Posted at 10:55 p.m. - Monday, November 17

Courtesy of my friends at Dreamland Comics in Schaumburg, IL comes this week's new releases!  Of note this week: Marvel Comics' adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Hugo Award Winning novel continues in Ender's Game Battle School #2; Mulder and Scully return in the DC/Wildstorm series X-Files #1; The Autobots travel into the third dimension in IDW's Transformers Spotlight Optimus Prime 3D; and much, much more!  Get over to your local comic shop and try one of these great titles (or any of the others listed below) this week!

Posted at 8:25 p.m. - Monday, November 17

Got this notice from local film-maker Joe Avella:

Our latest short film Action City Bathroom is premiering tomorrow night at the Indie Incubator Film Fest!

One tough cop…
One ruthless killer…
One shitty bathroom.
Action City Bathroom!

The Indie Incubator is at The Original Mother’s, 26 W. Division Street.

The show is totally FREE!
Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm.
Sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey.

A.C.B. Synopsis
Action City Bathroom is a nonstop-action-crime-thriller that takes place completely in my bathroom. It’s directed by Matt Kelley; written by Joe Avella and Matt Kelley; and stars Joe Avella, Tim Heurlin, Kate Lambert, Matt Kelley, Tim Racine, Neil Arsenty, and Kyle.

Come join us tomorrow for a night of drinking and sweet flicks!

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If you check out the show, be sure to tell Joe you read about it on Geek To Me!

Posted at 8:15 p.m. - Monday, November 17

The 2008 Wonder How To Award winners were announced and a interesting bunch of DIY videos were selected.  Here's one of my favorites, where a guy who specializes in close-up magic scams people into believing he has super-strength.  It's so simple, so obvious, and yet so clever.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/awards08/magic/

Here are the rest:

Hmmm...'Toilet train a cat'?

Let me know if these videos work for you!

Posted at 8:35 a.m. - Monday, November 17

Geek to Me readers may remember a previous post when I told you about the Forbes Boost Your Business Contest and the participation of local business Targeted Technology Solutions, LLC.  Now it appears that TTS and their computer keyboard designed for young children have made the final round of the contest!

One of the great things about being a geek or a nerd is seeing your brethren succeed, especially if they're using their geekiness to help kids.

So now's the time when we show our support for a local business and vote!

Posted at 7:35 p.m. - Thursday, November 13

Courtesy of Yahoo Movies comes a new Watchmen trailer:

Zach Snyder has nailed the opening sequence to the series with this imagery.  As Borat would say: Verrrrry Niiiize.

I'd like to know what Geek To Me readers think about it so comment below!

Posted at 7:15 p.m. - Tuesday, November 11

Earlier today I posted a REDEYE EXCLUSIVE COMIC STRIP (Hey Newsarama!  You guys know what 'exclusive' means, right?) featuring the Savage Dragon congratulating President-Elect Barack Obama.  The strip was created by Erik Larsen on what was a killer deadline (thanks Erik!) and will be included in Savage Dragon #145.  So now I present to you, the COVER to that issue, due out in February 2009!

Posted at 9:55 a.m. - Tuesday, November 11

Here is a RedEye Geek to Me EXCLUSIVE!  To commemorate the Savage Dragon's return to the Chicago Police Department, Image Comics has provided us with a never-before-seen Savage Dragon strip produced exclusively for the RedEye!  Read my article on the Dragon's goin' blue in today's Redeye Geek To Me!

Click on image to view FULL SIZE! [Savage Dragon strip courtesy of Erik Larsen/Image Comics]

Posted at 9:45 a.m. - Monday, November 10

Courtesy of my friends at Dreamland Comics in Schaumburg, IL comes this week's new releases!  Of note this week: Kevin Smith, writer/director of Clerks and Zack & Miri Make A Porno writes his first Batman tale in Batman: Cacaphony #1; Dracula and Xander Harris share some truly touching 'guy moments' as Dark Horse Comics collects the Wolves at the Gate story arc in a trade paperback from their smash-hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer series; and much, much more!  Get over to your local comic shop and try one of these great titles (or any of the others listed below) this week!

Posted at 6:30 p.m. - Monday, November 10

Allow me introduce you to one of my new favorite local filmmakers: Joe Avella.  Joe gave me a shout via geek-mail about a month ago and has been sharing his film shorts with me.

Here's what he had to say about himself: 'My name is Joe Avella and I'm an independent filmmaker. I've lived in or around Chicago all my life. Most of my videos are comedies. The first movie I ever made was a zombie move. Hopefully I'll make another one someday. I'm also in a sketch comedy duo called Teenager of the Year. We're legit.'

You can check out his web site to learn more about him, but I wanted you to check out one of his short films: Timecop 2010.  (Geek credits to the viewer who can tell me where the sfx were lifted from.)

If you are a local film maker who'd like me to check out your stuff, drop me a line!

I've got some cool stuff for the Redeye in the works, which has kept me away from the blog for a bit, but it won't be for much longer.  So until I can get back into the groove, here's a little sumthin'-sumthin from the dorks over at Geek Pad.

Sigh.  Will they ever learn...