Here's a recent article that drew quite a bit of attention regarding the future of tabletop gaming

http://www.squaremans.com/?p=105

You should go read it -- even the comments. Ryan Dancey of WOTC fame drops in to give his perspective as do a few other RPG celebrities (well - as much as anyone can be called a celebrity in the RPG world)

It's an ( Read more... )

Hang on to the 5 minute mark for a glimpse of War Machine
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From the still under development cold war supers RPG project Wargames,here are a couple of images of the Supreme Commissar.

The SC is head of the Red Directorate, the Soviet super-agency that oversees meta-human operatives.

In place of a much longer description (his current bio is almost 2 pages), he's the Soviet Nick Fury in our Cold War supers ( Read more... )

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How long ago did the last issue of Planetary come out?

I don't even remember. But it was so long ago, some people still thought Warren Ellis was going to spark a some kind of revolution in comics. Or something?

Now - well - it kind of looks sort of, kind of, maybe like he's running beer commercials on his blog. I can't cast stones. Times are tight. I ( Read more... )

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1) Checked out DC's Blackest Night and decided to give it a pass. At first glance, this looks like pretty much DC's version of Marvel Zombies minus the fun, Raimi-esque, over-the-top camp factor. So, humorless undead superheroes. It _seems_ to be going for a horror vibe, but it isn't connecting with me. I've been enjoying most of Geoff John's work ( Read more... )

http://www.buycostumes.com/Captain-America-Adult-Shield-Large/60359/ProductDetail.aspx

and if the embed doesn't work--here's a link

Slapfight between John Byrne (he's been drawing comics since the 60s and apparently has a strange 'thing" for She-Hulk) and Erik Larsen (the guy behind Savage Dragon at Image)

I'd always heard that Byrne was kind of schmuck. he seems to be going out of his way to prove it here.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/06/11/john-byrne-and-erik-larsen-it-must ( Read more... )