Weekanerd NYC: Brian Wood, Wrestling Monsters and Professor Layton

Friday, February 8

• DMZ/Northlanders Art Party, Signing
  
• FREE! 8pm @ Rocketship, 208 Smith St., Brooklyn
  

Get out to one of the hippest comic shops in town and check out some original art, drink some beer and wine, and get your books drawn all over by Brian Wood, Davide Gianfelice, and Riccardo Burchielli.

Monster battles and Nintendo parties after the jump...

Saturday, February 9

• Kaiju Big Battel: New York Blackout
  
• $20, 8pm @ Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan
  

Live giant monster fights? For realz? If the ticket price sounds kinda steep to you, check out some Kaiju battles on YouTube. Now add in some "experimental, highly unorthodox" black boxes that house mysterious weapons and you're looking at a unique experience, not to be missed!

Sunday, February 10

• Professor Layton and The Curious Village Launch Party
  
• FREE! 1-3pm @ Nintendo World Store, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan
  

The event promises cool prizes, so at the very least show up and school some little kids for a free copy of the game that you can sell for a profit. Jeez, that was cynical. This game actually looks pretty cool, and is a big hit in Japan. Where they like this cute crap. Cynical again, sorry. Seriously, the game is such a big deal that Masakazu Kubo is planning a live action movie based on it. He's the guy that produced the Pokemon movies. ::clears throat::
UPDATE: Turns out one of the prizes will be that sexy new Cobalt Blue DS, so if you don't currently own the greatest gaming system alive you should really give this a shot.

Weekanerd NYC: 24 Hour Gamer People, Brian Wood, and Bruce Wayne's Bad Night

Friday, September 7, 2007

• LANsomnia Video Game Party
  
• 9pm @ Web2Zone, 54 Cooper Square, Manhattan
  

Okay, so this is pricey at $35 for PC gamers and $25 for consolers, but you can take $5 off if you register before 5pm today. What do you get for your money? 24 solid hours of multiplayer gaming, including free food and soda, with tournaments and prizes all night long. Plus an excuse to leave your room without interrupting your gaming lifestyle. For a list of featured games and registration info, hit the title link.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

• Brian Wood
  
• 8pm @ Rocketship, 208 Smith Street, Brooklyn.

Brian Wood will be signing copies of DMZ Volume III. Also, musician/writer PERCY CAREY (aka M.F. GRIMM) will be signing his debut graphic memoir SENTENCES, and it that's not enough, there will be work on display by artist RON WIMBERLY.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

• The Mask of Zorro
  
• Various Times @ Film Forum Street, 209 West Houston Street, Manhattan
  

Bat-Fans know that this is the film young Bruce Wayne saw on the fateful night his parents were killed. Viewing it yourself, in combination with some form of traumatic personal tragedy, may turn you into a vigilante superhero as well. Worth a shot!

Comic Artists Blog Their Way Through the San Diego Comic Con

Can't make it to San Diego for the Comic Con? Check out the blogs of some of Geekanerd's favorite writers and artists for an inside look at what they'll be premiering at the Con.

Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Stardust, 1602)

• Neil has been actively blogging his experiences at Comic Con, including when he presented the new Beowulf footage with Roger Avary, and the subsequent rooftop reception. The entry is tagged "Why I Am Crap At Parties", which reminds me of Why I Am In Love With Neil Gaiman.

Brian Wood (DMZ, Supermarket, the upcoming Dogs Day End)

• Today's entry links to some just-released preview art of Wood's new viking story, Northlanders. Plus a recent post titled "Things To Look Out For" indicates some information about Brian's "unnaounced" original graphic novel will drop during the Con.
  

David Petersen (Mouse Guard)

• Check out this post for a peek at the Mouse Guard sketchbook that will make it's debut at Comic Con. Petersen's art never fails to amaze.
  

Humberto Ramos (Wolverine, currently on X-Men)

• I'm a big fan of Ramos' art - you can buy his sketchbook online through his blog, plus he's got a scan up of the stickers he'll be premiering at Comic Con (wait, stickers? Is that it?!)