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Travel Diary: Zinefest Christchurch, by Bryce Galloway

I used to go to all of New Zealand’s annual zinefests, but now that there’s six of them (!?!?) I only go to my hometown zinefests - Hamilton/Wellington, and one other, in strict rotation. I’m weird like that, just ask my friends.

Last time I was here (2013) I was in a lonely hotel on the edge of Cathedral Square, telling the assembled locals to go zine, cos it was one of the best cultural vehicles for a city lacking infrastructure. Christchurch (Ōtautahi) was post-quake. Christchurch is still post-quake, just a little less so.

This time round I’m staying with friend, artist, musician and Content Manager at inde radio station RDU - Gemma Syme. I slept on Gemma’s coach, until drunken friends and flatmates woke me with their banter and late-night fry-up. I listened to the drunken Pakeha boys try and argue their iwi (tribal) status with the Māori girls. What, with the sleeping bag over my head, I totally missed that one of the boys in question was friend and zinester Spencer Hall. Once they’d left I got up and checked they’d turned the oven off. Those, “don’t drink and fry” ads, ya know?

I see nobody from Christchurch Zinefest 2013 at the 2017 event. This must be a completely new local zine spasm. However, Christchurch’s ongoing love of the risograph and the influence of designer/art school lecturer Luke Wood are still present, extended by Jane Maloney’s riso press (M/K Press Ltd) and her pre-Zinefest riso-zine workshops.

Christchurch Art Centre are providing this space by virtue of the fact that they have a zinester in their ranks - Louise Sutherland. Otherwise, Alice Bush is the primary organizer of this year’s event.

Louise’s zines precede her. She be the author of the wonderful Coaster Frenzy, here today for just “$1 or swaps”. Alice and I gush our respective roller coaster stories at the Coaster Frenzy author. Alice has the world’s highest rollercoaster under her belt. I have the world’s highest vertical-drop rollercoaster under mine, which is surprising, I HATE heights. I launch into the Dead Kennedy’s rollercoaster disaster anthem Funland at the Beach, and later kick myself for the inappropriateness of that song in the context of post-quake Christchurch!!!

Louise says she feels privileged to have been part of the Christchurch rebuild, “It’s a moment in history. How many of those do we get to share.” Louise contends that Christchurch art and music have benefitted from the quakes; that a formerly closed scene, full of hierarchies, is now open to all players. That’s very ziney. It’s a sentiment echoed in issue two of the riso music journal Cheap Thrills (at Zinefest with editor - Erin Kimber). In the opening article - On the Value of Music - Matt Scobie writes, “I believe these events allowed or encouraged us to break free of the shackles of competitive individualism driven by exchange values and start acknowledging the importance of seeing the Ōtautahi music community as a synergetic whole…”

Hey, there’s Cameron from riso design journal Strips Club. His Strips Club collaborator’s moved to Berlin. Maybe there won’t be another volume of Strips Club. “Awe, do a White Fungus.” I encourage. “Berlin/Chch to their Taiwan/Wellington. Interview White Fungus’s Hanson brothers.” We talk politics, voting patterns, Winston Peters, the “king-maker” in post-election New Zealand. Cameron tells me about the massive Justice Building, that cynically opened for election season photo ops with members of the incumbent National party, closing again for ongoing construction as soon as the polling booths were shut.

I do the stall-holder circuit, it probably takes about an hour to get a reasonable handle on the qualities of the various zines on offer. All the zinesters are doing the same thing; doing the whole circuit before deciding how to spend their budget of $5, $10, or $20. I spend every cent that I make in sales of my own zine - Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People. I get all zinesters to sign their work.

There are approximately 20 stall-holders here according to Alice: Asian exchange students have written about racism against their own, David Merritt has his foldout poetry housed in upcycled books and banana box linings, there’s a zine from the Christchurch Women’s Centre, Spencer’s pop-up comics and satirical propaganda commands (Spencer also passes round a folded piece of paper for a comics jam on fictitious FX pedals), there are other inde comics, second hand books, witch zines, potion zines, stickers, handmade jewelry, cassettes, CD-zines, creative writing, sci fi stories, photo zines, travel zines, cat zines, music zines, even a zine about zines.

I sell more zines when I’m not on my stall than when I am there!?!? I’m not surprised, zine shopping is a potentially self-consciousness experience in the extreme. Where else do you examine someone’s art while they examine your face for signs of enjoyment, waiting for you to decide whether their art’s good enough to purchase. Imagine being installed next to your own gallery painting, with your hand out!? But that’s also the best thing about zinefest, you meet ALL the artists.

