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SwagBag winner announced

October 19, 2010October 22, 2010 Doug Groves Caanan Grall, Camilla derrico, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Max Overacts, Nick Thornborrow, Robert Kirkman, Snakors Pizza, swag bag, Swag Bag 2010, SwagBag 2010, Tanpopo, The Anthology Project, The Chubby Bounty Hunter, The Walking Dead, Uyugomiak, winner1 Comment

We’ve taken all the entries from the site, Twitter and Facebook, put them in the hopper, and asked random.org to give us an answer. The SwagBag goes out to Matthew Goddard, who appears to have found us via The Comic Warehouse, from his comment. Congrats Matthew, and we’ll be in touch shortly. Here’s a list of what Matthew has won: The Waking Dead: Days Gone Bye trade paperback, to get prepped for the launch of the AMC series, and just one of the best ongoing comic series in recent memory….

Return of the SwagBag Giveaway – UPDATED

October 13, 2010October 19, 2010 Doug Groves Caanan Grall, Camilla derrico, Fan Expo 2010, Max Overacts, Nick Thornborrow, Robert Kirkman, Snakors Pizza, swag bag, Swag Bag 2010, Tanpopo, The Anthology Project, The Chubby Bounty Hunter, The Walking Dead, Uyugomiak14 Comments

Reviews are in and interviews have been posted, which means our Fan Expo 2010 coverage has wrapped. If you didn’t get a chance to go this year, see our full Fan Expo 2010 coverage for interviews, reviews and more. It’s like going to the convention without a four hour lineup and the fire marshal locking you out! Best of all, do it from home in your underwear. The one thing you DON’T get out of virtual conventions is swag. Lots of wonderful swag. We can fix that too!

Fan Expo 2010 – Bedlam Ink

October 1, 2010October 5, 2010 Doug Groves Bedlam Ink, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Jessie Lam, Lost Girl, motion comic, Navid Khavari, Show, Showcase, Tigh Walker, video, webcomic4 Comments

The folks over at Bedlam Ink, who are charged with doing additional storytelling for the new Showcase series Lost Girl were at the Fan Expo booth this year. This included both a printed comic, which is a standalone story, as well as a motion comic that works as a prequel to the TV series. Jessie, Navid and Tigh from Bedlam Ink were kind enough to take some time to talk with us about how the comics tie into the series, and some of the process of developing the comics for…

Fan Expo 2010 – Gravy Train

September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves April Mullen, Fan Expo 2010, Gravy Train, interview, Show, Tim Doiron, video5 Comments

We first met April Mullen and Tim Doiron at 2009’s Fan Expo, they were promoting the DVD release their hilarious mockumentary Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser. Between then and now, they’ve gone on to make another feature film, Gravy Train, which premiered this past April, and has now launched on DVD, but you can find out about that, and more, in the video interview.

Fan Expo 2010 – Nerd Girl Pinups interview

September 29, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Nerd Girl, Nerdgirlpinups, Show, video1 Comment

One of the stops we made during Fan Expo this year was the Nerd Girl Pinups booth. For a couple of years now Nicole (friend of the show) and the gang there have hosted a Fan Expo after party a few blocks up from the convention floor. Dave talks with Katherine Curtis and Kenickie Street about what’s new with nerdgirlpinups.com, and gets the lowdown on their new calendar, which you can check out here.

FanExpo Review Round-Up

September 28, 2010September 29, 2010 Peter Brunton Benjamin Rivers, Caanan Grall, Camilla derrico, Empty Words, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Freelance Blues, Max Overacts, Snakors Pizza, Tanpopo, The Anthology Project, Wordburglar5 Comments

Obviously with FanExpo, and then TIFF, I haven’t had much time for my usual comics review (though there’s certainly some good stuff on the stack), but at FanExpo I did get plenty of chances to read a whole load of interesting comic books. Here then, are my thoughts on a few of them. Max Overacts Four strips in, Max Overacts found it’s way into my daily webcomics feed. It’s the kind of comic that strongly recalls the early days of the webcomic explosion, when everyone was trying to recreate the…

Fan Expo 2010 – Interview with Anna Silk and Kris Holden-Ried

September 23, 2010October 12, 2010 Doug Groves Anna Silk, canada, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Kris Holden-Ried, Lost Girl, Show, Showcase, supernatural, TV, video5 Comments

Showcase was on hand at Fan Expo promoting their new TV Series Lost Girl, and we managed to get some time to talk with stars Anna Silk (Bo) and Kris Holden-Ried (Dyson). The show, about a succubus who’s only recently become aware of the larger supernatural fae world of which she’s a part, airs Sundays at 9pm. In this interview, Alex talks with Anna and Kris, who give us an idea of what it’s like working on the supernatural thriller, as well as some insights into their individual characters, and…

Fan Expo 2010 – Snakor’s Pizza Interview

September 17, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Arcana Comics, Comic, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Kody Peters, Sean Jordan, Show, Snakors Pizza, webcomic, Wordburglar3 Comments

What happens when your bid to take over the world fails, and despite your scaly visage, you’re just not good at being evil? Get into the pizza business, of course. That’s the premise to the comic Snakor’s Pizza, about a wannabe super villain who has to turn to a more practical career choice when his dream dies. Peter talks with writer Sean (SJ) Jordan (aka The Wordburglar) and artist Kody Peters about ideas behind the comic and their influences. While available in print, you can get a taste of it…

Fan Expo 2010 – Geoff Lapaire Interview

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Geoff Lapaire, interview, Kyle, Pure Pwnage, Show, Showcase, TV1 Comment

To round out our Pure Pwnage coverage from Fan Expo 2010, we return to Geoff Lapaire, who earlier gave us a sneak peek at the official Pure Pwnage Android app. Although he doesn’t name the location, the Pure Pwnage TV show has been picked up in another market. Alex talks with him about working on the TV series compared to the web show, and where things stand with the second season of the TV show. On that subject, they have two episodes scripted, and are still waiting to get the…

Fan Expo 2010 – Robin D. Laws Interview

September 13, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves crowd sourcing, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, game design, Hamlets Hit Points, interview, Korad, Over The Edge, Robin Laws, role playing games, RPG, Show6 Comments

One of Peter’s main quests during this years Fan Expo was to seek out writer and game designer Robin Laws. In the midst of the fire marshal declaring the building over capacity, they found the time to have a lengthy discussion on gaming. In particular, Robin discusses the Hamlet’s Hit Points project, which analyzes other forms of storytelling, with the objective of taking those dramatic beats, and adapting them to a role-playing environment. You can catch part two of the interview after the break…

Fan Expo 2010 – Tahmoh Penikett & Dean Stockwell

September 12, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Dean Stockwell, Dollhouse, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Quantum Leap, Show, Tahmoh Penikett3 Comments

It’s a Sunday afternoon two four, as Peter had a chance to take a couple of minutes each with Tahmoh Penikett and Dean Stockwell over int the signing area during Fan Expo. Why are these posted together? Well, because it represents both the human and cylon factions of Battlestar Galactica, of course. You can catch the Dean Stockwell interview after the break…

Fan Expo 2010 – Benjamin Rivers Interview

September 11, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves artist alley, Benjamin Rivers, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Show, small press1 Comment

Benjamin Rivers, creator of Snow and Empty Words, talks with Peter about his comics work, and about the freedom that one has when self publishing. You can check out both Empty Words and Snow online.