April 29th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
One of my favorite discoveries at this year’s New York Comic Con was Dan Goodsell’s Mr. Toast, a series of single-panel comics that combine whimsical awesomeness and absolute nonsense in the very best kind of way. Goodsell had a booth on the floor and was signing comics, greeting fans, and - best of all - [...]
April 24th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | 1 Comment
Say hello to your Friday productivity killer.
April 24th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
Muxtape is a site that lets you upload your own mp3 files and create web-based mixes. The servers are getting hammered pretty hard, so you’ll run into some snags when you’re uploading, but it’s a lot of fun to play around with. And I love the interface for the mix - gigantic and minimalist all [...]
April 17th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
It’s New York Comic Con time, and that means there’s lots of geeky fun to be had around the city. Last night, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund hosted a launch party for Jeff Smith’s new series, RASL, which chronicles the adventures of a surly, dimension-hopping art thief. (Smith is probably best known as the creator of the long-running and immensely entertaining all-ages-friendly Bone series.) First clue that you’ve stumbled into a capital-e Event? You have to squeeze past Frank Miller on your way to get another beer.
The party was held at Coolture Spain, a smallish, gallery-ish place on 39th Street. Smith himself was gracious and outgoing, taking time to talk and take pictures with any idiot who asked.
April 10th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | 3 Comments
So nerdy that I took a picture…okay, five pictures of my name in the the online leaderboards for Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, an ass-kickingly difficult game for the Nintendo DS. (Technically, it’s an updated version of Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fūrai no Shiren, a Japan-only Super Nintendo game from 1995. Read my Amazon review [...]
April 4th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | 2 Comments
So apparently, manga - serialized Japanese comics - got huge while I wasn’t looking. Those smelly teenaged urchins who make little campsites in the aisle at Barnes & Noble? Next time you trip over one of them, take a moment to examine the surrounding wall of odd-looking paperbacks. There’s a lot there to like there. [...]