Dave Mott is an artist based in Ohia. His website and Flickr is generous with the art teasers. In particular, this trilogy of charming Star Wars art featuring Leia and Chewie appealed to me.
Archives for April 2012
How Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows should have ended
The ending of any Sherlock Holmes series is always controversial. It certainly was when Conan Doyle first tried to kill off the detective. The site How It Should Have Ended is worth watching for some alternative ending humour. Their alternative ending for Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows is a good one.
Comixology launch D&D sale
Comixology is the leading online comic service. It’s iOS and Android app, recently entirely re-done, is the market leader. Comixology effectively powers the standalone Marvel app and one main rival, Graphicly, has announced it’ll be pulling out of the app landscape to focus on its publishing tools. The app is free. Having the app allows […]
Your PAX East coverage #paxeast
This blogger wasn’t at PAX East. Sniff. The good news is that a legion of social media adepts covered the event through their Twitter, Google, Flickr, YouTube and other platforms. We can use all that rich media sharing to compile a visual summary of the convention. The geeks who couldn’t make it can still sample […]
Why the BBC want to ban David Tennant’s ad
David Tennant stars in a new add for Virgin Media. It’s an add that highlights the power of the new Virgin Media TiVo boxes and it actually features Richard Branson himself. The BBC has a problem with it. The centre of attention is David Tennant’s role as the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who. The BBC […]
Skyscrapers for the apocalypse roll through the ruins
These rolling buildings would be good at squashing zombies. The wheel shaped buildings are actually an entry into eVolo’s competiton to rethink skyscraper design by Damian Przybyla and Rafal Przybyla of Poland. They are called “Migrant Skyscrapers”. The concept behind them was a building that would be suitable for an unstable world and the need […]
New NEO – site revamps ahead of 100th edition
NEO Magazine is the UK’s longest running publication for anime, manga and Asian culture. The magazine founded in 2004 and will soon reach it’s eight anniversary and publish its 100th issue. That’s worth knowing because Uncooked Media, the owners, are planning on running a series of competitions online to celebrate. However, today’s anime fans – […]
Broken Doll flirting with the UK
Broken Doll are a Japanese band. They mix the pop-punk we might once have associated with Blondie with the kawaii culture of Tokyo. The result? A Harajuku band. The band will be present at the London Comic Con (25th to 27th May) and through their relationship with Japan Underground will be shipping a limited number […]
The Future of D&D panel at PAX East #dndnext
Lead Rules Editor Jeremy Crawford and D&D Senior Manager Mike Mearls held a “Future of D&D panel” at PAX East. They start by pointing out how much video gaming as grown since D&D was born and how some players now enter the roleplaying world these days via the digital front. Within seconds, however, they talk […]
Sneak Peek: Next SLA Industries book art
There’s very big news from Nightfall Games and SLA Industries this week with a film looking possible. Nightfall have paired up with Romark to explore TV options as well as comic books. On the back of the news, SLA Industries co-creators Dave Allsop and Jared Earle where at the largest roleplaying convention in Scotland – […]
