Universal Pictures’ Emerging Writers Fellowship

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…Is now open. As of today. And between us, it couldn’t hurt to apply…could it?

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Peer Production: Death of the Firstborn Egyptians

A creator worth watching: Nina Paley
A creator worth watching: Nina Paley

One of the most important things about interweb video is that when you do something independently, which is what peer production is all about, you don’t have to answer to anyone’s taste but your own. Oh, sure, it’s good to collaborate and work with a team you love, but when you’re working for love nobody should be able to force anything down anybody else’s throat.

What brings this to our TVWriter™ hive mind is the following video by Nina Paley. Which is, simply – stunning visual art:

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JOHN OSTRANDER: DOCTOR MCCRANKYPANTS

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by John Ostrander

SPOILER ALERT: This week’s topic is Doctor Who. If you don’t watch the show, you probably won’t like the column. Also, if you’re saving this season to binge watch and haven’t seen any of the episodes yet, there may be some spoilers. Fair warning.

We’re several weeks now into the new season of Doctor Whofeaturing the latest incarnation of the Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi. While our own Vinnie Bartilucci has been doing splendid recaps/reviews here on ComicMix, I’d like to look at Capaldi’s Doctor overall and weigh in. read article

Talk About Shiny: 1st Look at FIREFLY: THE GAME

Yesterday we brought a blast from the past of the Buffyverse. Now we’re going full Whedon with this:

Is this really what the box will look like? We dunno, but who the hell cares? It's MAL!
Is this really what the box will look like? We dunno, but who the hell cares? It’s MAL!

Now this is how we like to start a Sunday!

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Must-Read for BUFFY Fans: The Sunnydale Press

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Ever wonder what it would’ve been like to live in beautiful Sunnydale, CA back in the ’90s and, you know, read the local paper?

Well, so have the geniuses behind the Tumblr blog The Sunnydale Press. No, we can’t name them cuz, well, we honestly don’t know who they are. Ooh, a Tumblr blog veiled in secrecy? Who’d a’thought? read article