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November 25, 2012
Lo Pan Style (Big Trouble in Little China/Gangnam Style Parody)
A truly great tribute to Big Trouble in Little China. (Watch for a cameo by James Hong- Lo Pan himself!)
The Next Star Wars Trilogy
Today, I was talking with my friend Mysterious Pants about the future of the Star Wars movies, and the crazy rumors swirling around what’s coming with them. Things like that they may be doing one movie a year for three years (which I believe), that Clone Wars will be yanked from Cartoon Network after this year (which could happen, given that Disney doesn’t own Cartoon Network), and that they may bring back Darth Vader (not true, I hope).
He thinks if they bring back Vader, it will be a clone....
November 24, 2012
November 20, 2012
The Fox’s Tale- #Free On #Kindle (for this week only!)
I’ve put my newest collection of flash fiction stories The Fox’s Tale up for free on Kindle as part of my five days of Kindle Select free pricing I get every three months. So if you want to check it out and you own a kindle or use a kindle reader- check it out!
Rob
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Thought for the Day: Photo Bots
I was listening to This Week in Tech today, and in this week’s show Brian Brushwood pointed out something I hadn’t thought of. There are two things on a collision course right now- Facial Recognition Technology and Privacy.
As more and more people put their information into Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and whatever else pops up, they’re leaving a huge data trail which can be used to build a profile of who they are. This is nothing new, of course, and anyone using the Web should be well aware of...
November 18, 2012
Perhaps one of the coolest car commercials I have ever seen.
It helps if you understand the cultural obsession Asia has with food and food stands, but anyone can appreciate this beautiful piece of animation.
November 13, 2012
China’s Future: Military Government or Civil War?
Gordon Chang: China’s 18th Party Congress | TVO Main.
For better or worse, I think Gordon Chang is right. China is on course for what at best may be a military government, and at worst may be a full-on civil war- and it could happen literally overnight. This might not sound like a big deal to most of you reading this, but consider that China is perhaps one of the largest players in the Global Supply Chain, and is manufacturing products (or components of products) that you buy everyday. Almost...
November 10, 2012
A Plea from a Comic Retailer regarding the Disney/Lucasfilm merger…
It seems most people are happy about the merger, and think that Disney has done right by the properties it has acquired. But apparently, according to the owners of Toronto’s Beguiling comic book store, this isn’t entirely so…
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Editorial: Keep the Star Wars comic books at Dark Horse, please.
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2012
We don’t normally write editorials like this on our blog, preferring to remain more ‘comics agnostic’ when it come...