Bleeeurh! A bit tired and hungover now. Need coffee. The worst busker in the world sits in her wheelchair outside Bunsen Café warbling some churchy dirges over karaoke backing. Too good to be full-o-character, too bad to forgive her genre of choice.

My zinefest neighbor is a scrapbooker from the US, so I’m compelled to ask her if she thinks the scrapbooker kits one finds in art/stationary shops are a rip. Thankfully, she does. She appears to be afloat in NZ, not knowing if her art school back in the US will be restructured out of existence or not. Is looking to find an arts program in New Zealand.

Cameron of Strip Club packs up early. Bastard! Makes a huge hole in the wee zinefest presence/footprint.

I’m just not acclimatized to this Christchurch cold. They’ve put the Wellington guy in exactly the wrong place, by the draughty doorway. Locals chit chat in tee shirts while I hug myself, jacket zipped, hat pulled tight!?!?

I’m encouraging Louie of Dunedin Zinefest and Alice of Christchurch to get committees of helpers. They’re both currently running their zinefests solo!?!?

Spencer tells me to check out his story about NZ alt rock legend Bruce Russel being the alter-ego of NZ alt rock legend Martin Phillips, as printed in his Lyttelton Rotten Radio zine.

It’s nearly 5 PM. I pack up and make short work of my farewells so that I can catch a bus to the airport and relax knowing I’m in the right place for my flight back to Wellington.

Back home and checking the best of my haul:

Cheap Thrills Issue 2 - an elegant risographed volume of NZ music past and present

Wandering Wolves is a gorgeous riso, the very first zine of Prabha Mallya, made at one of the workshops leading up to zinefest. Poetic mix of tagged animal narrative, poetry, illustration, photo and collage.

Field Notes from The Crescent City – July 2017 “It’s a very efficient and sensible method of burial that ensures you can never ever escape your family, even in death.”

Louise Sutherland’s holiday snaps and memories of New Orleans (including its cemeteries), well enough written and photographed to transcend any photo album limitations

A Most Elusive Species – by Louise Sutherland’s brother Robert. Photo essay of seemingly empty zoo enclosures. A subtle variety to the picture-by-picture approach creating a rewarding sense of narrative.

Burn Out is a pun. Yes, there are cars, but the scars are not the result of spinning tyres but of the sun’s rays peeling the paint off that once proud finish - by Robert Sutherland.

The cutest wee Untitled zine that pitches it’s teensiness against clipped horror narratives from Greek myth.

Cuss Weird cussing birds. Inexplicable.

OX OX OX... a CDR economically clothed in a folded A3. Rockabilly are the first chords, with hints of Ramones and Stooges. Next song is quite different, same vocal stylings but over “Dunedin Sound” meets Fall repetition. In the zine, we’re regaled with some pretty compelling “um and ah” misadventures from the band’s singer. Now they play a kiwified Joy Division cover. Sweeet!

Strawberry Stories runs some loopy narrative logic, or lack thereof. And some nice red spot-colour on the strawberry coloured one, though s/he’s not actually a strawberry eh, s/he’s like a person with a tree growing outta their head!?!?

A Zine Fanzine Beautifully designed and laid out riso about zines. Tightened up my own understanding about the provenance of zines, though changes to conjecture when talking about post internet zines.

Misc - Excellent poems by Arwen Miriama Sommer. “Snow is built of feathers and birds are built of trees”

All About the Sex* The Christchurch Women’s Centre decide to distribute their newsletter at zinefest, so it’s a zine now. An intro to the Woman’s Centre and their weekly discussion forum, plus an intro to the Red Tent movement and editorial about aging women’s identity.

Rotten Radio Zine - Spencer Hall’s good at writing original meandering comedy nonsense about music and culture.

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kacebox · 6 years

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Shipping Just Sucks For Me

I’m going to share with you all here on Tumblr a little bit of frustration I have when it comes to enjoying whatever fictional dramas I do. Be they TV shows or some film franchise, it always seems to be the same.

I didn’t know the term “shipping” even existed until about Summer 2004 when I started frequenting some L Word message boards. It was a bit of internet language I wasn’t familiar with. From there I was introduced to concepts like ship names, names based on whatever pairings, romantically or otherwise from some show or movie. I remember an early favorite of mine was a friendship based one from TLW called AlShaDane, based on a trio of friends, Alice Pieszecki, Shane MacCutcheon, and Dana Fairbanks. There was Dana/Lara and when that fell through, there was Alice/Dana aka Danish.

For TLW, the big one and the one that still persists to something else I was introduced to in 2004, FanFic was TiBette, Bette/Tina. That was the first truly fierce, “ride or die” ship fandom I can recall and it’s still rather fierce.

