Fannish Items of Interest
Don Markstein—the creator, editor, and writer of the Toonpedia website—has passed away at the age of 64, following a long illness. May he rest in peace.
A Doctor Who charity book called Behind The Sofa was being created to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK—but they’ve run into problems with Paypal. Paypal refuses to release funds to the book’s editor, until he can prove he already spent money on the book. ETA: An update on the situation, along with an apology from Paypal, can be found here.
Michael Eisner's The Tornante Company is remaking the Garbage Pail Kids movie. This…is a terrible idea.
BGZ Studios and the fire effects team for The Walking Dead chip in for a Dark Phoenix cosplay, complete with actual flames.
Kitty Pryde pinup from Marvel Fanfare #35.
Joss Whedon plans to work on Dr. Horrible 2 this summer.
From Pajiba: 115 Reasons Why We Love Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Bilbo and Gandalf in the style of Calvin and Hobbes.
The We Hate Movies podcast talks about Hackers.
Annie Ilonzeh has been cast in the Green Arrow pilot, in an unspecified role.
New character posters for The Avengers.
Plushie DeLorean.
A new featurette and five more images for Mirror Mirror. Plus, you can find five clips here…including a Bollywood dance-off type of thing in clip five.
From College Humor: Official Spoiler Rules.
And a meme, taken from a few on my Insanejournal friends list:
In terms of personality, which fictional character do you think I most resemble?
A Doctor Who charity book called Behind The Sofa was being created to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK—but they’ve run into problems with Paypal. Paypal refuses to release funds to the book’s editor, until he can prove he already spent money on the book. ETA: An update on the situation, along with an apology from Paypal, can be found here.
Michael Eisner's The Tornante Company is remaking the Garbage Pail Kids movie. This…is a terrible idea.
BGZ Studios and the fire effects team for The Walking Dead chip in for a Dark Phoenix cosplay, complete with actual flames.
Kitty Pryde pinup from Marvel Fanfare #35.
Joss Whedon plans to work on Dr. Horrible 2 this summer.
From Pajiba: 115 Reasons Why We Love Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Bilbo and Gandalf in the style of Calvin and Hobbes.
The We Hate Movies podcast talks about Hackers.
Annie Ilonzeh has been cast in the Green Arrow pilot, in an unspecified role.
New character posters for The Avengers.
Plushie DeLorean.
A new featurette and five more images for Mirror Mirror. Plus, you can find five clips here…including a Bollywood dance-off type of thing in clip five.
From College Humor: Official Spoiler Rules.
And a meme, taken from a few on my Insanejournal friends list:
In terms of personality, which fictional character do you think I most resemble?