Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

Today The Verge reported that Homestar Runner co-creator Matt Chapman announced that he and his brother Mike are bringing the cartoon back following a successful April Fool’s Day cartoon — the first new content posted to the site in over three years. “I would just love to be making cartoons with those characters again, that’s sort of the […]

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For it’s 4th season, the FX hit series American Horror Story will tackle creepy carnivals in their season theme.  It looks like The Hunger Games alum Wes Bentley will be joining the series regulars in 2014.   Bentley will appear in the show’s two-part Halloween episode (tentatively set to air Oct. 21 and 28) as Eddie, a […]

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That’s right, looks like The CW’s newest-yet-to-air DC Comics inspired TV show The Flash has just cast another classic character from the funny papers, Ronnie Raymond aka Firestorm.  Robbie Amell has been announced in the role and reportedly, this version of the character is a maintenance worker at S.T.A.R. Labs and fiancé to Dr. Caitlin Snow (Danielle […]

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We’re still looking for the pertinent info about this latest release, this time from Bandai: Mighty Morphin POWER RANGERS Limited Edition Legacy Dragon Dagger: Only 1,000 pieces produced and individually numbered. Available exclusively at the Bandai America booth #121 at San Diego Comic-Con. Limited quantities available each day.   Limited Edition Tokyo Vinyl® Mighty Morphin […]

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Looks like the crew of the Nostromo will be back together again for the new release from SEGA, “Alien: Isolation”. The DLC will include two missions, “Crew Expendable” and “Last Survivor” which allow players to reenact moments from the original ALIEN. Sigourney Weaver (Ripley), Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronica Cartwright(Lambert), Harry Dean Stanton (Brett), and Yaphet Kotto (Parker) will also be reprising their roles for […]

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The newest in the long line of awesome things Gentle Giant LTD is releasing for this year’s San Diego Comic Con International is this fantastic bust of one Rocket Raccoon from the upcoming Marvel film Guardians Of The Galaxy. Here are some nifty detail shots of the bust: Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy opens worldwide on August […]

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The resident Shire experts in everything Middle Earth, The One Ring, posted a confirmation today that Peter Jackson will INDEED have a presentation for fans during San Diego Comic Con in Hall H. Here is the blurb about it: On Saturday, July 26th, beginning at 10 a.m., Warner Bros. Pictures brings three of its most […]

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Marvel continues to dominate the nerd/geek culture with their understanding of the brand, the audience, and how to entertain us. The newest example of this comes in the form of “The Marvel Method”.  Here are some snipits from the official pressrelease, and the first youtube episode featuring AMAZING photographer and all around cool lady Judy […]

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