Tweet of the Week: Seattle PD meets Emerald City Comicon

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Police personnel aren’t typically known for displaying their sense of humor publicly, let alone their geeky side, so it was refreshing and funny to see this exchange between the Seattle Police Department’s official Twitter account and an Emerald City Comicon attendee. @drlari they’re just just there to keep an eye on things. But you can… Read More…

Superman, where you at? Emerald City Comicon website hacked

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Maybe it was Joker. Possibly Lex Luthor. Could have been Bane. It’s unclear exactly which villain hacked the Emerald City Comicon’s website and backup files, but organizers of one of the country’s biggest comic book conventions are now scrambling to build a new website. The timing of the hacking is worrisome, as the convention is just a month away… Read More…

Comedy superhero web series premieres at Seattle Comicon

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Super Friends meets The Office? That, in a nutshell, is how Seattle production company Moon Bullet Studios describes its new web series, The Collectibles. The ten-part series will officially debut on Sunday, April 1 as part of Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. It’s a bit hard to describe The Collectibles, even after viewing the trailer…. Read More…

Emerald City Comicon: Top 5 things we’re excited about

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Emerald City Comicon is coming up this weekend, March 30-April 1. This year the event is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and this looks to be the best one yet. To give you a little primer as to what you should expect, here are the Top 5 things we’re looking forward to catching at this year’s… Read More…

Name that Tech Tune for a chance to win an Emerald City Comicon three-day pass

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Update, March 30: We’ve given out the tickets and updated the post below with the answer. We’ve got a couple great prizes to give away in this week’s Name that Tech Tune contest — two three-day passes to the Emerald City Comicon, coming up March 30-April 1 in Seattle. The passes will go to two… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Jim Demonakos, Emerald City Comicon, Kirby Krackle

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It’s never too early to mark your calendar for Emerald City Comicon, coming up in late March/early April 2012 — one of the landmark events on the Seattle geek’s annual calendar. Our latest Geek of the Week, Jim Demonakos, is not only the convention director, but he also founded a chain of comic book stores and… Read More…

William Shatner on his musical classics, Capt. Kirk’s death scene, and living an adventurous life

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At this point, you couldn’t blame William Shatner if he were to just tune everyone out and phone it in during what must seem like an endless stream of nerd-fests. You know, sign hundreds of autographs, take a bunch of pictures, collect his appearance fee, and move on. And maybe there’s an element of that… Read More…