Eventually I learned what I could of the terminology so I could apply it to my own fandom. The L Word aka TLW was important in teaching me a lot of stuff I wasn’t familiar with, but also teaching something else important and that’s shipping disappointment, also fandom disappointment.

TLW prepared me to deal with a lot of bullshit I’ve noticed when it comes to the fandoms I represent. Dana Fairbanks was my favorite character. She had the most intriguing story overall as it concerned the main characters. Naturally, she’s the one the writers decided to kill off in Season 3 while she was already in the middle of a gripping enough storyline involving herself, Alice, and Lara. I had also become a fan of the Shane/Carmen pairing and of course that died at the end of Season 3.

I remember writing the first (and only successful) fanfic based on the trauma that I and some other fans had dealt with as a result of that season. I’ve tried here and there to write some stuff since, but I’m fucking horrible at writing.

By the time TLW ended in 2009, it felt like a mercy killing and it would be a while before I was able to watch anything though I should point out I did watch FlashForward for the freak show effect of the plot.

2013 was when I finally started opening back up to watching any shows again, starting with Agents of SHIELD and The Blacklist. Eventually I would catch up on some other shows I eventually became interested. In 2015, Supergirl would burst on the scene and that show quickly went from curiosity to my favorite show, the reason why episodic TV was worth it. I became a big fan of the Danvers sisters and how they dealt with the growing pains of Kara growing into being a superhero and the support and love from Alex who had always been there for her since Kara showed up at the Danvers’ doorstep.

Unfortunately, Supergirl had to deal with CBS during Season 1, but thankfully the show as able to move over to the CW where I figured things might open up. I admit, my initial reaction to Maggie showing up had me at “Huh?” Then I remembered, it probably wasn’t likely Maggie was gonna show up on Gotham and date the future Batwoman who herself has yet to appear on that show.

Then Season 2 came along and Alex and Maggie started interacting. There was an instant chemistry to it. Sanvers wasn’t like Olicity where I figured “Yeah I like it, but understand Oliver’s got that “destined loner” thing going against him (see: MacCutcheon, Shane). Like I said, TLW prepared me for this shit.

Sure there’s Barry/Iris, but that’s cheating as OF COURSE they’re supposed to be together. Then Sanvers happened. Cue the Sigma song with Rita Ora, “Coming Home” and that first kiss. It was Dana/Lara all over again for me. I remember how that one ended. Again, that show prepared me.

Yet still, here we are in 2017 and this amazing story with an amazing pairing of characters featuring actors with chemistry and empathy for the situation their characters are in yet we’re on the verge of the oil slick into the ravine, assuming it’s not there already.

Disappointment is disappointment and sure a good fanfic doesn’t hurt when it comes to distractions, but that can only get so far. Heck at one point last year I attempted (and failed) to write some story where not only were Jessica Jones and Felicity Smoak were a couple, but Supergirl and Quake were also one, because just the idea of that impossible pairing was too good to pass up without at least giving it a shot.

Again though, it’s fanfic. Anything may go there, but the writers of the official stuff still helm the controls. Creative and the network dictate what they can with the official narrative and there’s not much we can do about it. Based on my avatar as of this writing, it’s apparent that I’m a big Holtzbert fan as well, based on Jillian Holtzmann and Erin Gilbert from Ghostbusters (2016), my favorite of the Gb films. Sadly, I don’t think that will ever be successfully addressed either in a sequel that might not ever happen to the comic adaptation that currently gets to form the narrative, courtesy of IDW Publishing.

Which brings me back to Sanvers. Here’s what the current state of Supergirl has done to me. Keep in mind, this is still my favorite show, but I’ve gone from watching the show as it airs to DVR’ing it for later to delaying watching it and the other shows I’m into. I’m currently 2 weeks behind and this Monday it might be 3. I’m still keeping up thanks to social media, but it sure does make me feel apprehensive about hitting Play.

Everything is veering towards an inevitable breakup and I’m none too pleased about this. I get that Floriana Lima, who plays Maggie is up for checking out some other gigs while she can and that’s fine. I get that Creative is more interested in teasing the Supercorp (Kara/Lena) fans while shoehorning Karamel (Kara/Mon-El) in even when they’re not together.

Don’t get me wrong Karamelers, I’m not anti-Karamel necessarily. I think they’re good together. It’s just not something I feel strongly about either way. I love that Team Karamel is ride or die for their favorite couple. I dig that. I also dig Team Supercorp and they’re undying faith in a concept no doubt feel should be given a chance. I know that feeling well. Unfortunately, I also know what it’s like to be disappointed at such a chance not being taken.

