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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Someone who runs a commercially successful website as a business gets the idea to do a big charitable drive to help less fortunate people. Due to their massive readership and a very well-penned heartfelt request, the goals are exceeded within a few hours. Then, PayPal steps...
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Hoarders has turned into a cultural phenomenon. If you mention the name of the show in the right company, you bring about a lively discussion of garage piled four feet high, shocking discoveries under layers of trash, and absurd fights over the fate of urine soaked teddy bears, cocktail stirrers, and decades old magazines....
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Sometimes, an artifact of pop culture becomes popular in an unexpected way. This could be a film being remembered for a single song used in a montage or a television show better known for one random gag than its actual plot. With the explosion of social networking forms in recent years, the animated gif...
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Janine Ditullio is the head writer for SuperJail! on Adult Swim. She also works with coder Pat Rogan to develop technology she calls Chirpbug. It lets people interact with live events. It was originally designed for stand up comics to get feedback during performances (to fuck with the comic, naturally). You could rate the...
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Hashtag the Planet is a one pane webcomic from artist Ann Merritt. Meritt works in a very different style from a lot of other webcomic creators. Her comics are not narrative or sight gag driven. She develops an idea inspired by her life into simple representational text and imagery. I had the chance to...
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There I stood, five minutes to the first opening of the floor at New York Comic Con 2011. Hundreds of people surrounded me. Some were fans, others bloggers, still others big time media content creators or and writers. We were all being shoved from one line to the next, making sure the VIP guests...
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What is Comic Con? New York Comic Con is the largest fan convention in NYC and one of (if not the largest) fan conventions on the east coast. The title says “comic,” but the real focus is fandom. People from TV shows, films, video games, books, art, science, and even international media will be...
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Did you like Sketchy Details on Facebook yet? The 50th person to like the page gets any item they want, up to $20 in value, from the Etsy store. Exclusive content and easier commenting at the click of this link. I love a good web video. It’s true. Everything from super-cuts to remixes to...
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Forgive the personal blogging. I’m in a funk and need to get this out there. I write because I enjoy writing. I’ve been told I have a skill for it, though my own psyche refuses to accept even the most sincere compliment. I’m severely insecure about what I do and always looking for a...
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Submissions Only is back on Broadwayworld. The must-watch web series about the world of casting live theater in NYC pushes all of the characters from the first season in even worse situations than they were before the show started. Just watch it. It’s funny.
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