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Monday Runaround – Happy Geek Christmas

1990Watch: Have you seen quite such a disinterested presenter on comics and stuff? The Chronic Rift from 1990, with retailers discussing the release of Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man 1 around the 9 minute mark.

BlogWatch: Morgan Wellman begins a new comics blog, The Official Guide To Deadbeats.

LawWatch: D.C. Chief Judge Eric Washington is seeing how graphic novels to teach students about civic responsibility in a new curriculum. He's visiting Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School will teach seventh and eighth graders at the Community Academy Public Charter Schools using a three-part comic produced by the National Center for State Courts.

LibraryWatch: Kimberly Francisco is the comic book champion at the Huntsville Public Library, creating a new area for graphic novels with a grant from the Texas Book Festival. But they'd love charitable., tax declarable donations…

ProdigyWatch: The score to the graphic novel adaptation Tatsumi to be shown at Cannes this year, was written by Christopher Khoo, the thirteen year old son of the director, Eric Khoo.

Christopher also finds creative inspiration from other musicians. "I listen to alternative music and indie music," including the British folk bands Mumford & Sons and Noah and the Whale.

Don't worry Joel, he's got a year on you.

SlottWatch: "This is Geek Christmas. It's the best thing ever," pronounced Dan Slott, who writes "The Amazing Spider-Man" for Marvel. "It's a good way to bring in new readers, young readers, people who may have strayed from the path … and say, 'here is some free stuff.'"

IndiaWatch: Expanding the form, the medium, the audience.

While there has always been an audience, she says that artists are only now learning to effectively tell stories visually. "We have always been a visual culture. Graphic novels have evolved out of the children's illustration in books such as the Amar Chitra Katha series. The fascinating aspect of this trend is that the target audience is largely adult."

Gita Wolf of Tara Books, which used the graphic novel medium to popularise tribal art forms, says "We have a tacit bias towards the written word. It is a hierarchy of communication that we are familiar with, and accept as a matter of common sense. This is a pity, because an image has its own language and grammar."

PreviewWatch: Flashpoint #1 by Geoff Johns and Adam Kubert, out this Wednesday, from DC Comics, courtesy of USA Today

This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.

They say I am a work in progress. The fools.

Box office report: 'Thor' hammers out a $66 mil opening | Inside Movies | EW.com

The superhero film Thor smashed its competition this weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates. Among other Marvel-based movies, Thor opened better than The Incredible Hulk ($55.4 million) but fell short of X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($85.1 million) and Iron Man ($98.6 million).

YouTube – Assassin's Creed Hidden Blade (Dual Action)

My version of the Assassin's Creed Hidden Blade from AC2/BH

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRR-b979QA[/youtube]

Joe Cornish: Why I wanted aliens to invade south London – Features, Films – The Independent

"It's answering a need I felt when I was a kid. Somebody said it was a 'fucked-up ET' and I loved that description

Announcing Collaboration "Nelson"

Creators of Nelson include: Rob Davis, Woodrow Phoenix, Ellen Lindner, Jamie Smart, Gary Northfield, Sarah McIntyre, Suzy Varty, Sean Longcroft, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Luke Pearson, Paul Harrison-Davies, Katie Green, Paul Peart-Smith, Glyn Dillon, Ian Culbard, John Allison, Philip Bond, Matt (D'Israeli) Brooker, Simone Lia, Daryl Cunningham, Jonathan Edwards, Ade Salmon, Kate Charlesworth, Warren Pleece, Kristina Baczynski, James Harvey, Rian Hughes, Sean Phillips + Pete Doree, Kate Brown, Simon Gane, Oliver East, Adam Cadwell, Faz Choudhury, JAKe, Jeremy Day, Dan McDaid, Roger Langridge, Will Morris, Dave Shelton, Carol Swain, Hunt Emerson, Duncan Fegredo, Philippa Rice, Garen Ewing, Tom Humberstone, Dan Berry, Kate Evans, Laura Howell, Andi Watson and Dave Taylor.

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