I don’t like feeling strongly about ships. Again, I learned from TLW that’s a quick access point to resentment toward strangers trying to write their narrative. With the exception of some likes or whatnot on social media I’ve tried keeping all this in check, but I admit it’s getting harder to do that. There’s this level of bile building up, a level that I haven’t felt since Losing the Light on March 12, 2006. Trust me when I say I was not particularly pleasant that night.

If/when the big Sanvers breakup happens on Sg, I’ll likely find out about it before I get around to watching it and it’s still gonna suck.

These people have lives.

These people have jobs to do.

These people are just trying to tell some story the best they can.

That’s me trying to remind myself to be rational. That’s me trying to remind myself that ultimately this is fictional bullshit that should have no effect on my or anyone else’s life.

Then I remember how wrong I am. Then I remember the families who shared their stories about how the Danvers sisters dynamic was huge for them, especially those with a birthed child and one adopted. Then I remember the past year of reading just how powerful Alex’s coming out and the relationship with Maggie became instrumental in their lives. I remember thinking to myself “Wow” when it came to others struggling to come out and struggling with acceptance, struggling with all of these real life issues that Chyler Leigh has been able to provide her acting prowess to as Alex and how meaningful the Alex/Maggie relationship became.

This wasn’t just some TiBette shit where people simply loved the chemistry in everything Jennifer Beals (Bette) and Laurel Holloman (Tina) brought to the table in making the rollercoaster ride of that relationship work on screen. It wasn’t just about how natural they made it look, how organic it came off as. Sanvers wasn’t just some crazy idea worth checking. We weren’t interested in being baited. We weren’t interested in Sg Creative declaring, “hey let’s try a lesbian thing on here and see how it goes.” As the SEC football fans and marketing puts it, “it just means more.” We had no interest in Sanvers being some kind of exploitation project to attract the GLAAD viewers. For many of us it became personal, deeply personal. I have a bad feeling that once all this plays out the way it’s apparently going to, that by the time they’re able to resolve it, it’s going to be too late. When fans declare that “Sanvers is my endgame,” they’re not fucking kidding. Something to understand about LGBTQ viewers, myself representing the “B” side to that. We don’t like being dicked around. We don’t have time for it. We don’t have to be baited and we’re not interested in being thrown a damn scrap here and there.

Whether Sg Creative meant it, they tapped into something that’s become meaningful for many of us. For me it’s idealism mixed with some realism, which I realize is a bit crazy as it comes to a show about a flying white lady alien who among her superpowers is being able to do all that fighting and not get a single run in those tights.

Alex/Maggie is getting into Dana Fairbanks territory. It’s getting into Losing the Light territory. As much as creative has a right to tell their stories as best they can, I and other Sanvers supporters have a right to not be happy about it and be rather vocal about it.

I won’t allow for any ship to be my endgame. I just won’t. That said, even with the now apprehensive viewing, there’s going to be that disappointment. The previous decade, TLW made me realize that I was more of a fan for what the show could be than what it was. Supergirl with all those powers and abilities is going to wind up being the same. That just sucks.

Sanvers matters. Sanvers fans should also matter.

#Sanvers #Sanvers Matters #TheLWord #Supergirl

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comiccrusaders · 7 years

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Titan Brings The Death of Stalin, Doctor Who, Fighting American, Hard Case Crime, And Wolfenstein, Plus Many More, To NYCC!

This New York Comic-Con (October 5 – 8), Titan Comics brings its largest-ever offering of thrilling debuts, NYCC variants and special appearances from a host of creators including; the creator behind The Death of Stalin which inspired the upcoming political thriller from Armando Iannucci – Fabien Nury, writer of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Millennium adaptation, Sylvain Runberg, and Minky Woodcock creator Cynthia von Buhler, and comic writers Dan Watters (Wolfenstein), Ryan O’Sullivan (The Evil Within), Ram V (Quake: Champions), comic artists Rachael Stott (The Twelfth Doctor), and Michael Dialynas (Robotech) plus many more phenomenal talents from across the comics industry.

Titan Comics will be exhibiting a number of fantastic NYCC exclusives – only available at Titan’s booth #2142 – including: Wolfenstein Issue #1 exclusive NYCC game variant cover, plus collect the full story arc with an exclusive NYCC series pack with Issue #2 debuting at the show; Fighting American Issue #1 makes its world debut at the show with a special NYCC variant by Andie Tong (TEKKEN); plus convention specials of Doctor Who featuring a cover by fan-favorite artist Alice X. Zhang; plus, celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine with Titan’s Convention Special Issue #0 – based on the hit classic movie, this special brings the Fab Four to comics!

