Level up your geeky Christmas tree with these toppers
These are "Pop-Toppers", pop culture Christmas tree toppers, by Blain Hefner.
John Carpenter classics enjoy the 4K treatment
Matt Ferguson of Cakes and Comics was commissioned by StudioCanal to help celebrate the work of sci-fi, fantasy and horror master John Carpenter.
The big news this week is that the studio is doing 4K restorations of some of Carpenter’s iconic titles; The Fog, They Live, Escape from New York and Prince of Darkness.
The Fog will premiere at the London Film Festival on October 15th, and then They Live, and Prince of Darkness will air from October 26th as a precursor to the Halloween one-night special of the Fog.
My favourite, Escape from New York, will also screen for only one day – November 22nd.
Matt Ferguson commissoned
UK artist Matt Ferguson, featured on Geek Native before for the likes of Star Trek and Film and Pop Culture Art, was charged with the important project of re-doing the art.
And look at it!…
John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: The Standoff launches at San Diego Comic-Con
John Carpenter’s wife, Sandy King, owns a comic company. Storm King Comics is a division of Storm King Productions, and Sandy is both the head producer and the head writer.
This will be the first time the company has been to San Diego Comic-Con, find them at booth #4504, and to mark that they’ll be selling special Storm King bundle bags.…
Zaphats and augmented reality clothing for LARPs
Augmented reality clothing brands, like Zappar, certainly aren’t restricted to making fashion to be adapted by LARPers. I suspect, for now, they may be restricted to fashion for geeks though.
What a piece of AR clothing does is transform, on screen, when viewed with the right app.…
Pingu does The Thing
When I write that Pingu does The Thing – I mean that he remakes John Carpenter’s The Thing. I’m sure Pingu can do many things.
Pingu, of course, is an animated putty penguin.…
The Thing: The Musical
Are you a fan of John Carpenter’s The Thing? Gore meets alien invader. Gore meets ice. Gore meets more gore… but it’s a sci-fi movie so that’s alright!
Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, the team behind Conan the Barbarian: the Musical, are at it again with The Thing: The Musical.…
