By Lisa Fary – I was concerned about becoming a mass of fangirl nerves while talking to Claudia Christian. Susan Ivanova, her character on Babylon 5, is not only one of my all-time favorite women in science fiction, she was also a personal role model for me when I first took charge of a classroom. So yes, there were nerves flitting about when I called her.
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Janet Lee Carey’s latest young adult novel, Stealing Death, is due in September of this year. In this interview, she talks about her novel, writing YA literature, and teaching young writers.
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Violet Wings, the new YA novel by Victoria Hanley, is an infectious fairytale that tween girls will love. In this interview, Ms. Hanley talks about what makes a compelling heroine, creating the fairy world, and what our earthly society can learn from it.
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For your viewing pleasure, we have video of the Chuck and Heroes panels in their entirety from Comic-Con. Video after the jump.
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Today’s Panels: Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Futurama, Simpsons, V, Fringe, True Blood Related Stuff:
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler TODAY’S PANELS: Dollhouse (including a showing of episode 13!), 24, Bones, and TV Guide Magazine: SciFi Hot List panel (V, Eastwick, Flash Forward, Big Bang Theory, Vampire Diaries) Related Stuff:
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by Juliana Weiss & Josh Roessler This is the first year that Josh and I have attended Thursday at Comic-Con. This is also the first year that I have been royally pissed at Comic-Con. Connected? I don’t know. Maybe the line blows every year on Thursday to get into the Con, but after Josh and [...]
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by Teresa Jusino – I came across Molly Crabapple’s work the way I come across so many things these days – on Twitter. Someone posted a link to Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, an affordable life-drawing class with a Gilded Age feel for which one pays about ten dollars to sketch burlesque performers in scintillating poses, and I was immediately intrigued! As I explored the website for this class, which is now being franchised in cities all over the world, I became more and more interested in the creative mind behind it. Visits to her website lead to searching for her work everywhere and becoming an instant fan. She’s illustrated for clients like Marvel Comics, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Playgirl as well as eight books, including her own.
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The Warehouse 13 conference call was the most lively call of this nature that I’ve been on. Stars Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly and producers David Simkins and Jack Kenney are so genuinely excited about the show and all have such great rapport that it was hard not to be infected by it. Read the transcript after the jump.
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Jimmy Palmiotti talks to Pink Raygun’s Rachel Pandich about the new Power Girl series, writing from a woman’s perspective, and whether Power Girl can take Wonder Woman in a fight.
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By Rachel Pandich – Any fangirl (or fanboy) that has been to a “nerd” convention of any kind knows how testosterone driven they can be. The male to female ratio tends to be 10:1, or at least sometimes it feels that way. That gender gap grows when you look at just the artists, writers and creators at the booths and panels. This is why it was so refreshing when a friend pointed out a writer/creator coming up in the geek culture ranks who is a female.
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Firefly fans saddle up for a new adventure! By Worldof Higlet – Ever since Firefly, Joss Whedon’s series for Fox that was cut short by the network in, fans of the show have been battling for more of the ‘Verse. The excellent DVD sales persuaded Universal to fund and release the feature film Serenity which was a hit with fans and brought more supporters into the fold.
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It’s the Oscars and Emmys for geeks! Nominations for the 35th annual Saturn Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on June 25th. We have the complete list after the jump.
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I met Abede Lovelace and Shaun Noel at this year’s New York Comicon where they were promoting their comic, City of Walls. The series is the story of three kids growing up in Kowloon City, an isolated and independent city formed by many conjoined buildings.
After the convention, I had the chance to talk with Abede, the comic’s creator and artist, about City of Walls and the plight of American comics.
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The only time I get stereotypically girly is when a bug invades my space. They’re creepy, they’re crawly, and they haunt my dreams. I don’t like bugs.
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By Juliana Weiss-Roessler Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog wasn’t the only online video project born during the WGA Strike. Related Stuff:
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By Teresa Jusino
If you go to comic conventions, you get used to seeing a lot of strange things: strange costumes, weird drawings, odd conversations about aliens or superpowers or the minutiae of cult television shows. You get so used to seeing the strange that the strange becomes normal. Half-naked anime chicks? Been there, done that. Zombies? Yeah, about 500 of them.
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I wonder if Tricia Helfer is prepared to answer questions about Battlestar Galactica for the rest of her life. This week, Pink Raygun was on a conference call with Helfer in promotion of her appearance on USA’s Burn Notice, but the first question was about BSG.
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