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Celebrate Titan’s brand-new Robotech comics series, based on the cult 1980s animated TV show, at NYCC! Pick up the phenomenal third-printing cover by artist Mike Dialynas, who will be at the Titan booth #2142 from 1.30pm on Friday 6 October, signing copies.

The upcoming dark comedy movie by Veep creator Armando Iannucci, The Death of Stalin – based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, from Titan Comics – hits cinemas in 2017. Fans can get a special look at exclusive footage from the upcoming movie, at a special screening with guest writer Fabien Nury and director Armando Iannucci, at 7:45pm in Room 1A06. Sign up to the panel here.

Plus, fans can pick up The Death Of Stalin graphic novel that inspired the upcoming movie at the French Comics Association Booth #1669 from 5:30pm on Thursday 5 October, and meet writer Fabien Nury as he signs copies!

Fighting American – the legendary creation from the legendary comic book duo Joe Simon & Jack Kirby – is back! Celebrate the centenary of Jack Kirby with an NYCC exclusive Issue #1 cover by Andie Tong, just in time for Joe Simon’s birthday on October 11.

Titan Comics’ Gaming comics are set to have a special presence at the show, with a variety of events, live stage interviews and signings throughout the weekend including; an unmissable Assassin’s Creed livestream interview with Ubisoft brand manager Anouk Bachman taking place on Thursday 5 October at 1:45pm, NYCC Livestream Stage.

Plus, take an exclusive look at what’s coming up for Titan and Bethesda featuring the brand-new comics based on the highly anticipated Bethesda games; The Evil Within 2, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider! Join the creative minds behind these spectacular and bold comics for an unmissable Gaming & Titan Comics Panel (Thursday 5 October, Room 1A21, 7:45pm)with Ryan O’Sullivan, Ram V, and Dan Watters, for never-before-seen art previews and special announcements. But that’s not all – all attendees will receive free comics and gifts! Followed on Friday 6 October by a signing at Titan Booth #2142 at 11:45am, this is a fantastic opportunity to meet the creators behind these thrilling and powerful new stories based on the hit games!

Hard Case Crime founder, Charles Ardai and Minky Woodcock creator Cynthia von Buhler tease the next bold comic from Hard Case Crime – Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini. Don’t miss the exclusive NYCC Livestream Stage interview with Charles, Cynthia and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Millennium writer Sylvain Runberg at 11:45am on Thursday 5 October as they discuss all things crime, sleaze, and violence.

Titan Comics is also pleased to take NYCC attendees behind the scenes of our Doctor Who line of comics! Doctor Who, and Torchwood fans should not miss Titan’s Doctor Who & Torchwood Panel – packed with exclusive reveals, never-before-seen artwork previews, and comic guests! With comic guests Nick Abadzis, Simon Fraser, Cavan Scott, Rachael Stott, George Mann, and hosted by Doctor Who editor Andrew James, this panel will reveal upcoming plans for Titan’s Doctor Who & Torchwood comics, giving fans the first scoop on 2018 happenings. This highly anticipated panel will take place on Saturday, October 7, at 7:45PM in room 1A24. All attendees will receive a free Doctor Who goodie bag bundle of Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctor comics!

See below for a full list of creator signings and panel information:

THURSDAY 5th

LIVESTAGE: Hard Case Crime

Guests: Charles Ardai (Editor), Sylvain Runberg (Writer), Cynthia von Buhler (Creator)

Time: 11:45am – 12:00pm

Location: NYCC Livestream Stage

LIVESTAGE: Assassin’s Creed

Guests: Andrew James (Editor), Anouk Bachman (Brand manager)

Time: 1:45pm – 2:00pm

Location: NYCC Livestream Stage

SIGNING: The Death Of Stalin

Guest: Fabien Nury (Creator)

Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Location: Booth #1669 – French Comics Association

PANEL: Gaming & Titan Comics: Evil Within 2, Wolfenstein 2 and Dishonored Panel

Guests: Ryan O’Sullivan (Writer), Ram V (Writer), Dan Watters (Writer)

Time: 7.45pm – 8.45pm

Location: Room 1A21

Giveaways: Free digital comics bundle for every attendee!

Take an exclusive look at what’s coming up for Titan and Bethesda featuring the brand-new comics based on the anticipated Bethesda games; Evil Within 2, Wolfenstein 2 and Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider! Join the creative minds behind these spectacular and bold new comics for an unmissable panel for never-before-seen art previews and special announcements! Each attendee will receive free comics and gifts!

