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Douglas Adams Lit News: New Hitchhiker’s Sequel by Titus Gee This just in from our friends at Jacket Copy on latimes.com: The widow of Douglas Adams, Jane Belson, has reportedly sanctioned a new book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series, to be written by Eoin Colfer (pronounced ‘Owen’), author of the Artemis Fowl […]

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The Editor’s pick of videos by some awfully talented people. A longer one but worth every minute. YouTube: A lens for seeing ourselves. Michael Wesch is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University and creator of the famous YouTube video “The Machine is Us/ing Us” about the cultural significance of new media. Here he […]

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Entertainment Weekly’s The Visionaries: Filmmakers by Ben Helms One of the most anticipated panels at Comic-Con this year was Entertainment Weekly’s panel of filmmaker visionaries featuring Kevin Smith (Zack and Miri Make a Porno), Frank Miller (The Spirit), Zack Snyder (Watchmen), and Judd Apatow (Knocked Up). Obviously, it had some big names on it, and […]

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J.J. Abram’s Fringe by Ben Helms Comic-Con 2008 opened up with a screening of one of the most anticipated shows in years, J.J. Abrams’ Fringe. Best known for such hits as Alias, Lost, and the recent blockbuster thriller, Cloverfield, Abrams brings us a sci-fi drama series that combines the thrill and suspense of his previous […]

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog by Ben Helms The (Joss) Whedon family collaborates in this straight-to-internet phenomenon that pulls three actors from very different genres and plunges them into the hilarious independent musical/comedy Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Felicia Day, Neil Patrick Harris, and Nathan Fillion at the Dr. Horrible panel, Comic-Con 2008 Sitcom great Neil Patrick […]

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The Final Day by Joel Champagne Well, Comic-Con is winding down, and it clearly showed. The panels and audiences didn’t have the same energy as on previous days. There were fewer lines, but quieter rooms. All in all, the experience of the Con was a great one. Despite all of the idiot security guards, the […]

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Supernatural Season 4, First 5 Minutes by Joel Champagne At the beginning of the Supernatural panel, they showed us a clip of the first five minutes of the season premiere. I would have filmed it, but Batman swiped my camera. Here’s what happens: Dean awakes in darkness. He flicks his lighter to find that he’s […]

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Smallville Sneak Peak by Joel Champagne (I managed to distract a Line Nazi, and ninja into the Smallville panel.) Season 8 for the WB series Smallville, promises to have a lot of exciting events for the budding Superman. From the scenes they were able to reveal to us, several things are gonna be happening. -The […]

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The Final Morning by Joel Champagne After sleeping in this morning, (sweet alarm, James), I was worried that I would be unable to get into the Smallville/Supernatural panel. Once I arrived the lines were unfathomable. They’re about the length of several football fields, and folded back and forth every which way. With any luck I’ll […]

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Day 2 by Joel Champagne As the doors to comic-con opened for the second day, I found myself in the middle of a gigantic line to get inside. Once in, I and several thousand others quickly rushed to our destinations. Today, our plan was simple, divide, conquer, then stay there continuing with the conquering. James […]

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