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N.J. high school hosts first comic-con: 'There's nothing wrong with being a nerd'

Edit NJ dot com 12 Jun 2016
When the school's Comicology Club meets, Patterson said, they talk about diversity in comics and how women characters are often sexualized.  ... As 40-year-old Robert Lee was leaving the event with his 5-year-old son Harrison -- who he said "could name Batman's villains before he ... Yassukovich said she enjoys the "geekdom" of comic-cons. ....

The reinvention of Captain Britain

Edit BBC News 12 Jun 2016
When rumours of a planned TV series featuring the cult comic book superhero Captain Britain were recently confirmed, fans of the Lycra-clad righter of wrongs were thrilled ... (Comic book legend Alan ... "I was first a fan of a fan of the X-Men comics and I read Excalibur magazine that all my friends were reading and it featured Captain Britain," he said....

Love, Bombs and Apples

Edit Skiddle 12 Jun 2016
Love, Bombs & Apples - A comic tale ... Love, Bombs and Apples is the comic and poignant new play from award winning playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak (Baghdad Wedding, The Prophet) – a tale of four men, each from different parts of the globe, all experiencing a moment of revelation....

Book signings

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Jun 2016
•Linda Reed, a Durant reading teacher, will read from, sell and sign copies of her children's book, "Tawny, the Bird Who Would Rather Swim than Fly," from noon to 1 p.m ... The book is intended for children ages 4 to 7 ... The nonfiction book documents some of the most horrific and scandalous trials in state history ... SPEEDING BULLET COMICS....

Edith Gaylord's foundations support various causes

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Jun 2016
The Inasmuch Foundation has awarded $176,610,600 to various humanitarian, educational and cultural causes, while the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation has awarded $54,217,301 to causes devoted mostly to promoting better journalism ... the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl....

Front seat: ‘X’ marks the spot

Edit Dawn 12 Jun 2016
Apocalypse by director Bryan Singer strays from the comic books in terms of his character design ... What’s more, Oscar Isaac, the actor who thrilled us as Poe Dameron in Star Wars ... There is the real-world city brought to ruin. There are the superheroes that fight each other ... The special effects are good and the teamwork by the X-Men reminds us of both the comic books and the X-Men cartoons from the 1990s....

Septimus Bean And His Amazing Machine

Edit Skiddle 12 Jun 2016
A comical and inventive retelling of the book by Janet Quin-Harkin ... director Cressida Brown based on the much-loved children's book....

Carl and Rob Reiner Tag Team for Trump Twitter Takedown

Edit IMDb 12 Jun 2016
Legendary comic Carl Reiner and his son, director Rob Reiner, engaged in an online exchange this week that could best be described as a ......

Edith Gaylord: Personal reflections on a life well lived

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Jun 2016
Edith played a transformative role for women, and not just in journalism.  She was a philanthropist, as her mother had been and her current family members are today.  Many of the nonprofit agencies that serve this city may not have existed or survived without the Gaylord family's generosity....

Funeral held for soldier killed in training accident

Edit Times Union 12 Jun 2016
Friends told The Jersey Journal (http.//bit.ly/1toS92v) that James had planned to make the Army her career ... The Jersey Journal , http.//www.nj.com/jjournal ....

The First Injustice 2 Gameplay Trailer Does Not Disappoint

Edit Kotaku 12 Jun 2016
The first gameplay trailer for the sequel to NetherRealm Studios’ hit comic book fighter showcases several new characters joining the brawl in 2017, including Red Lantern Atrocitus, Gorilla Grodd and Black Manta....

BRIEF: AMC Salina to host benefit summer movie series

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Jun 2016
The AMC Salina Theater is hosting a Summer 2016 Movie Series ... “Alvin and the Chipmunks ... ©2016 The Salina Journal (Salina, Kan.). Visit The Salina Journal (Salina, Kan.) at www.saljournal.com....

Edith Gaylord led colorful life

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Jun 2016
A member of the prominent Gaylord family that published The Oklahoman and its predecessor Oklahoma City newspapers for more than a century, Edith Kinney Gaylord chose to leave the security of her hometown newspaper in 1942  to make a name for herself in the broader journalism world ... devotion in the care of OU's journalism building....
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