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/48731/Bethesda-Titan-Comics-Evil-Within-2-Wolfenstein-2-and-Dishonored-Panel

EVENT: The Death of Stalin – Screening

Guests: Fabien Nury (Creator), Armando Iannucci (Director)

Time: 7:45pm – 8.45pm

Location: Room 1A06 (seating capacity 800)

IFC Films presents exclusive clips and a talk back about The Death of Stalin, starring Steve Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor. Based on the graphic novel from Titan Comics, originally published in France, this darkly comic political thriller follows the struggle for supreme power after Stalin’s falling–changing the fate of the nation and the world. And it all really happened. Q&A to follow including director Armando Iannucci and writer Fabien Nury. Give-aways to be announced!

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/49078/The-Death-of-Stalin-Exclusive-Footage-and-Interview-with-Fabien-Nury-for-the-IFC-Release-of-the-Film-Based-on-Titan-Comics-Political-Thriller

FRIDAY 6th

LIVESTAGE: Wolfenstein, The Evil Within 2, Dishonored, Quake: Champions Comics

Guests: Ryan O’Sullivan (Writer), Michael Moreci (Writer), Ram V (Writer), Dan Watters (Writer)

Time: 11:00am – 11:30am

Location: NYCC Livestream Stage

SIGNING: Wolfenstein, The Evil Within 2, Dishonored, Quake: Champions Comics

Guests: Ryan O’Sullivan (Writer), Michael Moreci (Writer), Ram V (Writer), Dan Watters (Writer)

Time: 11.45am – 12:45pm

Location: Titan Booth #2142

SIGNING: Robotech

Guests: Michael Dialynas (Artist)

Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Titan Booth #2142

SATURDAY 7th

SIGNING: Doctor Who

Guests: Nick Abadzis (Writer), Simon Fraser (Artist), Alex Paknadel (Writer), Rob Williams (Writer)

Time: 12pm – 1pm

Location: Titan Booth #2142

SIGNING: Doctor Who

Guests: Cavan Scott (Writer), George Mann (Writer), Rachael Stott (Artist)

Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: Titan Booth #2142

PANEL: Doctor Who & Torchwood Comics

Guests: Cavan Scott (Writer), George Mann (Writer), Rachael Stott (Artist), Simon Fraser (Artist) and Nick Abadzis (Writer)

Host: Andrew James

Time: 7:45pm – 8:45pm

Location: Room 1A24

Giveaways: Free bundle of digital comics for every attendee!

An unmissable comic book panel packed with exclusive reveals, never-before-seen art previews and special announcements! Get your fix of all things Whovian from our special team of Who comics writers and artists, along with editor Andrew James who will reveal upcoming plans for Titan’s Doctor Who Comics and take you behind the scenes of Titan’s stand-alone Doctor Who comic – created especially for the show!

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/48634/Doctor-Who-and-Torchwood-Comics

To keep up to date with Titan Comics at NYCC follow Titan Comics on Twitter at @comicstitan and on Facebook and TumblrI

FULL PLANS REVEALED: TITAN COMICS AT NEW YORK COMIC CON 2017! Titan Brings The Death of Stalin, Doctor Who, Fighting American, Hard Case Crime, And Wolfenstein, Plus Many More, To NYCC!

#comics #nycc #Titan

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barbosaasouza · 6 years

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Weekend PC Download Deals for June 15: Free Killing Floor 2 Steam Weekend

E3 2018 is over and retailers are now falling over themselves to put the best games available on PC on sale this weekend. A handful of the best sales from last week continue on through this weekend, but now Steam has joined the fray, putting up the best games from Croteam and Klei, along with several other top-notch games. On top of that, Killing Floor 2 is on sale all weekend and is free to play until Sunday.

The best sales still go to GOG.com, GamersGate, Origin, and the Ubisoft Store, all of which are celebrating the summer and/or E3 with dozens upon dozens of games on sale.

Killing Floor 2

Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

Amazon

Star Wars Battlefront II [Origin] - $19.99 (60% off)

Battlefield 1 Revolution [Origin] - $14.99 (75% off)

The Sims 4 [Origin] - $9.99 (75% off)

Need for Speed Payback [Origin] - $19.99 (60% off)

Mirror's Edge Catalyst [Origin] - $4.99 (50% off)

Dragon Age Inquisition GOTY Edition [Origin] - $15.99 (60% off)

Mass Effect Trilogy [Origin] - $7.49 (75% off)

Crysis Trilogy [Origin] - $12.49 (75% off)

SimCity Complete Edition [Origin] - $7.49 (75% off)

Alice: Madness Returns [Origin] - $4.99 (75% off)

Fe [Origin] - $9.99 (50% off)

Dead Space 3 [Origin] - $9.99 (50% off)

Direct2Drive

BioShock: The Collection [Steam] - $29.99 (50% off)

Batman: Arkham Knight [Steam] - $13.19 (34% off)

Mafia III [Steam] - $13.20 (67% off)

Find more games for Dad, like NBA 2K18 and WWE 2K18, on sale during Direct2Drive's Father's Day Sale.

