Jackie Kessler, co-author of Black and White, and Diana Rowland, author of Mark of the Demon, set off across the San Diego Convention Center to talk to Superheros great and otherwise. Their question was simple, “Are supervillains evil or just misunderstood?”
Here is what they found:
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You Cast Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
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Manga & Graphic Novels
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Cage Match–2012!
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Tim Zahn’s “Judge’s Call”
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50 Page Fridays
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Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith collection
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These past few days I’ve been manning the “booth,” or the small space between the Del Rey and Crown booths to be more precise, and haven’t been able to get out and about very often. Today, that changed as my mission morphed from hand out bags to anyone who asks for one (meaning just about [...]
Read MoreI grew up reading comic books.
The New Teen Titans was probably my favorite (I got positively giddy when I was recently watching TT with my sons and saw a Wolfman-scripted episode), with X-Men a close second. (My bat mitzvah present? X-Men #94 – 100 in mint condition. Best. Present. Ever!) But I loved pretty much [...]
Short Films, they’re pretty sweet right? I’ve always been a fan of short stories, so perhaps my love of short films is a natural extension of my admiration for concise storytelling*. After finding the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, it got me thinking about some of my favorite shorts. I have far too [...]
Read MoreI saw this linked on Aaron Williams’ blog (if you don’t know, he’s a web- and traditional-comic book artist who does PS238 and Full Frontal Nerdity, which I really like). It’s a how-to cartoon by Ransom Riggs about taking over the world with nano-technology called “Be Amazing!”
Seems pretty straight-forward to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0dYPnui3rM
It reminded me of [...]
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I absolutely know for a fact that some of the personality traits in the characters in books I've...