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Archive for October, 2013
Under Construction - Pardon Our Warnings
Oct 30th
As many of you viewers are likely aware, Speak Geeky To Me has recently been the target of a malicious malware attack. This has caused Google to temporarily list our website as unsafe, hoping to protect any readers from also obtaining malware on their computers. We take this very seriously and also would prefer not to damage the systems of any fans who take the time to read our website. As far as we know we have fixed this problem and are awaiting review from Google. Meanwhile, as we wait for Google to return our listing to that of a More >
Stan Lee Goes Epic Meal Time
Oct 29th
On today’s very Halloween and costumed themed episode of Epic Meal Time it seems Harley Morenstein and crew forgo the traditional high calorie recipe for more humor and great comic gags. Joining the cast of Epic Meal Time for these jokes, via a special intro and outro, is none other than Stan ‘The Man’ Lee! See Harley and his friends dressed up like the X-men as they make a “Fastfood Scarecrow” with their various mutant powers in the video below:
Being Loki Doesn’t Help Tom Hiddleston In Korea
Oct 24th
While being a villainous Norse god of mischief might get you places in North Korea, it certainly wont help you much in South Korea where actor Tom Hiddleston was recently a guest on the local Saturday Night Live. Airing last Saturday, on an episode hosted by Korean footballer Chung Kyung-Ho, Tom Hiddleston made a goofy guest appearance in a skit about noise issues between neighbors. After making a little noise himself whilst dancing to Bar Bar Bar by Crayon Pop, Hiddleston runs into a series of other SNL Korea guests like America’s K-Pop artist Jay Park, asking them to make More >
Pretty Deadly #1 - Indie Review
Oct 23rd
The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.
Title: Pretty Deadly #1
Genre/s: Western
Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick (Avengers Assemble, Ghost)
Artist: Emma Rios (Captain Marvel, Spider Island: Cloak & Dagger)
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire (Batman Beyond 2.0, Ultimate X-men)
Letterer: Clayton Cowles (Fantastic Four, Zero)
Publisher: Image Comics
Number of Issues: 1
Page Count: 29 (24 of which More >
All New Executive Assistant: Iris #2 Preview
Oct 22nd
Brian Buccellato’s an all-new direction for Executive Assistant Iris continues in the newest volume of the Executive Assistant that started it all. The All New Executive Assistant: Iris #2 hits stores tomorrow and has quite the story after where issue #1 left off. Shao and his cadre of armed mercenaries are about to confront Iris and Maly, but the true conflict is not found in their present, but rather in their past. The brutal sacrifice of Maly’s actions many years ago are now coming back to haunt her, and will force Iris to make a decision she’s not entirely comfortable More >
The Semantics Of Steampunk
Oct 20th
People often blow off semantics as being petty and arbitrary distinctions. It takes a certain amount of arrogance to assume you know what someone else means. At the same time, being unwilling/unable to make those assumptions can be socially crippling. We simplify out of necessity but innovation requires critical engagement to transcend sophomoric definitions. When I say ‘top hat’, you picture what you imagine a ‘top hat’ looks like. A referent is the ‘thing’ that words represent. If your idea of ‘top hat’ is similar enough to mine, we’re able to communicate. Easy, right? Abstract concepts, like themes, should never More >
The Day Of The Doctor Brings 11 Doctors Together For A New Trailer
Oct 19th
“Our future depends on one single moment, of one impossible day. The day I have been running from all my life. The Day of the Doctor.”
We are ever nearing The Day of the Doctor, Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary Special. Set to premiere on November 23rd of this year, 50 years to the day from when the show’s first episode, Unearthly Child, premiered on the BBC. Each day seems to bring us new imagery and interviews about the episode so many Doctor Who fans are counting down to. Today we get a new trailer, and despite the limited collective of Doctors More >
NYCC ’13: Whoopi Goldberg Pitches A Comic On The View
Oct 18th
On today’s episode of The View, actress Whoopi Goldberg shares video of her trip to New York Comic Con last week. There, Whoopi prepared to pitch her new comic idea as any TV show host at a major comic convention might…through brief and comedic interviews with various geek celebrities. Whoopi started out with DC Publisher Dan Didio, who had originally joked about the interaction on his Facebook, and continues to tweet about it today. From there she met with various Geek celebrities, cosplayers, and exhibitors like Frank Beddor, John Barrowman, Kevin Smith, Seth Green, and more. The celebrities, all playing More >
A Decade Of Walking Dead - A Short Documentary
Oct 17th
As many of you now know, the popular zombie comic series known as The Walking Dead has been around for a decade at this point and is commemorating the event with countless activities and media tie-ins. The most recent of these is a new short documentary called The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead. Skybound teamed up with Hyundai and Future US to make this documentary detailing the history of The Walking Dead, its creation, and its creators. The documentary features a whole slew of comic celebrities and some really insightful stories about creator Robert Kirkman and how the comic More >
Reviewing Once Upon a Time - Behind the Magic, A Fit Companion For The Show
Oct 17th
Title: Once Upon a Time-Behind the magic
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Titan Books
Page Count: 176
Price: $16.99
ISBN-13: 9781782760290
The Review Bit
If you enjoy the TV show Once Upon a Time, or if you like it sometimes and argue with it at other times, you’ll find Once Upon a Time - Behind the Magic a good book to have around, perhaps on the coffee table or couch so you can have something to read during commercial breaks or while waiting for the show to start. My review copy is sitting here studded with bookmarks as I try to decide which bits to share and which bits to leave to you to More >
