Reports and commentary on all things media, including celebrity gossip, pop culture examinations, music commentary, and views on new media/the Internet.
Eugene Ahn, a.k.a. Adam WarRock, describes himself (or at least his lyric-spittin', mad-rhyming alter ego) as a "geek emcee." It may be accurate, but it by no means encompasses the many aspects of the 29-year-old Metro Washington, D.C. resident.
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Tags: Adam WarRock, Artist, Euegene Ahn, FakeAPStylebook, music, musician, War Rocket Ajax
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The title pretty much says it all, no? A giant shuttlecock! Learn slightly more after the jump. Pic by Mr. Charles Hodgkins.
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Tags: Featured Photo, giant shuttlecock, kansas city, photo, summer
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Japanese comics are at the same time awesome and a wholly different beast from American comics. We talked to MangaBookshelf's Melinda Beasi, who offered her insight on reading manga, scanlation sites, and how reading changes when one becomes a critic.
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Tags: comics, Interviews, Japanese Comics, Manga, Melinda Beasi
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Hell on Earth, or something very like it, continues. It's Apocalypse Meh!
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Tags: Apocalypse Meh, artists, comics, creators, Web comic
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You think your office is hell? Pshaw. It's Apocalypse Meh; Hell on Earth ain't what it used to be.
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Tags: Apocalypse Meh, artists, comics, creators, Web comic
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Eisner-nominated "The Guns of Shadow Valley" is a free Web comic that may be the most exciting example of the publishing democratization allowed by the Web. We chatted a bit with co-creator James Andrew Clark.
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Tags: comics, Comics Books, Dave Wachter, Guns of Shadow Valley, James Andrew Clark, web comics
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While surfing the Web for comics, I ended up at the Secret Acres Web site. "What's this?" I asked, "Talking fruit working in an office?" I was immediately hooked by their painfully awkward moments and realistic humor. And thus began my affair with Melanie "Minty" Lewis.
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Tags: comics, Comics Books, Minty Lewis
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Work is hell. Life is hell. Pretty much everything is hell. It's Apocalypse Meh!
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Tags: Apocalypse Meh, Web comic
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