The internet has taken over many of the functions once served by newspapers. Sites like Craig’s List and eBay have supplanted the classifieds, innumerable news aggregators and blogs have taken over for the front page and editorial sections and webcomics are replacing the funny pages. Although PvP Online creator and webcomics pioneer Scott Kurtz (who came up with the t-shirt design above that I totally stole for this week’s header) was quick to point out in a recent interview with Comic Riffs that “Newspapers are dying concurrent to us, not because of us”.

Their effect on traditional media aside, webcomics are exploding and this week we interview creators Josh Jones, Caryn A Tate and Scott Meyer about their comics. We also talk with actor Doug Fahl, star of Zombies of Mass Destruction, about the upcoming DVD release of ZMD and his latest project Punch and, of course, we have the weekly geek news and Seattle area geek events.

Our Geek Week

• Listening to the audio book of Canticle (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes
• Playing Plants vs. Zombies, now out for the iPhone!
• More MMO addiction. World of Warcraft for Shannon (look for Fae, her Blood Elf Warlock, on the Zangarmarsh server) and Star Trek Online for Matt (Ogou@geekly and a proud member of the TrekCast fleet Yes Kill I.
• Played our monthly 4E D&D game. Many goblins were harmed in the making of this month’s session.

Webcomics Madness

• Floodmud by Josh Jones

• Red Plains by Caryn A Tate

• Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer
  • The first Basic Instructions collection Help Is on the Way is out now!

For more webcomic suggestions, check out Robot 6′s article on “gag-a-day” strips and their reviews of a selection of newer story-based strips that you can get into on the ground floor. You can also refer back to our first webcomics show in Episode #14 which features a short interview with Phil Foglio as well as a number of other creators and a much larger list of some of our favorite comics.

Dare Shannon to Watch A Bad Movie

The bad move was delayed by unanticipated U.S. Mail shenanigans. It will return next week with The Stuff (1985)

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.

Not At All A Bad Movie

Doug Fahl, star of Zombies of Mass Destruction

ZMD will be out on DVD on March 23. If you want to read more from Doug he was also interviewed at AnotherPassion

News

• The Make-A-Wish Foundation® Receives $1.1 Million Donation from Blizzard
• Blizzard Begins Closed Beta Testing of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
• Talisman: The Highland Expansion From Fantasy Flight Games
• Cool toys at the American International Toy Fair
  
  • Star Wars Force Trainer
    

  • Star Wars Lego sets
    

  • Hex Bugs
    

  • Operation Iron Man 2
    

  • Iron Man Mr. Potato Head
• Emerald City ComiCon panel schedule announced!
• Firaxis Announces Full-Scale Civilization V For PC

Events

• Conventions
  • February 19 – 21, 2010 – Tsukino-Con – Victoria, BC Canada
  • February 20, 2010 – Chibi Chibi Con – Olympia, WA
• Events
  • February 19, 2010 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Seattle Geekly Trivia Night. This month join us for Princess Bride Trivia! We’ll be covering the book and the movie. Form a team or join one on the night. Test your knowledge and win prizes!
  • FINAL WEEKEND Feb 19 – 20, 2010 Annex Theatre 1100 E Pike St, Seattle – Alecto, Issue #1. A troubled heroine with an incredible power discovers that the popular superhero team she’s joined has questionable notions of good and evil. Alecto, Issue #1 translates the world of comic books to the stage, mixing social satire, physical spectacle, sly comedy, and an imaginary pig. Performances Friday and Saturday at 8 pm
  • February 21, 2010 1 – 5pm Green Lake Games 7509 Aurora Ave N, Seattle – Game Night with Seattle Geekly – Join us for a casual afternoon of boardgaming. Play a favorite or learn something new! Finish off the weekend right and maybe win a door prize!
  • February 23, 2010 7pm University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Penny Arcade Book Tour. Penny Arcade creators Jerry “Tycho” Holkins and Mike “Gabe” Krahulik sign the latest Penny Arcade collection The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11½ Anniversary Edition
  • February 26, 2010 8pm – The Moore Theater 1932 2nd Ave, Seattle – Jonathan Coulton Live. Jonathan Coulton with special guests Paul & Storm. What more needs to be said. If you have not seen JoCo and Paul & Storm live you absolutely must go.

Contest!

Heroes Season 1 & 2 DVD Giveaway!

Arguably the most talked-about television show of the 2006-2007 season, the Emmy-nominated fantasy Heroes gives viewers blends comic book-style adventure with plotting and characters as rich and layered as any graphic novel or drama series.
–Amazon

We are giving away brand new boxed sets of the first two seasons!

The contest runs from February 11 until February 28 with the winner picked on March 1st. We’ll ship the DVDs to you via USPS

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“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!

Music

Music this week was “On and On” the first single off Kirby Krackle‘s new album E for Everyone. The album wil lbe available for pre-order next week and should be out March 9!

Next week’s show will be Episode #51 and we’ll be talking retro games! We have interviews with a couple of hard-core retro game collectors who give us some insight into the appeal of retro games and we’ll also be talking with one of the organizers of the Northwest Pinball and Game Room Show that will be at the Seattle Center this summer.

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