Dr. Horrible — Starring FELICIA DAY
Jun 25According to totally reliable journalistic source Twitter, certain mainstream media blogs have cut out the words “FELICIA DAY” whilst slobbering all over the Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog trailer (below — awesome, no?). In order to remedy that, I am going to just say that Dr. Horrible stars FELICIA DAY and not mention anyone else. After all, if you’re reading this site, you already know exactly what this is and exactly who is involved. So be sure to watch Dr. Horrible, featuring lovely FELICIA DAY, when it comes out this summer! And in the meantime, the trailer has some really great moments with FELICIA DAY. (Also: is that a certain pair of Buffy writers as the news anchors? I’m not even going to mention their names. I’m pretty sure you know who I’m talking about.)
Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
Berkeley-ites: Riches Await You!
Jun 25Hey, do you live in Berkeley? Do you like comics? If so, you might want to toddle on over to Half Price Books (conveniently located next to the amazing Comic Relief on Shattuck), which currently has a small-but-pretty-neat selection of graphic novels available at a con-worthy discount. I spotted some Andi Watson Love Fights, a near-pristine copy of Lynda Barry’s wonderful One Hundred Demons and a couple of Ellis tomes.
Most curiously, there was a copy of Come in Alone signed by the man himself “to Marti.” WTF, Marti?! Why are you giving up your autographed Warren Ellis stuff? I’ll try to give you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you had TWO autographed copies and decided to be generous. Maybe you needed money for text books and Half Price cut you a deal. Maybe you just went through a bad break-up with an Ellis-loving SO and the memories were too painful. Maybe you’re moving somewhere where people are only allowed to have ONE BOOK AT A TIME and you chose something else. Whatever the case, someone else can now benefit from your stupidity/generosity/heartbreak.
Alert Nerdian: Playing Catch-Up
Jun 18
Download: Alert Nerdian broadside PDF – April 2008
Download: Alert Nerdian broadside PNG – April 2008
Download: Alert Nerdian broadside GIF – April 2008
So basically, Alert Nerd came down with the plague for a few months. Well…the third of Alert Nerd that has mad design skills did, anyway. Thus, we’re behind on our Alert Nerdians. We are determined, however, to continue our experimentation with this Warren Ellis brainchild and publish a bushel of broadsides at year’s end. So we are now playing catch-up. Here’s April!
Now that con season is in full swing, feel free to wallpaper the giveaway table with these at your local geek gathering. It’s up to you! More Alert Nerdians coming shortly!
Do You Know What Your Facebook Friends Are?
Jun 12One of my Facebook friends just joined The Facebook Actor’s Registry. Is it just me, or does this immediately call to the nerd-inclined mind the Superhuman Registration Act and/or Mutant Registration Act?
I know, I know…this actor group is all about positive networking and not, like, keeping creepy big brother tabs on people so they can’t use their actor powers for evil. I mean, SUPPOSEDLY.
Genius Idea — All Yours For $0!
Jun 09OK. So lots of Galactica debate this season about that last Cylon. Some of that debate revolves around…well, not who that Cylon is, but how on Earth said revelation can possibly be satisfying. Right?
So here’s my brilliant idea. Don’t make it someone in your existing cast of characters. Baltar? Wants it too bad. Starbuck? Played. Roslin? Obvious. Adama? Shock value, yawn. Lee? Oh, who cares? (He looks cute in his suit, though.) No, no! Instead, they should totally have a big contest and the winner gets to BE the final Cylon! Yes! The fans will get excited in a new and different way! Some lucky person gets a walk-on and the producers get a truly surprising plot twist! Everybody wins!
I’m thinking it should be something like a competition to see who can write the most inappropriate fanfic. Who’s with me?
