Category: A Moment of Geek
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“Where is everybody..?”
Lunchtime Reading: Geek Masculinity and the Myth of the Fake Geek Girl
Pure Joy
Mo(o)re Lovecraft in 2013
After the overall fizzle of DC’s so-called “New 52”, the remarkably ill-conceived and even more poorly executed Before Watchmen, my ongoing disinterest in anything that Marvel’s “House of Ideas” — or should that be “House of ‘Ideas'”? — has to offer, to say nothing of the genuinely heartbreaking news that Dave Sim is likely turning his back on comics altogether… well, the news that Alan Moore is working on a new miniseries about the life of H.P. Lovecraft has gotten me excited about comics again.
I’m not the first person to say this, but…
A Moment of Geek: Argo, Kirby, Parks
I’ve long been fascinated by the so-called Canadian Caper — particularly by the role that comics legend Jack Kirby played. The idea that the Canadian Government and CIA concocted such a daring and imaginative plan to rescue six diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis is pre-made for Hollywood. I think […]