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HBO celebrates True Blood The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-Ray/DVD

HBO celebrates True Blood The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-Ray/DVD

Geek confession time! When the show True Blood first premiered on HBO, I wasn't a fan. Quite frankly, I felt as if the show was treading too closely to territory that belonged to my all-time favorite vampire series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." But as the show...

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Telltale Games previews FABLES: "The Wolf Among Us"

Telltale Games previews FABLES: "The Wolf Among Us"

While attending FABLESCON a couple months ago, I was deeply immersed in the world that Bill Willingham created in his award-winning Vertigo comic FABLES. I'm sad to say that I ended up missing the Telltale Games panel where they talked about the new game based on...

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Iron Man 3 Review: Tony Stark and the Curse of Being a Comic Book Geek

Iron Man 3 Review: Tony Stark and the Curse of Being a Comic Book Geek

Man, it’s times like these that I wish I didn’t read so many comic books. Especially when it comes to Iron Man, because had I not gone into Iron Man 3 with certain pre-conceived notions about the characters, I’m sure I would have enjoyed it a lot...

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Geek To Me's C2E2 2013 Costume Gallery

Geek To Me's C2E2 2013 Costume Gallery

Chicago's cosplay community was in full force again at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) at McCormick Place this year. Here is a sampling of the hundreds of costumed characters that were in attendance, along with some other sights from the convention. (Photos by Elliott Serrano,...

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Between the Darkness and the Light: Brian Azzarello on writing for DC Comics

Between the Darkness and the Light: Brian Azzarello on writing for DC Comics

If you only went by the type of comic-books he wrote, you would think that Brian Azzarello was a brooding soul, a tortured artist who was tormented by a traumatic past. But when you speak with the writer of dark titles like “100 Bullets” and...

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Star Trek The Video Game has William Shatner battling the Gorn...again!

Star Trek The Video Game has William Shatner battling the Gorn...again!

With all the pre-release press that has been going out about the new Star Trek game, you'd think I'd have grown immune to it all. Well, this stunt involving the original Captian Kirk (or do you call him Kirk Prime?) William Shatner made me grin from...

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The Star Wars Character Tournament: Sixteen Strikes Back!

The Star Wars Character Tournament: Sixteen Strikes Back!

Last week, special contributor Ben Finfer

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Warren Ellis & Mike McKone Assemble for Marvel's AVENGERS: ENDLESS WARTIME Original Graphic Novel

Warren Ellis & Mike McKone Assemble for Marvel's AVENGERS: ENDLESS WARTIME Original Graphic Novel

Warren Ellis & Mike McKone Assemble for Marvel’s AVENGERS: ENDLESS WARTIME Original Graphic Novel

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Understanding the power of the Dark Side: The Star Wars Character Tournament

Understanding the power of the Dark Side: The Star Wars Character Tournament

It’s the greatest tournament in the galaxy! The “This Is Madness: The Star Wars Character Tournament” has had Star Wars fans debating who will win the title of Best Character, and...

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The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey: Interview with Jimmy Nesbitt [EXCLUSIVE]

The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey: Interview with Jimmy Nesbitt [EXCLUSIVE]

Today, fans of The Hobbit were able to pick up a copy of Peter Jackson's film adaptation on DVD and Blu-Ray. To commerate the event, Geek To Me was given this exclusive interview with actor Jimmy Nesbitt. If you saw the film,...

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"This is Madness!" gives Star Wars fans a tournament to care about

"This is Madness!" gives Star Wars fans a tournament to care about

The internet has been buzzing with talk about a "tournament" that's coming up. It hasn't even started yet and its already stirred up some controversy with arguments over how some of the contestants were seeded within their respective regions on the tournament bracket. It has even caused one...

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TNA Knockout Tara ready to take on Chicago

TNA Knockout Tara ready to take on Chicago

I first met TNA Knockout Lisa Marie Varon (AKA "Tara") at Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con a few years ago. She was seated in the autograph area that was set up for all the pro wrestlers who attended the annual pop-culture convention in Rosemont, IL. When I approached...

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Chicago wrestlers are all about TNA

Chicago wrestlers are all about TNA

TNA wrestling is picking a fight with WWE, and Chicago is in the middle of it.

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Pro Wrestler Chris Daniels returns to Chicago for TNA Impact Live!

Pro Wrestler Chris Daniels returns to Chicago for TNA Impact Live!

The last time we spoke, pro wrestler Chris Daniels was in Chicago as a part of the Ring of Honor

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The Detective Dublin Files: Struttin' Our Stuff

The Detective Dublin Files: Struttin' Our Stuff

Hello, Grimmsters! It’s been such a long, cold, lonely hiatus for Detective Dublin. There are so many unanswered questions hanging over our heads as we prepare for the return of GRIMM Friday night at 9 on NBC, but probably the biggest question everyone’s...

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Iron Man 3 Trailer hits the internet

Iron Man 3 Trailer hits the internet

So, that sound you just heard was that of about a million fanboys and fangirls squeeing with delight, until they get to that very last part of the trailer and are suddenly silenced, BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH AWESOME TO BEAR!

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The Mongoliad Book Three - Chapter Preview

The Mongoliad Book Three - Chapter Preview

Here is something new for Geek To Me readers! Courtesy of Wunderkind PR comes this excerpt from The Mongoliad Book Three by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Nicole Galland, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey and Cooper Moo.

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Death comes to town in "Malaria"

Death comes to town in "Malaria"

Every once in a while, you come across a storyteller that really knows how to dazzle you. Last night my fellow geek journo Marc Bernardin shared a link this this video on Twitter with the following description: "I don'...

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From the Archives: The Hottest Geek Guys of Winter - 2012 Edition

From the Archives: The Hottest Geek Guys of Winter - 2012 Edition

Originally posted: Monday, February 6, 2012 8:30am

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Steven Moffat talks Doctor Who 50th Anniversary plans for Gallifrey One

Steven Moffat talks Doctor Who 50th Anniversary plans for Gallifrey One

It seems like it's been forvever since we last saw a new Doctor Who episode. (The Christmas special was the last new Who to air since, well, Christmas.) Now, with the 50th anniversary of the television series approaching, Whovians everywhere are snapping up every...

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LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHT: BATMAN DOCUMENTARY FILM RELEASES NEW TRAILER

LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHT: BATMAN DOCUMENTARY FILM RELEASES NEW TRAILER

February 21 - The trailer for the new documentary film "Legends of the Knight" debuted online on Thursday. 

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