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Sneak Peak at the ComicCon Today!

It's offcially Wednesday at the San Diego International ComicCon.  Now that the Monday-Tuesday Product EXPO is over, what does that mean?  It means after 5:00 PM, the dealer's room doors will open and all the "pros" and "pre-regs" will be allowed in to get that early-bird shopping for collectable and must-have items taken care of.  Spend spend spend!  But you will also see people dressed up as super heroes, barbarians, aliens, stormtroopers, Jedi, Harry Potter characters, and anything else. And...don't…
July 22, 2009
DesignMarketing

Documentary Premiere at Wonderhaus: “Scribble08”

We are pleased to announce the premiere of a great new documentary film, Scribble08, diected by Planet Illogica's very own Mark Murphy! It happens this week, Thursday, July 23 -- yep, right when the ComicCon gets under way, and for a good reason: this is a doc that features eight 5-minute segments about artistic inspiration and motivation by such great contemporary artists like Jeff Soren, Jeff Soto, Martha Rich, Kevin Christy, Tim Biskup, Camille Rose Garcia and the wonders of…
July 20, 2009
DesignMarketing

Another Summer of Heroes and Aliens — ComicCon is Here at Last!

It's Back, Boy Wonder! People, collectors, artists, experts, publishers and fans have been arriving into San Diego since Saturday, and will continue to do so all week, for the annual San Diego International ComicCon, which we followed and reported on last year in this blog. It's not just about comic books, superheroes, aliens, Godzilla, Pokemon and Spiderman -- the ComicCon is really the International Pop Culture Entertainment Convention, a mixture of video and online games, Japanese magna, toys, collectibles, literature,…
July 20, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Online Trends: The Popularity of Webshows

Two years ago, they were a novelty, an experiment -- today they are not only becoming the norm, but a viable alternative to televison.  We're talking web shows here, or webisodes, and not just additions to existing TV shows, but completely original online content. It seems people -- the "younger" generation of Internet users -- are becoming more accostomed to watching content on their computer screens and through the Net.  The increased number of new web shows, and those gaining…
July 16, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

It’s Free! Google Chrome OS Around the Corner

After launching a web browser, Chrome,  and browser-based productivity software, Google is now setting its gun ports  at Microsoft's monopoly over how people use the the computers: the operating system. Google just  announced plans to launch its own open source operating system slated for release to consumers during the second half of 2010. The Google Chrome OS, designed to work with the Chrome web browser, will be optimized for the hot netbook category of laptops that Microsoft hopes to serve with a stripped down…
July 9, 2009