It’s All Geek to Me: The PoP!ulation
We spout off about the PoP!ulation quite a lot around these parts, but what exactly doe sit mean? It’s like the October 19th of fandom in some ways. It’s whatever you think it is in your hearts.
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It’s All Geek to Me: Joker Immunity
Sometimes characters can live past the point of believability, like a certain Clown Prince of Crime…
It’s All Geek to Me: Shipping
Superman and Wonder Woman are now a couple, but the desire to see two characters hook-up goes back quite a long way.
Sep 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek To Me – “The Reset Button”
The act of revamping or reinventing a well-known property has been utilized by the comic industy for decades, but nowadays it seems that this technique has spread out to other forms of popular media.
Jul 22, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me: Rule 34
What has seen cannot be seen. If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions. Learn a little bit more about the rule that ensures you’ll never look at your favorite cartoon characters the same, on this week’s ‘It’s All Geek to Me’.
It’s All Geek To Me: Shawarma
Even if you haven’t seen ‘The Avengers’ by now, you’ve undoubtedly heard the buzz surrounding the end credits sequence. No, not that one. The shawarma one. What is shawarma, you ask? Let Jason Knize feed your mind while you feed your face.
Jun 17, 2012 | 18 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me: SORAS & PRAU
Remember when your friend’s baby went from 6 months old to a pre-teen overnight? No? That’s because SORAS and PRAU don’t exists in real life, only in fiction.
Jan 23, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me: Otaku
We’ve all heard the terms “geek” and “nerd”, but what about “otaku”? Find out where this oft-used term of Japanese fandom originated, and what it means, in this edition of ‘It’s All Geek to Me’!
Nov 14, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me: Machinima
Video games aren’t just for playing. Some fans are using video games as animation studios. A growing amateur hobby, machinima is created by a wide range of directors, and is starting to enjoy mainstream success.
Sep 11, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek To Me: Filk Music
You may consider yourself a well-rounded fangirl or fanboy, but do you know about filk music? Ever visited a filk con? Learn more about this art form that goes back to the 1920s, and how it’s growing and changing in the information age.
It’s All Geek To Me – “The Uncanny Valley”
Ever wonder why ultra-realistic robots and animated characters creep us out so much? Well, there is an actual scientific term that explains exactly why “realistic” portrayals of humanity give most people the heebie jeebies.
Aug 18, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Alternate Realities vs. Divergent Timelines
It’s the last in our series of reality bending, multiversal lexical adventures – explore with us the intricacies of fractured timelines and spontaneous universal divergence. Where’s Quinn Mallory when you really need him? Oh yeah… banging Mystique.
Jun 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Relaunch vs. Reboot
Try though DC may to convince us this is naught but a relaunch, Babs here running around in the… well… Babs running around at all sure does imply something more akin to a reboot. But what’s the difference, you ask?
Jun 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Event Fatigue
Sometimes it seems comic publishers are flooding the market with event books. It’s only logical to feel exhausted.
Jun 13, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – The Worf Effect
When a character needs to quickly be seen as a badass, this is the trope that will probably get used.
May 16, 2011 | 10 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Gimmick
Professional wrestling is rich with its own vocabulary and inside terms. However, the entire concept of professional wrestling can be summed up in one word, ‘gimmick’. Learn more about it, this week on ‘It’s All Geek to Me’!
May 08, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Multiverse
Multiverses. Without them, everyone from Quinn Mallory to the Exiles would’ve been out of a job, and we’d be without a red son and a supreme squadron. But what are the true ramipercussions of such infinite possibilities?
Apr 23, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Canon
Alright nerds and nerdettes… Spring break is over and the school of PoP! is back in session; but we know your brains may still be on vacation, so we’re lobbing is a real softball for your first vocab word of the new semester.
Apr 08, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Maxi-series
Somewhere between a miniseries and an ongoing, there lies a format for stories too grand to be contained within a mere 6 issues, but too exact to be published indefinitely, with rotating creative teams and no end in sight. Behold, the maxi-series!
Feb 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Repaint, Retool, Variant, and Chase
Toy collecting has become serious business over the years, and the manufacturers have had to step up their game to make the most of our money. Today, we take a look at four similar but distinctly different practices these companies use to come between us and our hard earned cash.
Feb 19, 2011 | 9 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek To Me – Canon
Sure, it’s a good story, but is it “official?” This is the question asked by many a comic and sci-fi fan.
It’s All Geek to Me/Retcon This – MacGuffins, Deus Ex Machina, and Chaos War
Technically, it’s two articles, but they’re two great tastes that taste great together. Well, no… they’re two tired tropes that are all too often over-used, and a story that abuses both.
Jan 27, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek To Me – Decompression
The writing technique that Bendis made famous is arguably the defining characteristic of modern comic book storytelling.
Jan 15, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Healing Factor
No wonder Canada could afford universal health care all this time… half the population has healing factors!
Dec 18, 2010 | 8 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Kitbash
Want to make a custom? Don’t know Sculpey from Silly Putty? Kitbashing MAY be the answer!
Dec 11, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Plastic Crack
Man, I would suck yo’ d!ck for a Mudflap. Okay, maybe it’s not THAT serious, but the lows a collector will go to more than earn the moniker here.
Nov 13, 2010 | 6 comments | View Post
IAGtM – Peg/Shelf Warmer
Some peg warmers are over-ordered. Some are too heavily packed. Others just plain suck.
Oct 16, 2010 | 13 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Fanservice
There be nearly nekkid ladies in here for educational purposes. Come look, won’t you?
Oct 09, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
IAGtM The Direct Market
Everyone loves comics, but how do they get from the printing press to your hands? It’s called “the Direct Market.”
Sep 25, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
IAGtM – M-Day/Decimation
You can’t talk about the state of mutantkind over the past five or so years without hearing these words thrown about. But what do they mean?
Sep 04, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Trade-Waiting
Do you need your comic fix weekly, or can you wait a bit longer?
Aug 28, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Suspension of Disbelief
Would it make this entry far more entertaining if you let your mind sleep while reading it? Let’s find out.
Aug 07, 2010 | 9 comments | View Post
IAGtM – Blind Box(ed)
I’ll give you a hint… this doesn’t refer to male bonding in the Murdock household
Jul 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Jul 17, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
It’s All Geek to Me – Button Masher
Be it lame or simply frustrating, you’ve been up against this monster before, whether you knew what to call it or not.
Jul 03, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
