Author Archives: Pop-Culture Spectrum

Overview of Panels that immediately caught my interest for New York Comic Con 2011

While not all panels have been announced and press events can change everything here, I thought I’d take a moment just to overview the schedule and be slightly prepared.  One can never truly be prepared though.  You always think you’re … Continue reading

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BBF11: Comics Quick Draw!

The first panel I attended at the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival was titled “Comics Quick Draw!”. It featured three of my favorite writer/artists as well as people. Dave Roman, co-creator of Jax Epoch and a writer of Avatar-The Last Airbender … Continue reading

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Authors I Enjoy, and if there was more than one of me

I thought I’d take a better look at the schedule for Brooklyn Book Festival 2011 taking place Sunday, May 18th at Columbus Park in Brooklyn, New York. I will be focusing on the non comics selections this time. So please … Continue reading

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Trying to predict NYCC and reflecting

At last year’s Comic-Con Stan Lee made tons of announcements. The beginning pre-promotion for one of 2011’s best films HANNA began (which just came out on Blu-Ray). SEGA had very pre-release previews of their video game counterparts to CAPTAIN AMERICA … Continue reading

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Three Things Early Extra Things to be aware of at the 2011 New York Comic Con

Jane Espenson, one of Joss Whedon’s right hands and also the creator of WAREHOUSE 13 has developed and is debuting a sitcom web series called HUSBANDS on September 13.  I can only assume that part of her interaction at the … Continue reading

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The Continuing Insurgence of Sequential Storytelling As Accepted Media

    I am currently considering attending the Brooklyn Book Festival as media and barring that just another consumer.  As I look over the schedule of readings and panels I am excited and mesmerized by the amount of “comics” artists … Continue reading

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Some early Cool Things Coming Up at the 2011 New York Comic Con

First of note is the nine course dinner at wd-50 with food writer and SVP of Creative at Marvel C.B. Cebulski and former Vertigo editor turned Marve Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. Oh and Joe Quesada will be there too. While I … Continue reading

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It’s All About Hair Transplants

Novel: PLUGGED Author: Eoin Colfer Publication Date: September 1, 2011 in the US (already out in the UK) Best known for the crazy and wild antics of boy genius ARTEMIS FOWL, as well as what is concidered the sixth book … Continue reading

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Imaginary Friends and Letting Go

Got a late start to the day.  Had some food, then watch a movie and then put together a new thing for the bathroom, might paint later with the special art kit that was purchased for me as a gift … Continue reading

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An Assassin and an Adventurer walk into a bar

Since I’ve started writing about video games, I thought I’d link to a few videos and discuss two of the games I am looking forward to most as 2011 comes to a close and discuss their history in some detail … Continue reading

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