Author: Mary Anne Butler

(featured here are Noah Wyle, Doug Jones, and Valerie Perez) by Mary Anne Butler, Reporter/Photographer This year seems to be having fun pushing me out of my comfort zones.  Things like flying by myself for the first time in several years (because really, Bill is the best travel buddy I could ever ask for), the joys of multiple delays due to SFO runways repairs and I guess something else on the LA side of things to cause my flight’s time to change about six times since my alarm went off at 8am.  Frustration also arising out of not knowing if…

by Mary Anne Butler and Bill Watters CO Writer/Reporter/Code Monkey Bill Watters recently got to talk to David X. Cohen.  Cohen has written for The Simpsons and is the head writer/executive producer of Futurama.  They talked a bit about the final season of one of our favorite animated sci fi comedies. Q:  How do you guys come up with all your sci fi ideas? David: Heh, I feel like I paid you to ask that question!  Our take on it is Futurama IS a writing staff of science advisers.   And I’m not kidding, my background is pretty mediocre compared to the rest.  I…

This past weekend Mary Anne caught up with Edward James Olmos (Admiral William “Husker” Adama from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series) at Galacticon 3 in Houston. The casts were celebrating the 35th anniversary of the original series and the 10th anniversary of the re-imagined series. http://blip.tv/comicsonline/galacticon3-edward-james-olmos-interview-6595230 Keep your FTL drive spun up and jump on over to ComicsOnline.com on FB and twitter for more BSG interviews, more Conventions 2013, and everything geek pop culture!

This past weekend Mary Anne caught up with Nicki Clyne (who played Cally Tyrol on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica) at Galacticon 3 in Houston. The casts were celebrating the 35th anniversary of the original series and the 10th anniversary of the re-imagined series. So Say We All, with  corruption with ComicsOnline.com and join our league on FB and twitter for more Arrow interviews, more WonderCon 2013, and everything geek pop culture!

Photos by Thomas Ignatius The AMC Bay Street 16 in Emeryville, CA was gracious enough to once again host our group of cosplayers to help celebrate the opening of Iron Man 3. (Previous costumed premiere events at this venue have included The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Hobbit.) The theater itself is a wonderful facility. Their staff is top notch and always have smiles on their faces. These are a few highlights from the evening, for the full gallery, head over to our facebook page. Also be sure to check out our mostly-spoiler-free Iron Man 3 movie review!…

An "Apéritif" is an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite. Mary Anne Butler (aka Mabs) whets our appetites for the tasty new Hannibal series, airing Thursdays on NBC at 10/9c.

Photos by staff photographers Bill Watters and Mary Anne Butler WonderCon 2013 once again brought members of the CO family down to Anaheim, CA as opposed to the mid-northern area of San Francisco for the second year.  Here are just a few small samples of the cosplayers we saw during our time there.  If you want to see the rest, check out our facebook page!   https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151380518921325.1073741832.11866171324 [imagebrowser id=14]

If you happened to be a kid in the late 90s, there was one crucal choice you had to make in order to decide your place in the schoolyard. It was rivalry between two things that would continue onwards for years down the line. One so huge it would make the Sharks and Jets conflict from West Side Story look like a nice friendly sitdown and get together. One that would make the “Batman or Superman?” look like a choice between two kids on the playground. No, this conflict was DEEP. This question would define you to everyone for the next several years of your life and once you made it, there was no going back: “Are you a fan of Pokemon or Digimon?”

Mab got to sit down with the cast and creative crew from the new upcoming exclusive series from Netflix, Hemlock Grove, based on the novel by Brian McGreevy.

by Mary Anne Butler, Reporter/Photographer Founder/Mastermind behind Illusion Industries, Inc (www.illusionindustries.com) Todd Tucker took a few minutes out of his crazy busy schedule to talk to Mab of ComicsOnline a little bit about his past makeup/visual effects creations and his upcoming projects. Mab:  Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule Todd:  Oh of course, thank you for the time for the interview. Mab:  I’m so excited to get to talk to you, I’m a huge fan of your work, actually.  Hannibal is one of my favorite films, and the fact that Manson Verger…