[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