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John Carpenter classics enjoy the 4K treatment

September 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: The Standoff launches at San Diego Comic-Con

July 11, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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

August 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

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

January 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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

October 14, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

John Carpenter classics enjoy the 4K treatment

John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: The Standoff launches at San Diego Comic-Con

Zaphats and augmented reality clothing for LARPs

Pingu does The Thing

The Thing: The Musical

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