Fanatical

Pay $1.99 for Chroma Squad, Skullgirls, Deadlight, Mad Games Tycoon, Replica, The Way, Wick, 12 is Better Than 6 Game, The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day, and Infectonator: Survivors. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $4.99 for F.E.A.R. (w/all DLC), F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn DLC, and F.E.A.R. 3. These activate on Steam.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds [Steam] - $23.99 (20% off)

LEGO The Incredibles [Steam] - $29.99 (25% off)

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 [Steam] - $19.49 (35% off)

Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition [Steam] - $9.99 (75% off)

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GamersGate

Middle-earth: Shadow of War [Steam] - $30.00 (50% off)

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - $35.99 (20% off)

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Fallout 4 [Steam] - $12.15 (59% off)

Rage [Steam] - $2.72 (73% off)

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Far Cry 5 [UPlay] - $39.14 (35% off)

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Find more Ubisoft games, like For Honor and the Trials games, on sale during Green Man Gaming's Ubisoft Sale.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI [Steam] - $18.24 (70% off)

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BioShock: The Collection [Steam] - $14.99 (75% off)

XCOM Collection 2 [Steam] - $44.99 (55% off)

Mafia III [Steam] - $13.99 (65% off)

Find more from 2K Games on sale during the Humble Store's 2K Sale.

Injustice 2 [Steam] - $29.99 (40% off)

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Find more from superhero games on sale during the Humble Store's Comic Book Capers Sale.

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Find more of EA's best games on sale during the Origin Infinite Gaming Sale.

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Steam

As well as regular discounts, Steam has a couple of additional weekend deals.

Killing Floor 2 - $11.99 (60% off) (FREE WEEKEND until 6/17 at 1PM PT)

Quake Champions [Steam Early Access] - $19.79 (34% off) (FREE WEEKEND until 6/17 at 1PM PT)

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition - $19.99 (60% off)

Hand of Fate 2 - $23.99 (20% off)

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Invisible Inc. Contigency Plan Bundle - $5.99 (75% off)

Find the rest of the Klei catalog on sale during Steam's Klei Weekend Sale.

The Elder Scrolls Online - $9.99 (50% off)

The Talos Principle - $7.99 (80% off)

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Nioh - $29.99 (40% off)

Dead By Daylight - $9.99 (50% off)

Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition - $9.99 (50% off)

Dying Light - $15.99 (60% off)

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - $29.99 (50% off)

Quantum Break - $19.99 (50% off)

Overcooked - $5.77 (66% off)

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givetimsomerest · 7 years

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Februar 2017

Erwähnenswerte Alben/EPs The Necks - Unfold Sammlung: Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Düsseldorf 1982-1989 Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now Lawrence English - Cruel Optimism Bing & Ruth - No Home of the Mind Mind Over Mirrors - Undying Color Lychi - self-titled Sun Kil Moon - Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood PC Worship - Buried Wish Power Trip - Nightmare Logic The Down House - Our Mess

Neue Singles Jake Xerxes Fussell - “Furniture Man” Nana Grizol - “Mississippi Swells” Mount Eerie - “Ravens” Alice Coltrane - “Om Shanti” Self Defense Family - “Maybe You Could Explain It to Me”

Besuchte Konzerte 03.02. Slapshot at Mitsubishi Electric Hall, Düsseldorf 04.02. Kent Coda at The Good Food, Köln 07.02. Hannes Wader at Scala Club, Leverkusen

