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Now here’s how you write a comic book press release!
KYLE BAKER SIGNS EXCLUSIVE WITH KYLE BAKER PUBLISHING – This has to be the most tongue in cheek press release I’ve ever read. I love it that Kyle doesn’t take himself so seriously. Here’s just a sample: "Yes, it’s safe to say that Kyle Baker drawing Kyle Baker is the perfect fit between character and…
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Need some music while reading Monitor Duty?
These Star Trek mixes by James Lileks are always fun to listen to. “Yeargh!” is good, too.
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Actual cubicle dwellers!
I need to buy some of these: The Cubes™
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The dangers of running spellcheck without monitoring
From the Washington Post article “President Makes His 3rd Visit to Gulf Coast” (emphasis mine): Bush was scheduled to spend the night on the USS Iowa Jima, an amphibious assault ship that is the recovery command center.
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“Ant-Man: The Motion Picture”?
Michael Kim offers his latest Hollywood Economics Report and offers stats on the performance of comic book movies. He also raises a good point about the future of Marvel properties in movies. Namely, can it really go on once the big names have been done? Captain America and Thor are the only recognizable characters not…
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Digest-sized Sgt. Rock?!
I didn’t know that a Sgt. Rock digest is going to be released tomorrow. I’m glad to see that non-kids titles will be released in this new format. Way to go, DC!
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Reviews: Resurrection Man, Rose and Thorn
I spent my weekend cataloguing and filing all of the comics I bought at Wizard World (along with filing 2 long boxes’ worth of comics that hadn’t been filed in well over a year). It took three days but I finished! Now I just have to add 800 more listings from my old database, price…
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Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown!
Simpsons director Jim Reardon did a student film at CalArts called Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown. It was posted by AnimeHell in April and was so popular that the bandwidth immediately killed it. UPDATE: I found a site that carries the file…at least, for the moment. Go HERE to view it in a…
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Gilligan gets off the island
Bob Denver, TV’s Gilligan, dead at 70
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Screen saver generates movie ideas
South Park’s new AWESOM-O Screensaver generates movie ideas. It is based on the AWESOM-O episode where Cartman, disguised as a robot in a practical joke that spins out of his control, is taken to movie executives who want him to come up with story ideas. Staffer 2: How can a robot come up with better…