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.

Variety reports that A Good Day to Die Hard co-star Jai Courtney is stepping into the shoes of Kyle Reese in director Alan Taylor’s new Terminator: Genesis movie. Paramount and Skydance will co-produce the film, which is being called a ‘reboot’. Not that they are going back and trying to retell James Cameron’s original, but they are trying to revitalize […]

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ReedPOP (PAX East, C2E2, Star Wars Celebration) recently announced a partnership with Oz Comic-Con in Australia which added five more shows into their portfolio.  One of which will be a spin-off second show from their annual NYCC pop-culture event. They’re calling it Special Edition: NYC and it’s currently scheduled to debut at the Javits Center in Manhattan on June […]

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by NEW CO’ER Kim F (a professional bibliophile and layabout who who is constantly flabbergasted to find herself living in LA along with six houseplants and one very disgruntled cat.) Full disclosure, this is the first time I have ever done…

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Reposted from The Nerdist: Time to purchase a deerstalker hat and practice your scarf knotting skills because BBC’s Sherlock has official conventions on the calendar for 2014. Massive Events is coordinating the events in association with Hartswood Films and Showmasters Ltd, and the Sherlockedconvention will take place in both Europe and the United States. Fans will get three […]

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Erin Richards (Breaking In), Robin Lord Taylor, Zabryna Guevara (Burn Notice), and Sean Pertwee (Camelot) have been cast opposite Ben McKenzie in Fox‘s Batman prequel drama series Gotham. Based on DC characters from the Batman universe, Gotham explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon, Bruce Wayne following the death of his parents, and the…

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