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4:40AM Joel Johnson | What is it in France they say? “America contributed three things to culture: jazz, musical comedy and comic books.” You can already buy two on iTunes. And if things pan out, you’ll get the third on the Apple tablet. More »
Apple Tablet Will Return Comic Books To Former Glory
4:40AM Joel Johnson | What is it in France they say? “America contributed three things to culture: jazz, musical comedy and comic books.” You can already buy two on iTunes. And if things pan out, you’ll get the third on the Apple tablet. More »
Online
Marvel’s Comic Book Creator Is $&@#ing Brilliant
2:40AM Mark Wilson | Marvel’s Create Your Own Comic service is designed for kids, but that shouldn’t stop you. More »
Games
1:48PM Nick Broughall | This morning I was hanging out with the folks from Sony, checking out all their latest kit for Christmas. I also managed to score some hands-on time with Sony’s Marvel comic book reader for the PSP. And I have to say, it’s pretty freakin’ awesome. More »
Hands On With Sony’s Comic Reader For PSP
1:48PM Nick Broughall | This morning I was hanging out with the folks from Sony, checking out all their latest kit for Christmas. I also managed to score some hands-on time with Sony’s Marvel comic book reader for the PSP. And I have to say, it’s pretty freakin’ awesome. More »
Entertainment
Anime Iron Man Would Vaporise Robert Downey Jr’s Ass
12:20AM Matt Buchanan | Of course this Iron Man anime is totally badass—Japan’s made cartoons about dudes in robot suits for over 40 years. And of course, Iron Man is blowing up a bunch of other dudes in crazy robot suits. More »
Toys
Wolverine Is Skilled at Cable Management
2:30AM Sean Fallon | An astute observation by GeekSugar has revealed that Wolverine Mighty Muggs toys make great cord wranglers. Not a bad solution for only $US11. [Geeksugar via Unplgged and Hasbro] More »
Entertainment
Motion Comics, Half-Animated Comic Books, Coming to iTunes
7:00PM Elaine Chow | Hankering to read the next Ultimate Spiderman issue on your iPhone? Motion comics, those semi-animated slide shows of conventional comic books, will be hitting Apple’s iTunes store soon. More »
Entertainment
Simpsonised Superheroes Break All Our Fetishmeters
9:00PM Jesus Diaz | A cruel, very talented man named Dean T. Fraser has decided that our Simpsons, Batman, Iron Man, Spiderman, Halo, and miscellaneous superheroes, supervillain, and sci-fi fetishes weren’t enough on their own, so he Simpsonised them all. Now, if anyone makes any of the characters in this amazing gallery out of Lego, I will spontaneously self-combust in a fiery ball of nerdgasmic lust. More »
Phones
Marvel’s Comics On Mobile Phones = Win
8:05AM Brian Lam | Marvel Comics wants to port their comics to mobile phones. Seems like a perfect thing to read while you’re supposed to be paying attention to what’s going on around you, but sure how you’re going to get through full page spreads while maintaining text readability on 3-inch screens. …View digital distribution of our comics as an area of great growth potential…and also soon in mobile distribution…so they can read our new comic books on their mobile device… I’ve been using Marvel’s online subscription for a month now and the flash based player is a bit wonky at times, but overall, 10,000 back issues for $US5-$10 a month isn’t something to complain about. [IESB via PopSyndicate] More »
Toys
Iron Man, Now Powered By LED Arc Reactor
4:20AM Mark Wilson | We know way better than to actually buy this 1:6 scale Iron Man “Fine Art Statue” that is coming this September, but we can’t help but ogle a bit. The model is a tiny replica of the Mark III armour according to Marvel’s specifications, and it will feature an LED-powered Unibeam, along with glowing LED eyes and Repulsor Ray palms. We hope you understand what we mean when we say that this thing isn’t worth US$179.99, but it’s totally worth US$179.99. [Entertainment Earth via Nerd Approved] More »
Entertainment