The cover to the Amazing Spider-Man issue #666 is an odd one. Spider-Statue-of-Liberty anyone? Issue #666 is the prelude to a new ‘event’ from Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. The cover is by Mike Del Mundo. Here’s what Marvel Senior Editor Stephen Wacker said in a recent blog post; “Back when Slott launched Spider-Man into the […]
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The official Game of Thrones app
Last week Jason S. Rosenblum gave Geek Native and interview and chatted about his unofficial Game of Thones Companion iOS app. This week HBO have released an official Hame of Thrones app. It’s worth noting that the app is US only. The app is called Ice and Fire and rather than being a companion of […]
The Game of Thrones Companion
For $0.99 and an iTunes account you can download a Game of Thrones Companion. This iOS application is already up to version 2.3, weighs in at 1.7 MB and was put together by Jason S. Rosenblum. The app is ideally placed for people watching the new HBO series or wanting to refresh their memory before […]
Dr Grordborts animation
This animation from Weta New Zealand caught my eye. Steampunk wars on Vensus where we seem to have mankind, lead by Lord Cockswain, against those churlish savages the native Venusians. I’d never encountered Greg Broadmore’s Doctor Grordbort before so I investigated a bit more. The website is pretty but odd – “What does it do?” […]
Footprints #1 review
I can honestly say that Footprints is the first Cryptozoological noir comic I’ve read and tried to review. It features Mr Foot aka Bigfoot as the grungy detective who finds he has to investigate the murder of his own odd brother – Yeti. This is a review of Footprints, issue #1. Indeed the cast and […]
127 Seconds – Marvel parodies Oscar hopeful 127 Hours
Have you seen Danny Boyle‘s 127 Hours? I haven’t. Not my cup of tea. Don’t need to see James Franco suffer. The fact that the flick is up for an Oscar or so means it is noteworthy though – and comic powerhouse Marvel have noticed. Marvel does 127 Hours? Surely not. Correct. Instead we’ve got […]
Read more comics: The X-Men family tree
This has been doing the rounds for a while but given that X-Men First Class is drawer nearer, it does not harm to re-surface it here. It helps to pause on the legend in the top right as that spells out quirky “family tree” relationships like “clone”. For example, x-23 is a clone of Wolverine, […]
Neil Gaiman no longer fears internet pirates
There was a time when Neil Gaiman got cross when his work appeared, without permission, on the internet. In this video he explains the journey he has been on when it comes to free content online and the tests he has carried out. He points out that some of the widely held assumptions about the […]
Interactive “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain” available for Kindle
I’m not sure I’ve ever successfully managed to finish The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. I always get lost in the bloomin’ maze of wandering monsters and hidden doors. It becomes a game of attrition then; my finite health and patience against an apparent endless stream of skeletons, trolls and giant rats. If only there was […]
Whedon’s Dollhouse to continue
I don’t mind admitting it; I rather liked Dollhouse. It got better and better (okay; after a weak start). It was best after we knew it had been cancelled. Dark Horse have stepped in and now we can expect two more doses of Dollhouse in comic form. The first dose comes in the one-shot “Dollhouse: […]
