http://www.geeksofdoom.com Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright © Geeks of Doom 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ webmaster@geeksofdoom.com (Geeks of Doom) webmaster@geeksofdoom.com (Geeks of Doom) Comics, Movies, Technology, Video Games, Books, Toys, Geeks, Geek, Television, TV, Music, Film 1440 http://geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2010/04/2010-04-27-geeksofdoomcast144.jpg http://www.geeksofdoom.com 144 144 Your weekly geek infusion The official podcast for all things Geek Comics, Movies, Technology, Video, Games, Books, Toys, Geeks Geeks of Doom Geeks of Doom webmaster@geeksofdoom.com no no http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/02/05/super-bowl-2012-comics-style/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/02/05/super-bowl-2012-comics-style/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:25:02 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=137014

As I write this, the New York Giants are facing off against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Artist Vincent Aparo had his own idea of what the Giants Vs. Patriots would look like with a comics-inspired piece of art that's an homage to fellow artist Scott C and his Great Showdowns series [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/02/05/super-bowl-2012-comics-style/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/18/neil-gaiman-trent-reznor-other-artists-open-letter-to-washington-regarding-sopa-pipa/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/18/neil-gaiman-trent-reznor-other-artists-open-letter-to-washington-regarding-sopa-pipa/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:15:02 +0000 The Movie God http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=133951

A group of artists have written an open letter to Washington regarding the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP) acts that have led numerous websites to go dark in protest today.

Artists include American Gods, Sandman, and Neverwhere author Neil Gaiman, comedian/actor Aziz Ansari, and Nine Inch Nails frontman and Oscar winning composer Trent Reznor, just to name a few.

The letter was posted on the Stop The Wall website, and you can read it in full below, including a list of those who have signed it. [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/18/neil-gaiman-trent-reznor-other-artists-open-letter-to-washington-regarding-sopa-pipa/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/15/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace-3d-gets-five-new-posters/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/15/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace-3d-gets-five-new-posters/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:01:05 +0000 BAADASSSSS! http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=133017

Five new posters for the upcoming 3D reissue of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace have been released.

You can check them out here below.

Darth Maul has been the major focus of the poster campaign for the first in George Lucas' grand plan to re-release all six of the Star Wars films in 3D. The designs of the posters stray from the established look of the artwork done for the initial release of the prequel trilogy by the now-retired Drew Struzan, but these are some striking images. [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/15/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace-3d-gets-five-new-posters/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/08/the-sandmans-death-by-j-scott-campbell/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/08/the-sandmans-death-by-j-scott-campbell/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:35:48 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=131148

J. Scott Campbell is one of my favorite artists who's worked on one of my favorite comic books, Danger Girl. But, my favorite comic book series of all time (which you have heard and will continue to hear me say) is Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.

One of the characters introduced in The Sandman is Death, sister to the Sandman himself, Morpheus. Campbell recently tweeted to Gaiman a link to his DeviantArt page of his rendition of Death, and it's a real beauty. Check it out here above [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/01/08/the-sandmans-death-by-j-scott-campbell/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/check-out-this-frank-frazetta-inspired-mickey-mouse-art/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/check-out-this-frank-frazetta-inspired-mickey-mouse-art/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:44:46 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=130963

Artist John Quinn did a painting for a presentation for the people at Disney of Mickey Mouse and Pluto in a Frank Frazetta style and setting [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/check-out-this-frank-frazetta-inspired-mickey-mouse-art/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/quirks-holiday-greetings-urge-you-to-devour-more-books/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/quirks-holiday-greetings-urge-you-to-devour-more-books/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:31:56 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=130513

Another year, another cool holiday greeting from Quirk Books, publisher of awesomeness like Night of the Living Trekkies, The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, as well as their upcoming release, Jason Heller's Taft 2012.

This year's holiday greetings came in the form of a hand-signed and numbered original limited edition silk screened print by Tim Gough that urged everyone to "devour more books" - and I happened to think that that's a great suggestion!

Check out a photo of my print, which was 117 of 500, here below [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/31/quirks-holiday-greetings-urge-you-to-devour-more-books/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/29/buy-a-batman-print-help-an-artist-in-need/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/29/buy-a-batman-print-help-an-artist-in-need/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:53:46 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=130662

Artist Madeleine Flores, creator of the comic The Girl and the Gorilla, was recently ended up in the emergency room in a neck brace and thanks to her lack of healthcare plan, she now has some unexpected large medical bills to pay off. Therefore, she's lowered the prices on some of her artwork over at her site Little Love Monster.

She's got some really cute stuff, like the Batman-themed print at top here called Batman and Friends, which you can purchase. You'd not only be supporting an indie comics creator and artist, but helping out someone in need who could use the money for their medical bills [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/29/buy-a-batman-print-help-an-artist-in-need/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/23/project-rooftop-andy-trabbloids-firestorm-redesign/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/23/project-rooftop-andy-trabbloids-firestorm-redesign/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:00:47 +0000 MK2Fac3 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=128989

Artist Andy Trabbold took a shot at doing a redesign of Firestorm, the DC Comics superhero, and it is totally awesome.