Sonstige konsumierte Medien/Orte/etc. ‘Poppy Wire/Colin Newman’ Spotify Playlist Bumann & Sohn Hannes Wader - Es ist an der Zeit Zeena Parkins - Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics Tinariwen - Live In Paris The Nice Guys (2016) The Wire - S01 E01-10 (2002) Peter Lindberg/Garry Winogrand: Women on Street; Various Artists: Perfect Storm (NRW Forum, Düsseldorf) Studenten-Ausstellung (Hoch Schule Düsseldorf) Okada - Floating Away From the World Tatort Weimar: Der scheidende Schupo (2017) Maastricht/Sint Pietersberg: div. Sehenswürdigkeiten; Underground-Tour Mei Wok Mica Levi - Jackie Tinariwen - Elwar Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1-8 (2003-2009) Wicleff Polizeiruf 110 Magdeburg: Dünnes Eis (2017) Café Elefant Conrad Schnitzler - Filmmusik 2 Speisemeister Van Dyck Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary (2015) Low Season - Weather Maker EP Daredevil (Mark Waid run) Vol. 1-2 (2011-2014) Grails - Chalice Hymnal München/Geretsried: div. Sehenswürdigkeiten Café Omo Well Being Tatort Köln: Tanzmariechen (2017) Wagner - Lohengrin Zum Goldenen Schuss Rosenmontagszug Sisters of Mercy - Reptile House EP Self Defense Family at Great Scott, Boston, MA, 03/06/2015 Karneval in Köln Tatort Ludwigshafen: Babbeldasch (2017) Nubbelverbrennung, Lenauplatz

Foto-Blog Updates • Self Defense Family, Kavka, Antwerpen, Okt 2016 • The Sins of My Youth, Perle am Rhein, Andernach, Okt 2016 • Pisse & Ufosekte, Kreativfabrik, Wiesbaden, Nov 2016 –> timvonholst.tumblr.com

#februar 2017 #media #musik #filme #konzerte #ausstellungen #bücher

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sosed-domosed · 7 years

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Крис Вренна работает над музыкой Quake Champions, датирована QuakeCon 2017

Музыкант, композитор и продюсер Крис Вренна (Chris Vrenna) через свою страничку в Facebook объявил, что работает над саундтреком Quake Champions. У него уже есть опыт работы над играми. Он участвовал в создании Doom 3, Quake 4, American McGee's Alice, Need for Speed Most Wanted и не только.

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cbholganza · 7 years

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Happy New Year, everyone!!!

Yes, 2016 has been a year of wonderful experiences for me. And I have to say thank you for all the humbling lessons, the unforgettable memories it has gifted me with.

2016 was a year of expansions. With Habitat, we opened up a new frontier in oh-so-distant Culion, in northern Palawan at the start of the year. The expansion would turn eastward, with the inclusion of Eastern Visayas, with the many projects in Leyte and Samar as a result of Haiyan; plus my beloved home province of Bohol, which was also devastated by a killer quake a month before the Super Typhoon. This was on top of the projects in Central and Western Visayas which we have been working on all along.

The expansion would bless me with new adventures, new ideas, and new friends. This year, I was fortunate to have travelled to rapidly-expanding Macau and Hongkong, to Korea, and to Australia; aside from the many beautiful local sights in Malapascua, Bantayan, Oslob, Dumaguete, Tacloban, Culion, etc. God is truly great!

And I would like to express my gratitude to my Habitat family for helping me grow in this new chapter in my life; to my mistahs and friends in the service, for even as I have retired, the unflinching support remains; to new and old friends: Greg, ninang Alice, Tony, Pons, Boy, Mr Shooli, Sir Dan, Harlie and the rest – you know who you are – for the laughs, the thrills and the great opportunities to learn and to continue serving.

My resolution for 2017: to make myself a better person from all those experiences.

I will make a stronger and more vigorous effort to watch my diet, to make progress with my physical well-being, and to grow spiritually. I will also be more mindful of my finances. I will help the kids as they start their own new worlds. Finally, I will work on the many opportunities to support the advocacies close to my heart: in the Habitat communities we are growing, in developing sports nation-wide, and in giving back and supporting the Armed Forces for everything it has given me.

Now, may I invite you to help me track down how I fare at the end of the year? :)

Here’s our last big bash for the year 2016. Let it be a token of things to come. Happy new year, everyone!!

The year’s memories in pics.

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The Habitat leadership…

We soldier on…

Rebuilding lives…

Building communities…

Building hope…

Turning over infrastructures …

after infrastructure…

in a never-ending labor of love…

But there were opportunities to travel too…

And party in Macau…

And play in Hongkong…

And tour Seoul…

And learn in Haeinsa…

And make new friends in Gyeungsan…

And bond …

My travel shoes brought me to Davao…

Where I found this cute little hut…

And Culion…

And Cebu…

Dumaguete…

And many more …

To Sydney…

With the Boogoos of Sydney…

And of course, Bondi Beach…

Gift-giving this Christmas…

Sharing one’s abundance…

Teaching, motivating…

Believing…

God is great!!!

Bye, Sixteen; Hello, Seventeen!!! Happy New Year, everyone!!! Yes, 2016 has been a year of wonderful experiences for me. And I have to say thank you for all the humbling lessons, the unforgettable memories it has gifted me with.

#blessings #faith #God is great!!!#Habitat #happiness #happy new year

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