi director takes helm of Spike’s Red Mars series
- The Magic Of The Magicians – The Syfy Series You Should Be Watching
- R-rated Batman story ‘The Killing Joke’ gets movie adaptation with Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy
- Planet of The Titans: The Star Trek Movie You Never Saw
- J.J. Abrams talks to SXSW about how technology has democratized filmmaking
- Forgotten Films: Cloverfield (2008)
Art
- These new Robocop fan posters will make you forget the reboot ever happened
- 25¢ Wonders: When Characters from Pop Culture Become Kids Again
More Fun Stuff
- The First Martian: A Short Film Inspired by Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
- The Piper Raspberry Pi Computer Kit Teaches Electronics and Engineering While Playing Minecraft
- The Game Archaeologist: The sad saga of Stargate Worlds
- Pathfinder Adventures–Maybe the Coolest Collection of Ones and Zeros Ever
- More Classic Marvel Comic Characters Available for Preorder – Moar Funko Pops!
- Giant Man Officially Revealed and Preorder Info – and even more Pops!
- Watch us beat the heck out of each other in Disney’s new fighter, Marvel Battlegrounds
- Beautiful Soviet spacecraft – now this is classic space
- Harry Potter meets Zelda in a fantasy action game
- Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine VR experiment revealed
- Ubisoft brings Werewolf party game to virtual reality
- Download Free TMNT Cosplay For Your Easter Eggs
- Universe Sandbox 2 Now Has A Virtual Reality Mode
Wow Ken Liu in D.C.! I am definitely going.
Tell him John D sent you. And then RUN! 🙂