The Gay Geek (May 13, 2008)We're pleased to bring you a new AfterElton.com mainpage feature: The Gay Geek, a weekly column assembling the latest gay geek news from the world of gaming, comics, science fiction and more. Enjoy!
The Viz vision. When asked, he wasn't able to name an example of a title he could see Viz putting out, though Oni's (gay inclusive) Scott Pilgrim or Vertigo's Scene of the Crime were close to Weidenbaum's vision. Unlike Tokyopop, Weidenbaum is focused on signing talent who are at least a little established, whether it be in print or webcomics.
I’m guessing it’ll be a little while before we hear what kind of comics we’ll be seeing from the venture, but Butcher points out that Viz has been putting out original material in small amounts, including a recent Shojo Beat from (Scott Pilgrim creator) Bryan Lee O'Malley, which certainly makes things sound promising.
Butcher explores the topic in depth, so be sure to read the whole thing.
We've got a date with The Middleman. Via (Middle Man comic creator) Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Livejournal, here's a pic of Keeslar as the series' "Dirk Squarejaw"-type character:
Which reminds me, have you voted in this year's AfterElton Hot 100 yet?
Grand Media Obsession. Probably my favorite GTA IV-related story is this humorous piece titled “How my wife ruined GTA IV” by a writer credited only as "Jeremy." Jeremy handed the controls over to his wife who decided that it would make for a fun change of pace to play the game as a law abiding driver, obeying all the traffic lights. When she accidentally hit a pedestrian, she got out of her vehicle and tried to figure out if there’s a way to take the victim to the hospital. I would so do the same, and I think I did play a law-abiding runs on The Simpsons: Hit and Run when I got tired of failing the same mission over and over again. On a similar note, Conan O'Brien got a lot of buzz this week for his clips of a toned-down GTA IV: Submitted by on Wed, 2008-05-14 22:03. |
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