‘American Gods’: Interview with P. Craig Russell
It is surely a sign when you are aching for comfort reading and the ‘American Gods’ offer you an interview with P. Craig Russell. Read on.
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Interview with Sam Sykes Author of ‘Pathfinder Tales Shy Knives’
‘Shy Knives,’ the latest ‘Pathfinder Tales’ novel as been set free into the wild and is available right now for you enjoyment. Shaia “Shy” Ratani is an excellent depiction of a morally-ambiguous rogue tasked with solving a nobleman’s murder. Like any good adventure, Shy quickly gets involved in something much larger.
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GeekKid Weekly Roundup — 10/22/16
Let’s see what the GeekKids had been up to this week.
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‘Waxwork’ Star Zach Galligan Discusses New Collector’s Series Blu-ray Double Feature
GeekDad speaks to Zach Galligan about the new Vestron Video Collector’s Series ‘Waxwork’ and ‘Waxwork II: Lost In Time’ Blu-ray releasing October 18, 2016.
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Hero Within – Clothing for the Superhero in All of Us
Tony Kim, the founder of Hero Within, is a man on a mission–to take traditional geek fashion, so often limited to novelty t-shirts and caps, and add a new element of sophisticated refinement. Come along as we talk about comic books, the immigrant experience, and what really makes a hero.
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3 Things NOT to Say to Your Kid’s New Teacher
To help you avoid the Parent Black List at school, I have narrowed down my parent-teacher faux pas to 3 things you should not say to your kid’s new teacher
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Interview with the Fangirl Therapist
In Fangirl Therapy, therapist Kathleen Smith (the blogger behind the popular Fangirl Therapy site) speaks directly to those of us who identify as fangirls.
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‘Robyn Hood’ Finale – Interview With Writer Pat Shand
Zenescope’s ‘Robyn Hood’ series comes to an end and Dakster has the details from writer Pat Shand.
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Q&A with Gene Luen Yang
In celebration of Children’s Book Week, I had the opportunity to interview Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
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Developing Fun: Artgig Apps
I’m always looking for developers creating great apps filled with fun & no in-app purchases. Today I would like to introduce you to Artgig Apps.
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Faith Erin Hicks Interview for ‘The Nameless City’
Faith Erin Hicks is one of the stars of today’s graphic novel scene. Here is an interview about her latest creation, ‘The Nameless City,’ an action-adventure story set in ancient Asia.
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Interview: The Gorramn Shiniest’s Monica Valentinelli
Today GeekMom Mel welcomes writer and game designer (among other things!) Monica Valentinelli to GeekMom. Monica is celebrating the release of her new book,’ The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Language Guide in the ‘Verse!’
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Developing Fun: Key Stage Fun
I turned to my iPad for homework help and discovered Key Stage Fun, the developer behind a whole range of fun, intuitive, fully customizable learning apps.
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Canadian Heritage Minutes Turns 25
25 years later, Historica Canada Heritage Minutes are as much a part of Canadian culture as maple syrup and hockey; both of which are profiled in this collection of short films.
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Here Comes the Flood! A Digital Game of Wetness Protection
Interview with Melissa Carlson, digital producer of a game about flood protection.
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Delilah Dirk’s Second Adventure!
Join GeekMom for an interview with Tony Cliff, the author of ‘Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling,’ the second swashbuckling adventure. We chat about the action, the friendships, and the fashion of the new graphic novel.
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Catching Up With ‘Automan’ Himself, Chuck Wagner
Sure, you may remember Chuck Wagner as the star of ‘Automan,’ but he’s been enjoying success throughout the entertainment industry in the thirty-plus years since the television series ended. GeekDad was fortunate enough to connect with Mr. Wagner to satisfy some questions we had about ‘Automan’ and what he’s been up to in the intervening years
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Writer Ryan North Talks New ‘Squirrel Girl #1’
Before giving Squirrel Girl new life, writer Ryan North enjoyed success writing ‘Dinosaur Comics,’ a creative collaboration with William Shakespeare in ‘To Be or Not To Be,’ and the ‘Adventure Time’ comic book series. Ryan was a natural fit for an all-ages, humorous side to the Marvel Universe. He sat down with GeekDad to talk about this series, and life as a writer.
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GeekDad Interviews Buzz Aldrin
GeekDad had a rare opportunity to speak with world-famous astronaut, author, actor, and activist Buzz Aldrin about the recent excitement surrounding Mars, the future of space exploration, and the final days of his “Get Your Ass To Mars” t-shirt campaign.
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Project Sansar: Giving Virtual Reality a Second Life
Discussing Project Sansar, a tool for building virtual-reality experiences, with Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg.
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Exclusive: Drew Weing’s ‘The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo’ Lands at First Second
First Second Books recently acquired Drew Weing’s amazing ‘The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo’ (which updates weekly online) for a series of books, and the first is scheduled to come out in September 2016. We recently caught up with Drew to chat about his process, taking ‘Margo’ to First Second, and monster hunters.
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Creating ‘Little Robot’: Ben Hatke Interview
Ben Hatke, best known for his ‘Zita the Spacegirl’ series, has a new book called ‘Little Robot.’ What was the creation like? Check out this interview!
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Actor Jon Heder Gets Funny & Sort of Strange in Our Q&A
GeekMom Rachel asks the actor best known as Napoleon Dynamite about his new Disney XD show ‘Pickle and Peanut’—and he has some pretty entertaining responses.
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GeekDad Interviews Lev Grossman
GeekDad was lucky enough to be granted an interview with Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians, The Magician’s Land, and The Magician King.
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A New Comic That Is Out of This World!
“Asphodel is an underworld myth for space opera fans. Whenever you see a “god” of some sort in the realm of science fiction, it’s often in the form of a technologically advanced alien race, or an A.I., and I wanted to play with the concepts in Michio Kaku’s books, giving humanity a shot at godhood for once.”
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GeekDad Interviews Simon Bisley
GeekDad sits down with comics artist Simon Bisley for an interview at the Motor City Comic Con 2015 in Novi, Michigan.
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What’s the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium?
GeekMom Mel asks fifteen year Gen Con veteran and past Gen Con Writer’s Symposium Guest of Honor Anton Strout what he thinks of the Writer’s Symposium, and what other folks could glean from the experience.
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Shanna Germain From Monte Cook Games Says, “No Thank You, Evil!”
Geek-of-many-trades Shanna Germain was kind enough to answer a few questions for GeekMom this week about games, geekhood, and more!
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Win a Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo Prize Pack
The southeast is no stranger to fan conventions. We’re already home to notable fantasy, comic, and anime cons, but what you may not realize is that we also have our very own homegrown retro-gaming event.
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An Interview with Caldecott Medal Winner Dan Santat
It seems that every other book my youngest daughter reads is either drawn by, written by, or drawn and written by Dan Santat. So we were really happy when we learned that he won the 2015 Caldecott Award—and Geekdad was happy to be able to chat with Santat about Beekle, his career, and being a geeky dad.
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