For those of you that don't follow Project Rooftop, it's a place that showcases fan art redesigns of popular characters from all of pop culture. They've had contests on redesigning Wonder Woman, Invincible, and many other characters in the past, and while there aren't any big contests going on right now, there a couple of gems here and there. And the Andy Trabbold redesign of Firestorm is one of those gems [...] ]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/23/project-rooftop-andy-trabbloids-firestorm-redesign/feed/ 1 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/22/batman-infographic-covers-a-lot-of-bat-suits/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/22/batman-infographic-covers-a-lot-of-bat-suits/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:00:20 +0000 MK2Fac3 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=129661

ScreenRant's Ben Moore has shown dedication and patience by putting together a nearly all-encompassing infographic in what he calls "Every 'Significant' Bat-Suit Ever" and it's pretty cool.

Check out the full infographic here below [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/22/batman-infographic-covers-a-lot-of-bat-suits/feed/ 2 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-the-community-cast-drawn-as-batman-villains/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-the-community-cast-drawn-as-batman-villains/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:23:42 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=128115

I saw this artwork by DeviantArt user Kinjamin of the cast of the NBC sitcom Community as Batman villains and thought, hey, pretty cool.

So, I emailed the link to our Batman expert MK2FAC3 figuring he'll dig it and maybe want to write something up about it. His response was "Something about this kinda makes me want to kill something." I think it had something to do with the Batman Returns catsuit, it made him see red [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-the-community-cast-drawn-as-batman-villains/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-this-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-street-mural/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-this-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-street-mural/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:29:25 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=127912

Rise of the Planet of the Apes arrives on DVD and Blu-ray today. In conjunction with the release, street artist Anthony Lister created a huge Apes-inspired mural in Los Angeles.

The Australian-born street artist worked throughout the nights over this past weekend to complete the piece.

Check out the time-lapsed video here below of Lister's creation of this mural from start to finish; there's also a video of Lister talking about his mural and the film that includes some b-roll footage and soundclips from the film [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/13/check-out-this-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-street-mural/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/10/holiday-geek-gift-guide-2011-art-prints/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/10/holiday-geek-gift-guide-2011-art-prints/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:53:20 +0000 Goodman http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=126909

Welcome to the Geeks of Doom Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2011: Art Prints edition!

With the popularity of Geek-related art prints on the rise, now's the time to jump on board and get your hands on some art related to your favorite movie, tv, comics, or video game series.

Be sure to continue on below now to check out the 2011 Art Print guide now! [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/10/holiday-geek-gift-guide-2011-art-prints/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/09/disneyland-paris-sleeping-beauty-castle-made-with-50000-folds-of-paper/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/09/disneyland-paris-sleeping-beauty-castle-made-with-50000-folds-of-paper/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:00:00 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=127512

It took paper artist Paul Jackson three weeks' times and 50,000 folds of paper to recreate Disneyland Paris' Sleeping Beauty Castle and the results are awesome.

After four weeks of planning for the project, Jackson used 20 different paper-folding techniques to create a 10-foot “pop-up” origami sculpture at the Pancras International station in London, England, where it's currently on display [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/09/disneyland-paris-sleeping-beauty-castle-made-with-50000-folds-of-paper/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/04/behold-the-gingerbread-at-at/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/04/behold-the-gingerbread-at-at/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:22:33 +0000 Empress Eve http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=126477

I love gingerbread creations, so chances are I'll be posting any interesting finds in the world of massive, creative gingerbread constructions.

I also am crazy in love with Star Wars, which is why I totally dig this Gingerbread AT-AT, which is currently on display at Orange County's Discovery Science Museum [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/12/04/behold-the-gingerbread-at-at/feed/ 0 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/11/30/francesco-francavillas-variant-cover-for-archie-meets-kiss-reminds-me-what-love-is/ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/11/30/francesco-francavillas-variant-cover-for-archie-meets-kiss-reminds-me-what-love-is/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:06:48 +0000 MK2Fac3 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/?p=125582

I'm really kind of ashamed to admit that I don't read Archie Comics regularly. There's no reason for me not to, I mean, I don't dislike them. In fact, I like them a lot more than a great deal of comics I read on a regular basis. Sure, sometimes Archie and the gang don't provide a whole lot of excitement for a lot of readers, but then they go and do something like bringing KISS to Riverdale. And what could be better than that? Only one thing, getting Francesco Francavilla on variant cover duties.

You can check out the cover below. [...]]]> http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/11/30/francesco-francavillas-variant-cover-for-archie-meets-kiss-reminds-me-what-love-is/feed/ 2