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The Sacrifice: A Left 4 Dead Comic
Nobody ever asks me why I love Left 4 Dead, and I can’t say as I’m very surprised. It is, without a doubt, the best zombie video game ever made. You can keep your Resident Evils and your Dead Risings … Continue reading
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Night of the Living…Trekkies?
This is a preview for Night of the Living Trekkies, the upcoming novel from Quirk Books (the people behind Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and all the spin-offs and associated properties thereof). Now, I haven’t read Pride and Prejudice and … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – September 13
Today would have been the 94th birthday of Roald Dahl, had he not died almost 20 years ago. This author is responsible for some of the best children’s books of all time. Movies based on his books include: Willy Wonka … Continue reading
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Google Middle Earth
Okay, okay, so it’s not REALLY Google Middle Earth, but it is a complete interactive map of Middle Earth, which is still pretty cool. The control scheme is a bit wonky, but it has a great search function for finding … Continue reading
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A Sandman TV Series Is Supposedly In The Works
[via Heat Vision] Is this good news or bad news? Heat Vision is reporting that Warner Bros. television is working on a TV series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s medium-defining series of graphic novels The Sandman. At the moment, WBTV is … Continue reading
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The Walking Dead Has Already Been Picked Up For A Second Season!
[via Empire] Empire is reporting that the upcoming Frank Darabont-helmed series The Walking Dead has already been picked up for a second season, months before the first season has even started to air! Apparently the buzz has been so great … Continue reading
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Mark Millar Confirms: Kick-Ass 2 Is Happening!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mxBaXHcFw [via Den of Geek] Den of Geek is reporting that in a recent radio interview on BBC Radio 5, Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar confirmed that Kick-Ass 2 is definitely in the works. Even though it kind of bombed at … Continue reading
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A Gallery Of Awesome Calvin and Hobbes-Inspired Artwork
Calvin and Hobbes is, hands-down, the greatest comic of all time. You can keep your Batmans and your Spider-mans and your Peanuts and your Garfields – there is no comic better than Bill Watterson’s amazing stories of a boy and … Continue reading
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Choose Your Own Adventure Books That Never Quite Made It
Something Awful’s Comedy Goldmine is a column that examines some of the best threads in the Something Awful forums. One of my favourites, that I discovered recently, is the collection of Choose Your Own Adventure books that never quite made … Continue reading
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Calvin and Hobbes Go DC
This has been floating around the net for a few days now, and since today is unofficial Batman day, I thought now would be a good time to post it! I love this comic. Not because it’s particularly funny – … Continue reading
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