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Scrubs Blog: Writers’ Blog 2006 #1

Posted Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 3:20am

It’s a new year with a new crop of young writers on staff, and here’s their journal of the experience…

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Brat-halla #141: Norse Force – Jealousy

Posted Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 3:05am

brathallasm.gifThis week, Hod’s unintentionally charming ways earn him the ire of one of his classmates.

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Quick Stop Contest #3: Princess Leia

Posted Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 3:00am

leiasm.jpgSideshow Collectibles has teamed up with Quick Stop to offer our readers a chance to win their very own Premium Format Princess Leia.

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Hot Rod Fred Flintstone

Posted Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 2:40am

toyboxsm.gifLet’s pop some wheelies with our favorite Bedrock bad boy, Fred Flintstone! Don’t remember him in a race car? Well, neither does Michael, but that doesn’t stop him from checking out the new deluxe set from Mcfarlane.

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Party Favors: Slacker Shame

Posted Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 2:37am

Is Joe truly a slacker with no shame, as the TODAY SHOW branded him? Is it harsh, or brutally accurate? The latest Party Favors may have a clue…

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Interview: Maurice LaMarche

Posted Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 6:42am

We go in-depth with the legendary voice behind The Brain (of PINKY & THE BRAIN fame), as well as more characters than you can shake a stick at, on everything from FUTURAMA to THE CRITIC.

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Take Me Home Blog #5 – The Power of Negative Thinking

Posted Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 5:41am

jaegersm.jpgIn the wake of a major setback for his film, Sam discusses his faltering self-worth. Yee-ha!!

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Widge Goes Off #8: The Menace From Planet W!

Posted Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 2:13am

Widge hatches an insidious plot to bring the humiliation of SUPERMAN RETURNS to diabolical fruition, then tries to help you out when it comes to the Legion of Doom…sorry, we mean the RIAA. The fact their HQ is shaped like a Vader head and rises up out of a swamp is purely coincidental. So is the fact that every time you download a song they make a sound like Solomon Grundy. All coincidence.

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Spook’d #90: Extreme Lair Makeover – Still Bringing Down the House

Posted Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 2:06am

spookdkips.gifThis week, the design team has a few more tricks up their sleeves for bringing down that house.

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Preachin’ from the Longbox: You’ve Got the Look

Posted Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 2:06am

longboxsm.gifThis week, Britt Schramm does some investigative reporting and gives you his fair and balanced opinion on an officially Marvel-licensed product. And his results just might surprise you. All that plus the PftL Inbox and more.

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Comics in Context #141: San Diego 2006 – Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood

Posted Sunday, August 13th, 2006 at 5:17am

Peter’s back with a look at Mark Evanier’s mini-con, Jerry Robinson, and what it could take to get Fred Hembeck to go to Comic-Con…

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Film Flam Flummox – August 11, 2006

Posted Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 4:00pm

Michael takes on WTC, TALLEDEGA NIGHTS, BARNYARD, and even tries out a STEP or two…

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Addicted to Bad: Curse Words

Posted Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 3:43am

So the last movie only made $200 million at the box office. That’s no reason to believe in a “SUPERMAN Curse,” right? Right? This week’s ATB dares to ask if there are other comic book movie curses out there…

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Weekend Shopping Guide 8/11/06: Elk’s Run

Posted Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 1:37am

It’s time once again for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring ELK’S RUN, [adult swim], SIMPSONS toys, Steve Allen, FARSCAPE, The Rolling Stones, and more…

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Trailer Park: Frankly, I’m Partial To Kill Bill’s Snakework.

Posted Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 12:09am

Distributing audio from the SNAKES ON A PLANE panel is just one stop on the Hershey Highway as Christopher Stipp also checks out trailers for CRANK, THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL, RUNNING WITH SCISSORS and the not-so-dazzling THE PRESTIGE.

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Melonpool Quickcast #8: A Tale of Three Cartoonists

Posted Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 12:07am

Mayberry chats with Eisner Award winners Scott Kurtz (“PVP”, “Truth, Justin, and the American Way”) and Doug TenNapel (“Iron West”, “Earthworm Jim”), as well as Internet staple Stephen Notley (“Bob the Angry Flower”) in another round of interviews at the San Diego Comic-Con.

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Brat-halla #140: God of War

Posted Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 at 8:00am

brathallasm.gifThis week, we continue our week of intermissions with a never-before-seen Tyr story from days past.

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Quickcast Interview: Terry Gilliam

Posted Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 1:24am

gilliamsm.jpgOur multi-part series of Quick Stop podcast interviews with filmmaker and Python Terry Gilliam. Rest assured, tho, that this isn’t the last you’ll see (or hear) of Terry on Quick Stop Entertainment…

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Toy Box: The I.W.G. – Sasquatch

Posted Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 1:15am

toyboxsm.gifEveryone loves a cute, fuzzy little critter – except when they’re carrying a chainsaw. Rocket World has some excellent designer toys in their I.W.G. line up, and Michael checks out the Sasquatch this week!

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Widge Goes Off #7: The Dozen Dooms of Widgett Walls!

Posted Monday, August 7th, 2006 at 4:53am

In this week’s episode, Widge waxes nostalgic about Valiant Comics and Valiant Comics 2: Die Harder, advises you on the Transformers movie hullaballoo, discusses the pointlessness of suing Limewire, then snorts some Folgers and takes a nap. Not necessarily in that order, either.

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Spook’d #89: Little Miss Frankenstein

Posted Monday, August 7th, 2006 at 4:00am

spookdkips.gifThis week, a little intermission with a visit back to one of the pre-QuickStopEntertainment and pre-MoviePoopShoot Spook’d stories.

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Game On! 8-4-2006

Posted Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 6:38pm

This week in Game On! it’s a gaggle of games based on movies…and movies based on games! DVDs based on Comic books! Games based on…well, previous games! What’s going on here?

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Melonpool Quickcast #7: The Search for Routh

Posted Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 6:32pm

melonpoolsm.gifRalph and Mayberry reflect on San Diego Comic-Con and Ralph’s quest to meet the star of “Superman Returns.”

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Weekend Shopping Guide 8/4/06: Out From Boneville

Posted Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 4:43am

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide ““ your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted”¦

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Take Me Home Blog #4 – How to Kill Your Brain

Posted Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 3:45am

jaegersm.jpgSam Jaeger speaks candidly about the pitfalls of film financing, or lack thereof.

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