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.

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SDCC 2012: Stan Lee’s World of Heroes

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by Mary Anne Butler, Reporter Stan Lee’s World of Heroes is a new youtube channel for all things Stan, fandom, and entertainment. Aside from the lady (who I won’t name) completely TAKING OVER the round table interviews and hijacking EVERY PERSON TO SIT with us, it was such a fantastic experience getting to listen to Mark Hamill, Adrienne Curry, Peter David, Jayce Hall, America Jones, and Bonnie Burton talk about the new youtube channel. Mark Hamill was asked a lot of questions about his recent discovering of twitter, at his daughter’s insistence, and uses the social site primarily to promote…

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