We are both fans of the “Big 2″ comics publishers, no question about that, but there are so many good stories being put out by smaller publishers that don’t have the exposure that the big boys do. This week we’re talking about some of our favorite smaller publishers including an interview with Joe Keatinge from Image Comics.
We also have a follow up interview with three of the key players at Runic Games about their action RPG Torchlight and we talk about what will be showing at the Olympia Film Festival with director of programming Shade Rupe.
Plus the weekly geek news and geek events in the Seattle area.
Our Geek Week
- Listened to Scott Sigler’s Infection and Contagious audio books
- Played the Left 4 Dead 2 demo on XBox 360 and PC
- Listened to the return of the Warcraft Outsiders podcast!
- Played ticket games at Power Play in Bellevue
- Went to the Halloween party at Secret Garden Bookshop
- Watched Night of the Creeps (1986), Return of the Living Dead (1985), Blood the Last Vampire (2009) and Shaun of the Dead (2004) for Halloween
- Visited Runic Games to go all fangirl/boy on them over Torchlight
- Met Falcor who, rumor has it, will be a non-combat pet in the forthcoming Torchlight MMO
- Thanks to Wonder, Jason Beck, John Dunbar, and Max Schaefer for the tour and the interview
- Watched the premier of V on ABC
Comics Madness
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Small(er) comics publishers
- Dark Horse Comics
- Look for the Dr. Horrible one-shot coming later this month
- Check out our interview with Exurbia creators Scott Allie and Kevin McGovern in Episode #37
- Fantagraphics Books
- Check the Art Events section of our event calendar for upcoming shows at the Fantagraphics bookstore and gallery
- Image Comics
Titles mentioned in our interview with Joe Keatinge- Age of Bronze
- Chew
- King City
- Orc Stain
- Elephant Men
- Mice Templar
- Beast
- I Kill Giants
- Cowboy Ninja Viking
- Moonstone Books
- Check out our interview with Rotten creator Mark Rahner in Episode #33
- Oni Press
- Fans of Stephen Colbert will want to check out Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
This week’s bad movie was Bleeders (1997) dared by @Meridon
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352
Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched. Next week’s Bad Movie will (probably) be Def by Temptation (1990)
News
- ‘Sherlock’ Backs ‘Family Guy’ After Microsoft Pull-out
- Whedon Bids for ‘Terminator’ Franchise
- Sony takes ‘Risk’ with board game
- Helen Mirren sees ‘Red’
- Depp to give Lone Ranger’s Tonto the Jack Sparrow treatment
We are delighted to be hosting a monthly trivia night at Neptune Coffee located at 8415 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle! We will be hosting the third Friday of every month and featuring trivia on a variety of geeky topics.
This month’s Trivia Night is Friday, November 20 from 8 – 10 pm and the topic will be the Whedonverse! All things Joss Whedon will be on the table, TV, movies, comics, Buffy, Angel, Dr. Horrible, the works!Bring a team or form on on the night and compete for fabulous prizes!
This month’s Seattle Geekly Game Night is Sunday November 22 from 1 – 5pm (or later) at Green Lake Games, 7509 Aurora Ave N in Seattle, for an evening of boardgaming. There will be door prizes and lots of games to chose from both from our library and Green Lake’s extensive collection. There will be a selection of munchies and soda provided. We encourage you to bring munchies or (non-alcoholic) drinks as well and any games of yours that you may want to play.
Events
See our Events Page and our Convnetions Page for more complete listings of things to do to get your geek on.
- Event Interview
Shade Rupe of of the Olympia Film Festival. The festival runs November 6 – 14 at the Capitol Theater, 416 Washington St SE in Olympia.
- Conventions
- November 6 – 8, 2009 – BottosCon – Surrey, BC
- November 8, 2009 – Seattle ComiCard Convention – Seattle, WA
- Events
- November 6, 2009 7pm Benaroya Hall 200 University St Seattle – The Symphony Guild presents Symphony of the Superhero. Symphony of the Superhero explores our culture’s fascination with superheroes and their plights. With over 280 performers, this concert of massive scale will enchant and intrigue the audience with a full orchestra, four choirs, a Brazilian band, a bell choir, and guest musicians including DJ Cut Chemist, Lili Haydn, and Natalie Dungey.
- November 6, 2009 9pm Wayward Coffeehouse 8570 Greenwood Ave N Seattle – First Friday Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Film Night screening of “Krull”
- November 7, 2009 6pm Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1201 S. Vale Street, Seattle – Al Columbia appearance and exhibition. On the occasion of the publication of PIM & FRANCIE, Al Columbia’s most ambitious work to date, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is hosting a rare public appearance by the cartoonist. PIM & FRANCIE represents a breathtaking vision of contemporary American art. Collecting over a decade’s worth of artifacts, excavations, comic strips, animation stills, storybook covers, and much more, this broken jigsaw puzzle of a book tells the story of title characters Pim and Francie, a pair of childlike imps whose irresponsible antics get them into horrific, fantastic trouble. The reception will feature an exhibition of recent work by Al Columbia from the collection of Scott Eder.
- November 7 – 8, 2009 Gary’s Games 8539 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Weekend in the Realms: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition! Journey to the Forgotten Realms land of Narfell in “The Icy Queen’s Crossing,” a 4-hour exclusive adventure with ties to the Forgotten Realms novel The Fall of Highwatch. Bring your 1st-4th level Living Forgotten Realms character, create one at the event, or use one of our pre-generated characters! We’ll have events on both Saturday, Nov. 7th and Sunday, Nov. 8th. Go to http://www.warhorn.org/TheDragonsDen for more information and to pre-register.
- November 9, 2009 7pm Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle – A conversation with author Jeff VanderMeer
- November 12, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Reading by Greg Bear from his newest novel Mariposa
- November 12, 2009 6pm 15th Ave Coffee & Tea 328 15th Ave E, Seattle – Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker Party.
- November 13, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Readings by Louise Marley (The Singers of Nevya), Jack Skillingstead (Harbinger), and Brenda Cooper (Wings of Creation)
Contest!
We have a brand new “Fawlty Towers” Remastered dvd box set to give away! If you’re a fan of BBC comedies, John Cleese or classic TV then this prize is for you!
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two seasons with six episodes each) the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.
The setting is a fictional hotel called Fawlty Towers located in the seaside town of Torquay on the ‘English Riviera’ (which was where the Gleneagles hotel that inspired John Cleese was situated). The show was written by Cleese and Connie Booth, both of whom played main characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers.
In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was placed first. It was also voted fifth in the BBC’s “Britain’s Best Sitcom” poll in 2004.
–Wikipedia
This contest will run til Nov 15th, winner picked Nov 16th.
“How do I enter?”
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“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
We’ll be sending out the DVDs to you via USPS
Music
Music this week was Indier than Thou from the Nerdcore Rising album by MC Frontalot
Next Week’s show: Geek Music 3! We’ll be sampling some geek music you may not have heard of in a variety of genres.
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