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August 14, 2014 · 3:49 am

Interview: David Ury and ‘Everybody Dies: A Children’s Book For Grown-Ups’

David Ury and “Everybody Dies: A Children’s Book For Grown-Ups”

Daivd Ury is really onto something. Who is David Ury? you may ask. Most likely, you’ve seen him around, getting throttled, axed, murdered, or most notably, having an ATM fall on him in AMC’s critically-acclaimed “Breaking Bad.” Yes, he’s one of those character actors that you like but might not know unless you’re looking in the right places. Ury has definitely been working hard. You can catch his hilarious collaboration with his alter-ego, Kevin Tanaka, right here:

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Filed under Books, Children's Books, Comic-Con, Comic-Con 2014, Death, Illustration, Interviews

Tagged as Art, arts, Books, Breaking Bad, Children's Books, Comic-Con, Death, Entertainment, Humor, Illustration, Interviews, Pop Culture, Television

July 14, 2014 · 7:40 pm

Comic-Con 2014: Craig Ferguson and ‘Game Of Thrones’

We’ll have to wait until next year for Conan O’Brien at Comic-Con. But Craig Ferguson has got Comic-Con covered for 2014 in a most appropriate role. The Scottish-born late night host is set to moderate HBO’s Game of Thrones panel Friday at Comic-Con.

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Filed under Cable, Comic-Con, Comic-Con 2014, Game Of Thrones, HBO, Television

Tagged as Cable, Comic-Con, Craig Ferguson, Entertainment, Game of Thrones, HBO, Pop Culture, Television

June 25, 2014 · 4:00 pm

Occupy Google and Saving The Internet

If you don’t take a stand for net neutrality, corporations, like cable companies, are more than happy to sound off against it by creating fake people’s campaigns. Corporations are people too, right? Time is running out to make YOUR VOICE heard in the latest test to a free Internet.

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Tagged as Activism, Activists, Amazon, Apple, Cable, Comcast, Entertainment, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Net Neutrality, Netflix, Occupy Google, Pop Culture, Protest, Tech, Technology, Television, Web

June 16, 2014 · 7:12 am

Henry Chamberlain’s Campaign To Support A Comics Reviewer and Creator

From Henry Chamberlain’s “Ballard Comics”

I am heading out to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year and this is the year that we take things to a new level. With your support, we can do some exciting new things here at Comics Grinder and beyond. You can check out the new campaign, “Support A Comics Reviewer and Creator,” over at GoFundMe right here.

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Review: THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN Premiere Episode, Season Five, Wednesday, June 4 at 10PM ET/PT

We love science. We love Science Channel. And we love Morgan Freeman. So, what can be better than a whole new season of THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN? To launch the fifth season, we explore the question, “Is Poverty Genetic?”

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DVD Blu-ray Review: DAN CURTIS’ DRACULA (1974)

The early 1970s made possible a very cool television movie starring legendary tough guy actor Jack Palance as Dracula. Imagine Clint Eastwood as Dracula. Close, but no cigar. Today, Liam Neeson could do it, but he probably won’t. The ’70s were a good time for vampires, along with zombies. It was a more innocent time. They had not even begun to claw the surface of today’s oversaturation. Dracula, as both a literary and horror figure, played well with audiences. And certain older actors were welcome too. There was something about Palance, his affinity for the dark side, that made him a natural for the role.

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Filed under Dark Shadows, Dracula, movies, MPI Home Video, Richard Matheson, Television, Vampires

Tagged as Blu-ray, Bram Stoker, Dan Curtis, Dark Shadows, Dracula, DVD, Entertainment, Home Video, Horror, Horror Movies, Jack Palance, Movies, MPI Home Video, Pop Culture, Richard Matheson, Television, Transylvania, Vampires

April 16, 2014 · 11:03 pm

Interview: Ken Pisani and ‘Colonus’

“Colonus,” script by Ken Pisani, art by Arturo Lauria

Ken Pisani has always been balancing a number of interesting things. Right now, there is a focus on “Colonus,” a sci-fi dystopian work that will appear in Dark Horse Comics Presents and subsequently be published as a graphic novel by Dark Horse Comics. As Pisani explains, this is a story of what happens when the bad guys go after the even badder guys!

As you will see when you check out the 8-page opener, “Colonus” is set on Mars and Venus, after the demise of Earth. The elite made it to Mars. Everyone else made it to Venus. Somewhere along the line, Mars got dumped on by its inhabitants to the point where Venus started to look good. And, to the credit of the crew on Venus, they created something remarkable through their blood, sweat, and tears. Are they going to let the new Martians take over their new Venus? Not very likely! Check out the opener here.

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Filed under Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents, Interviews, Ken Pisani, science fiction, The Geekie Awards

Tagged as Arturo Lauria, comics, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Comics Presents, dystopian fiction, Entertainment, graphic novels, Interviews, Ken Pisani, Media, Movies, Pop Culture, Reality Television, Reality TV, Science Fiction, Television

April 15, 2014 · 1:14 am

Review: ‘Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine’ by Tim Hanley

If Wonder Woman did not exist, surely she would have to be created, right? As comic book historian Tim Hanley makes clear in his new book, “Wonder Woman Unbound,” there never was just one Wonder Woman and, lucky for us, she has emerged as the symbol we are all familiar with. But just how familiar? Yeah, what is Wonder Woman all about? That my friend is worthy of a book and here is that book.

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Tagged as Bondage, Book Reviews, Books, comics, Entertainment, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, graphic novels, Media, Movies, Pop Culture, Sex, Symbols, Television, Women, Wonder Woman

April 7, 2014 · 11:02 pm

Comic-Con 2015: Conan O’Brien To Broadcast TBS Show

Conan “The Flaming C” O’Brien

Yes, you read that right, Conan O’Brien will be broadcasting from Comic-Con in 2015. True Comic-Con fans are quite familiar with announcements made way in advance. I’m sure Conan will get a lot of love and support from his fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Details follow from Deadline Hollywood:

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Tagged as Comic-Con, Comic-Con International, comics, Conan, Conan O'Brien, Entertainment, Geeks, Nerds, Pop Culture, San Diego, San Diego Comic-Con, TBS, Television

April 7, 2014 · 6:03 am

The Geekie Awards and Comics Grinder

Comics Grinder has submitted its entry in the Best Website/Blog category for this year’s THE GEEKIE AWARDS. Check it out right here.

We work best when we work together and support each other. That’s what The Geekie Awards are all about. I invite my readers to celebrate this move forward and feel free to join in support of Comics Grinder.

THINGS YOU CAN DO:

LIKE the Comics Grinder Facebook Page here.

LIKE the Comics Grinder page at The Geekie Awards here.

LIKE my entry in the Comics/Graphic Novel category here.

The Geekie Awards celebrate excellence in various fields of geeky activity. It’s a way to shine a spotlight on some of the best pop culture out there. Here’s The Geekie Awards mission statement:

The Geekie Awards® is an award show by geeks for geeks™, aimed at putting the true geek culture in the spotlight as a collection of valid, respected, award- winning genres for storytelling and creation. In an industry filled with award shows for established celebrities, we honor talented, independent creators and give them the opportunity to receive recognition in front of a worldwide audience and leaders in their respective industries. We inspire creativity and hope and foster cross-market innovation. Our mission is to create a fun, action-packed, unforgettable broadcast event tailored to all of the things we geeks love: entertainment, gaming, products and art—delivered via the latest digital technologies.

Pretty awesome. You can enter yourself or just find out more by visiting our friends at The Geekie Awards right here.