Thursday, February 9, 2012

Posts Tagged ‘Comic Books’

A Pathfinder Comic Book Is Coming

A Pathfinder Comic Book Is Coming

Friday, January 6, 2012 7:45

Hot on the heels of announcing that a MMORPG based on their Pathfinder RPG is in development, today Paizo Publishing announced that Dynamite Entertainment will be launching a comic series in 2012 based on Pathfinder‘s Golarion setting. I can’t say I am surprised at this news — the Pathfinder RPG has ...

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Collecting Comics with the kids

Collecting Comics with the kids

Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:44

Beautiful wrote about our boys new-found obsession with superheros and that passion was rewarded this Christmas with all manner of swag. The boys got action figures, legos, jammies, and socks with different superheros on them and from all different sources. … Continue reading →

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Bad Island — Not Your Ideal Vacation Spot

Bad Island — Not Your Ideal Vacation Spot

Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:30

Lyle just wants to take his family out on a camping trip. They need some time together as a family, “away from the busyness and distractions,” despite his teenage son’s objections. When their boat gets caught in an unexpected storm, they wind up on a strange island inhabited by some ...

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Kickstarter: Reaping the Rewards

Kickstarter: Reaping the Rewards

Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:30

Since I first started using Kickstarter, I’ve backed about 40 projects, some at the minimum “I just want to help” level and a couple at a higher level with bigger rewards. For the most part, I’ve supported a lot of board games, for which there’s typically a minimum level for ...

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Avengers Parody Highlights Sexism in Comic Culture

Avengers Parody Highlights Sexism in Comic Culture

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:00

At GeekDad, we are happy to dig and explore and question the culture in which we immerse ourselves. So, we are pleased to see the recent work of artist Kevin Bolk. In the image above, Kevin has taken his inks to the latest Avengers promo material and reworked it as ...

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X-Men, Spider-Man Less-Than Super on Nintendo DS

X-Men, Spider-Man Less-Than Super on Nintendo DS

Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:00

Superhero video games seem to run the gamut from the utterly inspired (like the recent Batman Arkham titles) to the laughably unplayable (Superman for the N64). Sadly, it seems as though most licensed comic book titles fall into the latter category. I originally had high hopes for Activision/Silicon Knights’ X-Men: Destiny, ...

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Mark Hamill Signs on to New-Gen’s Comic Book Series and Live-Action Movie!

Mark Hamill Signs on to New-Gen’s Comic Book Series and Live-Action Movie!

Thursday, October 13, 2011 16:01

You may not be aware of it, but Mark Hamill is a huge comic book geek. Yes, the man who played Luke Skywalker and whose second career as a voice actor is second to none gets just as excited by comic books as most of the folks who hang on ...

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GeekGirlCon is This Weekend…See You There?

GeekGirlCon is This Weekend…See You There?

Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:45

Be still my heart! There is actually a convention for us girls now! It’s in Seattle, so those of you on the East Coast have a ways to trek it (haha, I made a geek funny), but there is indeed a convention made “just for her” and it’s called GeekGirlCon! That ...

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Wormworld Saga Finally Arrives on iPad

Wormworld Saga Finally Arrives on iPad

Monday, October 3, 2011 7:15

At the beginning of this year, I wrote about Daniel Lieske’s gorgeous graphic novel The Wormworld Saga, an adventure story that was designed to be read on the screen, with continuous scrolling from the beginning of each chapter to the end without actual page breaks to determine the size of ...

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Mail-Order Mysteries Is More Fun Than a Barrel of Sea-Monkeys

Mail-Order Mysteries Is More Fun Than a Barrel of Sea-Monkeys

Friday, September 30, 2011 8:45

When I was probably 9 or 10 years old, I begged my dad to take me into the freak show tent at the county fair, intrigued by the big airbrushed banners of the Spider Lady and the Human Pretzel. Dad rolled his eyes and grinned, warned me that it was ...

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