This Week we finish off our Emerald City ComiCon coverage with more great interviews.

We talk with Scott Allie, editor and writer for Dark Horse Comics, Cheyenne Wright the Hugo Award winning colorist from Girl Genius, Webcomics pioneer Scott Kurtz, Neal Bailey writer for Creators Edge, Rstevens of the webcomic Diesel Sweeties, two members of the staff of Strange Aeons Magazine, Dave Kellett, creator of the webcomic Sheldon, Devil’s Own creators Pete Mesling and Brian Beardsley, Kyle Stevens from Kirby Krackle, Michael and Tony from Unexpected Productions, and last but not least, ECCC organizer Jim Demonakos who addresses the question of whether Emerald City is just becoming another San Diego.

All that plus the weekly geek news and geek events in the Seattle area!

Our Geek Week

• Listened to the audiobook of A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
• Read Lamentation by Ken Scholes
• Played more Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3
• Doctor Who Trivia Night at Neptune Coffee

Emerald City ComiCon 2010

Sunday Interviews

• Scott Allie from Dark Horse Comics



• Cheyenne Wright from Girl Genius



• Scott Kurtz of PvPonline



• Neal Bailey, writer for Creator’s Edge



• RStevens of Diesel Sweeties



• Rick Tillman and KL Young of Strange Aeons magazine



• Dave Kellett of Sheldon



• Pete Mesling and Brian Beardsley of Devil’s Own



• Kyle Stevens of Kirby Krackle



• Michael and Tony from Unexpected Productions
  • Check our YouTube channel for footage of Unexpected Productions doing a night of TheatreSports with castmembers from The Guild!



• Jim Demonakos, the man behind Emerald City ComiCon

More Pictures and Coverage

• Comic Book Resources coverage of the Dark Horse panel and the Kirby Krackle show
• Pictures from Fantagraphics’ official ECCC after party with Love and Rockets co-creator Gilbert Hernandez
• The Comics Journal’s Emerald City Con Report

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

Shannon hasn’t had time to watch a bad movie and with the con schedule being what it is things don’t look good for next week either, but never fear! The Bad Movies will return!

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.

News

• Seattle Geekly Meetup at Gamestorm! The official Seattle Geekly meetup is going to be Saturday at 1pm in the con-registration lobby! Come meet us and get buttons and possibly win a board game!
• You too can smell like Tony Stark
• Leonard Nimoy: I Am Spock … No Longer
• Nintendo “3DS” Announced
• Marvelman Zooms Back To Comics This June

Events

Conventions
• March 25 – 28, 2010 – GameStorm 12 – Vancouver, WA
• April 1 – 4, 2010 – Norwescon 33 – Sea-Tac WA
• April 2 – 4, 2010 – Sakura-Con – Seattle, WA

Events

• March 26 – 27 midnight, 2010 Egyptian Theater 805 E Pine Street, Seattle Midnight Movies: The Big Lebowski
• March 28, 2010 7pm Can Can 94 Pike St, Seattle – Sepiachord CD Benefit Show!. A night of steampunk music featuring Robert Rial’s Bakelite 78, Bat Country and Gunstreet Glory.
• March 30, 2010 7pm University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs signs her latest book Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Book 5)
• March 31, 2010 4pm Comic Evolution 206 South Meridian, Puyallup – William F. Nolan. The classic novelist William F. Nolan, author of Logan’s Run, signs the new comic Logan’s Run: Lastday.
• April 5, 2010 7pm University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Cory Doctorow, Mark Henry, Jeanne Stein, and Jaye Wells. Spend the night with an amazing group of authors reading and signing their work!
• April 7, 2010 8pm University of Washington Kane Hall NE 41st St. And 15th Ave. NE, Seattle – Jim Butcher #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher will be reading and signing his latest novel Changes.

Contest!

Emerald City Swag Bag Giveaway

So you couldn’t make it to Emerald City ComiCon? Well we raided it on your behalf and we have two (more or less) identical swag bags to give away! The bags contain a selection of comics from Image and DC, a graphic novel sampler, varios bookmarks, stickers, buttons, flyers and at least one key chain.

The contest runs from March 25 until April 11 with the winner picked on April 12. We’ll ship the swag 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!

Zombocalypse Now Giveaway!

Thanks to the generosity of local author Matt Youngmark we have THREE SIGNED COPIES of Zombocalypse Now to give away!

Zombocalypse Now is a comedy/horror reimagining of the choose-your-own-ending books you grew up with. You’ll be confronted with undead hordes, internet dating, improper police procedure, and the very real danger that you’ll lose your grip on reality and wind up stark raving mad. The zombie apocalypse has never been this much fun.
- Amazon

The contest runs from March 24 until April 7 with the winner picked on April 8. We’ll ship the book 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 Emerald City by Teena Marie and Kirby Krackle’s Going Home and Secret Identity from their new album E for Everyone

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