It’s surprising how this comic, created by John T. McCutcheon over 100 years ago, is still completely relevant today. Titled Things Don’t Seem Wonderful If You’ve Seen Them All Your Life, it stars a boy who is completely blase and unimpressed with the cutting-edge technology at the turn-of-the-century.
Judging by Google popularity, the word “tumblr” will be a more common search term than “blog” before the end of the year. Welcome to the future, where the majority of websites sound like band names.
The first issue of Marvel’s new Infinite Comics format comes out on the iPad tomorrow. It’s a technological step forward — it allows artists pace the storytelling, by shifting focus within a single drawing, or staggering the appearance of text bubbles in dialogue. Yet, as Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada tells Gizmodo, the new format retains what makes a comic a comic.
Remember back when every time you went shopping you didn’t bring the entire internet with you to weigh in? Those were good times! But now, good luck buying something as simple as an folding chair; there’s a better than decent chance that it agitated Amazon reviewer oswego13′s sciatic nerve. You don’t know what that means, but you definitely don’t want it in your house.
Reading comics on the new iPad’s retina screen is about to get a lot better. New comics from Marvel, DC, Image and other major comic publishers are all available in retina-level resolution, and back issues and indie comics should follow suit very shortly.
Marvel announced today that every one of its $US4 superhero comics is now going to come with a code to download the digital version to the Marvel app, which is available on every major platform.
Great ideas for band names pop up all the time. Just last week, Vapor Rush was suggested as a possible name for my future Brit Rock project — a phrase stolen from a medical device designed to treat emphysema. But those weird little phrases, previously tossed aside and forgotten about, actually get put to use these days: as Tumblr sites.
You’re working late into the night, a deadline is approaching. Out of nowhere, your trusty computer collapses in a fit of exhaustion or pique, shouting error message numbers at you in a tourettic fit of indecipherable jargon. What’s it all mean? How do you fix it? This. Like this:
The next time you’re out stargazing with your children, please make sure you shield them from Orion and his glowing member. Or at least bring a little loin cloth you can hold up to the sky. Also, you’re welcome for never being able to unsee that. [xkcd]
