My absolute highlight of Comic-Con was seeing the premiere of the trailer for AMC’s The Walking Dead. On my geek-o-meter, this one is off the charts. And why wouldn’t it be? The Walking Dead is arguably the most popular comic …
Continue ReadingBumperboy Bumperboy is a little yellow kid who “borps” from one place to another. With his dog Bumperpup and an assortment of friends, Bumperboy tackles various challenges like riding a bike or the first day of school. Bumperboy is written …
Continue ReadingIt’s been two weeks since Comic-Con and the world has already moved on to the next thing (Gen Con, anyone?) but I’m still sorting through my photos from the trip. There’s such a tremendous amount going on for the four …
Continue ReadingMany amazing things dropped at SDCC this year, and we’re still sifting through the piles of awesome to see what we missed as we watched the flurry of tweets. And one thing that has totally floored us a couple days …
Continue ReadingIn the shadows of Comic-Con’s mega-booths, far away from the booth babes and the thousands of dollars of swag, you’ll find the independent comic writers and artists. While the big kids have luxuriously thick carpeting and custom, multi-tiered booths, these …
Continue ReadingWell, that’s that. After four and a half days of comics, toys, costumes, celebrities, and standing in lines, Comic-Con is over. I checked out the “Last Day” sales in the exhibit halls, attended one last panel, and checked in with …
Continue ReadingIt’s been great watching all of the GeekDad coverage of San Diego Comic-Con, and I am quite envious of the people who were able to attend this year. Fortunately nothing is really that far away on the internet, and I …
Continue ReadingI remember reading Ray Bradbury for the first time in junior high. I had a class called “Reading for Fun” which was basically an open period to encourage us to read; I didn’t really need any encouragement but I couldn’t …
Continue Reading— We’re going to try something different this week. Puzzle I’m going to venture out from behind the keyboard and monitor glow to head out into the real world. Along with GeekDad Jonathan Liu, I’m going to Comic-Con in San …
Continue ReadingMany comics fans lament the way that Comic-Con has become a massive hype machine for Hollywood, the way that movies or TV shows that don’t seem remotely relevant to the geek crowd get the big halls and impossibly long lines. …
Continue ReadingOne of the most highly anticipated panels of Comic-Con was Friday’s discussion about AMC’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s story of the zombie apocalypse, The Walking Dead. The book, which is approaching its seventh anniversary of its first issue, is up …
Continue ReadingDay Three of Comic-Con: my wife wanted to attend Comic-Con with me and we decided to bring both of our daughters, ages three-and-a-half and six-and-a-half. (Unfortunately, at the time we registered, we didn’t realize that Sunday is Kids’ Day or …
Continue ReadingHere’s the gist: the SpectraSound is a little assemble-it-yourself kit that plugs into the audio-out port of your iPod or other audio device, and sends it to a small laser pointer. The device modulates the laser, which is then received …
Continue ReadingOne of the things I love about Comic-Con is the costumes. Ranging from the hastily-slapped-together to the very professional-looking, the costumes make the convention colorful and interesting. It takes a level of commitment to walk around in full regalia (particularly …
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