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« Previous EntriesAward-Winning R2-D2 Builder Chris James - Plus R2 Video!
Friday, June 13th, 2008In honor of the RoboGames in San Francisco this weekend*, I present this geektastic interview with award-winning R2 builder Chris James, whose work been seen on bunches of Internet tube stations like Gizmodo, the Official Star Wars Blog, and even The New York Times.
He’s totally internet-famous, people. Which is like being regular-famous, but without [...]
Retro Snark: The Top Five Geek Icons Who Deserve Action Figures In Their Likenesses
Friday, May 9th, 2008In just two weeks, Herobuilders.com can create a personalized 12-inch action figure in your likeness… for only $425. Or, if you think of it in another way… for the cost of an original, G1 Optimus Prime, still in its package. In other words, perfectly reasonable. Especially when you consider the finished product, [...]
Perfect Definition of a Geek
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Fray, a quarterly magazine of “true stories and original art” is seeking geek-themed submissions for their second issue. Their pitch includes this fantastic definition of a geek:
Geeks aren’t Nerds. We are everywhere: superfans, wonks, philes, heads, enthusiasts of the sublimely obscure. We are people who care too much about something others do not [...]
The Top Five Geek Icons You Can’t Believe Are Scientologists
Monday, February 4th, 2008These are two things that I know:
First, it sucks when someone you count on lets you down. Like when the same dude who gives you gems like Lethal Weapon and The Road Warrior turns out to hate on Jews with the same passion with which he worships at the Temple of Boozehounds.
Yeah. I [...]
Geektastic Interview with Stephen Lindsay, Writer and Creator of Jesus Hates Zombies - Part 2
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008(Haven’t you read Part 1, yet? ‘Cause that’s the way we do things around here, buddy. In order.)
Great White Snark: If there is a hell, whom has the Devil contracted to run the place? And, no, it can’t be Michael Bay, because he’s still alive. Duh.
Stephen Lindsay: IF there’s a Hell? [...]
Geektastic Interview with Stephen Lindsay, Writer and Creator of Jesus Hates Zombies - Part 1
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Finally. Someone who enjoys taking the Lord’s name in vain as much as I do.
Please to be meeting Stephen Lindsay, writer and creator of the Jesus Hates Zombies Anthology (for the uninitiated, that’s a graphic novel with a collection of stories) and friend to Great White Snark.
Notice the shout-out to Amazing Fantasy 15?
You might [...]