Reading Room: RACE FOR THE MOON "Thing on Sputnik 4"

As the Space Shuttle makes it's final journey...

...let's look at a tale created during early days of space travel, before Man had made it beyond the stratosphere, when we had NO idea of what awaited us "out there", but it was so kool to speculate...

From Race for the Moon #2 (1958).
Beautifully-rendered by Jack Kirby and Marvin Stein.
It's both amazing and depressing to see what we hoped to achieve in the (then) near-future, and to then see what we actually did...

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YouTube Wednesday: Sherlock Holmes!

Here's the trailer for the upcoming flix with Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty.

Note the Mauser in Downey's hand. In 1896, this was THE state-of-the-art pistol.

Now a look at another Holmes and Moriarty...Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill!

Sherlock Holmes & the Secret Weapon

Peter Cushing's Sherlock...

Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Chistopher Plummer as Holmes vs Jack the Ripper...

Murder by Decree

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TorchWood; Miracle Day Ep 2 Trailer

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Here's a trailer (with Italian subtitles) for episode 2, "Rendition", of TorchWood: Miracle Day, airing this Friday, July 15th.

Even if you've never seen the show on BBC America or the dvd/blu-ray releases, the first episode of Miracle Day gives you enough background "on the fly" to follow with no problem, so don't be afraid to dive in! (Hey, it never stopped you from enjoying Star Wars or Star Trek, did it?)

Reading Room: SPURS JACKSON "Spurs Sees RED!"

Space Western Comics (the ORIGINAL Cowboys vs Aliens) returns...

...but this time, the threat is Commies with a flying saucer!
(Hey it was the 1950s!)

Sadly, the Reds haven't even salvaged a crashed alien ship and retro-engineered it's tech.

It's just a disguised Flying Wing, which both we and they were working on at the time.

(We were also working on our own flying saucers, but don't tell the Russkies!)

Art on this tale was by John Belfi.

There's more Space Western Comics fun to come!

We're offering a line of Space Western collectibles, perfect for summer wear at the beach, or the movie theatre when you go see Cowboys & Aliens. (C'mon, you know you're going!)

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ComicCraft: the Fonts the Pros Use...Half-Price Sale!

If you who want kool comic book-style fonts for your print or web projects, why not go to the font house used by DC, Marvel, Image and others?
It's their semi-annual half-price sale! (It's also held around New Year's Eve)
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Offer begins now and ends July 31, 2011. Sale prices calculated at checkout. Does not include Fontpacks or other discounted offers