Robot Chicken’s Final Star Wars Spoof
I talked to head Chickens about sympathizing the Star Wars biggest assholes Emperor Palpatine and Boba Fett, George Lucas’ evil chuckles, and more for Wired.
Month: December 2010
Bill Gates Is Not a Great Teacher
America sniffs the global average when it comes education. And the last thing it needs is lame advice from Microsoft’s Bill Gates. But that’s what it’s getting, according to my […]
Facebook Co-Founder Unveils Socially Conscious Networker Jumo
Facebook is great for sharing hyperbole about what we ate, saw or spent. But its co-founder Chris Hughes has a new startup called Jumo, which takes social networking into the […]
The Post-Apocalypse is Personal in Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth, Superboy
Canadian comics creator Jeff Lemire is a challenging indie crossover. Having made some of the most independent titles of the past decade, he’s now taking on the post-apocalypse for DC […]
The Reboot’s the Thing: 10 Genre-Busting Shakespeare Remixes
Shakespeare transcends time and media, mostly because creatives can’t stop remixing his legendary language across time and media. Julie Taymor’s up next with The Tempest, starring the always captivating Helen […]
Cli-Fi: Happy Methane Apocalypse!
“At first we thought it was a hoax; sadly it’s not. The melting ice caps are the fuse. The trapped methane released into the atmosphere is the bomb.”
Dark Horse Delves Into Digicomics, Keeps Change
Digital comics are ascendant, and it won’t be long until they replace the majority of print comics, which are fast becoming earnings losers as well as environmental wastes of space […]
John Lennon’s Assassination Simulations
Unable to shoulder the burden, reality splintered and began to virally replicate the assassination and its effects across media, slowly replacing that reality along the way.
Daniel Clowes + Wilson + Death Ray = Hollywood Comics Smarts
At last Hollywood is turning back to Daniel Clowes, one of indie comics’ crossover titans.
Liz Sherman, Hellboy Firestarter
Mike Mignola’s paranormal mystery Hellboy is one of the finest comics franchises of all time, and its sidekick spin-off Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense is no slouch either. Ask […]