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Wednesday Trending Topics: Shape Of… A Transmedia Skunkworks

Published Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:43:59 -0500

Last updated Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:44:17 -0500

We've done this for going on a couple years now and if there's one thing I've noticed, it's that you can never tell when something's going to really take off. Yesterday was one of our best ever based on the strength of Marvel Pajamas, and nearly as many people have read the original Rob Granito post as attended NYCC last year. And once in a great while, stuff I've found pretty interesting passes on to page 2 relatively unloved, by comparison. What have the wings of fate brought to the top today? Let's see…

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