January 2nd is Science Fiction Day, which should be a exciting day for all us anti-social geeks. I would gladly stay in and watch the entire STV or Doctor Who (Doctor Seven) while eating freeze dried astronaut meals. I am a general sci-fi fan who has been loyal to all (television and motion pictures) Star Trek series, Stargate series, Firefly / Serenity, Doctor Who, and many more. My sci-fi love started with a book “R is for Rocket”, short story collection by Ray Bradbury. Included in this collection is “Frost and Fire”. The story follows Sim and the short...
Posts Tagged ‘ Comics ’
Reason for Higer Education :: Comic Books 101
Dalhousie University is launching a new academic course studying comics and cartoons. Itâ’s official: comics are cool. The Dark Knight steamrolled its competition at the multiplex, Japanese â’mangaâ’ comics are stocked en masse at your local library, and Free Comic Book Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of May throughout North America. All signs say that the comic bookâ”er, â’graphic novelâ’â”is enjoying an unexpected renaissance. Perhaps itâ’s no surprise then, that one of Dalhousieâ’s newest courses will be taught with the help of Donald Duck, Wonder Woman and maybe even Dr. Seuss. This winter, Cartoons and Comics (ENGL...
Save Superman’s House
In 1986, the city of Cleveland declared the house where Jerry Siegel thought up the Superman character to be a landmark. But today, the house is falling apart â” and a group of high-profile fans is trying to save it, by auctioning art and other work. The house in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood is now owned by Jefferson Gray, who wasn’t even aware of its significance when he bought it. Urged on by novelist Brad Meltzer, some of the biggest names in the comic book industry formed the Siegel & Shuster Society. The nonprofit started collecting original art for an...
Sad Day in US History
Not the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post nor the New York Times . . . No, USA Today remains the most widely read newspaper in the United States, according to the latest Mediamark Research Inc. report. USA Today has more than 3.6 million readers daily. The interesting thing about the publishing of the USA Today, the paper does not print on Saturdays and Sundays. . . . nothing beats a Sunday paper, a cup of coffee, bagel with cream cheese and fighting to see who gets the comics first . . .
Slayer in the Sack
In the latest installment of the comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, which continues the saga of TV’s popular vampire and demon slaying student, she experiences her first lesbian one-night stand. Her first? Does that mean there will be more to cum come?
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