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Read Comics In Public Day Is Tomorrow!

Attention, fellow comics nerds:  Saturday, August 28th, is International Read Comics In Public Day. I didn’t even know there was such a day, but there you have it. Grab a stack of your favorites, head outside somewhere that you can be seen by other folks, and have at it. Spread the love! And while you’re [...]

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Truly Amazing Steampunk Art by Thin Gypsy Thief

Somewhere on an island off the west coast of British Columbia lives a steampunk artist with a penchant for musical instruments, and fabulous gadgetry. We catch up with the Thin Gypsy Thief, also known as Kyle Miller, to ask him a few questions. Click on through the jump for our conversation, along with some pictures of [...]

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Cosplayers at the OC Fair

So a bunch of my friends headed over to the OC Fair this past weekend and what did we see? Cosplayers. Yup. No joke. We’re everywhere…

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The coolest Harry Potter shopping experience you’ll ever have.

This past Saturday, I was made aware of Whimsic Alley, a clothing and accessory shop catering primarily to Harry Potter, Twilight, and various other fantasy-type fans. My curiousity aroused, I headed up to Los Angeles this past weekend just to check things out and also to participate in J.K. Rowling’s Birthday Bash. I can safely [...]

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Threadless Tees by Comics Artists

Threadless is a great place for t-shirts. This is known. Now they’re a great place for comic tees, too. I don’t mean t-shirts with pictures of Green Lantern on them (though those are awesome too), I mean t-shirts designed by some of today’s hottest artists. For example, Cliff Chiang t-shirt, anyone? I say hells yes! [...]

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Etsy Find of the Day: Double Rainbow Pillow (What Does It Mean?!?!)

While this might not be the the most polished or well-made Etsy find you’ve ever seen, you really can’t deny that it’s just so…topical. And hysterical. And really, quite charming the more I look at it. The listing says that there has been a good amount of demand for these, which isn’t that surprising. It’s a [...]

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Giant Fire Breathing Cakebot?

So, those of you who read Great White Snark with any regularity will know that he often features awesomely geeky cakes. They’re always quite spectacular, but the one he featured yesterday…well. Aside from being even more amazing than usual, it quite literally looks like it was made for us. Behold: I mean, wow. Right? TGWS [...]

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Etsy Find of the Day: Robot Love Pillowcases

I’m sort of a little bit in love with these. I haven’t had pillow cases with anything on them since the Scooby Doo set I threw out in 3th grade because I was far too mature for such silliness. I think it might be time to reconsider my position on the matter.

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Etsy Find of the Day: Nerd Baby Flash Cards

Seems like everyone I know these days is having a baby. And baby-having means baby showers. And baby showers mean only one thing in my house: The inevitable panic as I realize I have no idea what to get as a present. Well, since most of the folks I know are nerds like myself, this [...]

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Insert Coin Clothing: Stylish Garb for Gamers

There’s a hot new t-shirt company for stylish gamers on the web and I must say I’m impressed. I was fortunate enough to get an advanced look at some of the new shirts at Insert Coin Clothing and found myself making a wish list. (“I want that one, and that one, and that one, and….”) [...]

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