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T-shirt of the week: Fantastic Forefathers

You can almost see the comic book headline now: "What If... America's Greatest Presidents Had Become the Fantastic Four?" by Jay Garmon

Tags: Comic Book, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Montage (dmg)

Montage is a screenwriting software that allows everyday people to take those movie ideas they have and make them a reality. Melding the theory that a simple user interface, combined with powerful and intuitive features, provide the best writing experience, Montage makes it easy to create, edit, and manage screenplays...

Tags: Movie, Comic Book, Mariner Software, Montage

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Geek Trivia: Raiders of the lost art

If you ever come into possession of a time machine and are thus faced with that famous chrononautic conundrum -- "what one person can I go back in time and eliminate to bring about the most significant change to the present?" -- a legitimate case can be made for altering...

Tags: Geek Trivia, Indiana, Comic Book, George Lucas, Jim Steranko, Heston, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Wild costumes and good times at MegaCon 2008

MegaCon, the largest comic book and sci-fi convention in the Southeastern United States, was held March 7-9 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Who was there? Sci-fi TV and movie stars, comic book artists and lots and lots and lots of fans in costume. by John Lee

Tags: geekend, off topic, photos, Star wars, Anime, Comic Book, conventions, Sci-FI

Image galleries 2008-03-14

Jomic (dmg)

Jomic is a viewer for comic book archives. It can handle both CBZ and CBR archives and has a two page mode. Supported image formats are PNG, JFIF/JPEG, TIFF, and GIF. It is Open Source software distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Tags: Comic Book, Jomic, Open Source

Software downloads 2007-03-19

The Top 12 Comic Book Superweapons

I am in awe at the depth of your geekness.I am also at a total loss to come up with even one item to replace those listed.My only quibble is actually with Marvel. It has always irritated me that their rendition of Thor and by default Mjolnir is almost nothing...

Tags: comic book, comic books, feedback, geekend, hammer, khigh, mythology, SWORD, Thor

Discussion threads 2006-10-20

Geek Trivia: May the Schwartz be with you

Test your command ofuseless knowledge by subscribing to TechRepublic's Geek Trivia e-newsletter. Automaticallysign up today!At first glance, the everyday geek may think I've liftedthis week's title from Mel Brooks' sci-fi parody Spaceballs, but I didn't. In fact, I stole this one from science-fictionlegend Harlan Ellison.And it didn't come from one...

Tags: comic, comic book, Jay Garmon, Julie, Julius Schwartz

Technical articles 2004-10-05

Additional Resources

Comic Book Collector (exe)

Comic Book Collector is an organizer for your comic book collection. Designed with a simple and intuitive user interface, Comic Book Collector allows you to customize the program for your specific needs. The customization includes the ability to change field names and to create custom reports and print outs. There...

Tags: Customization, Comic Book Collector

Software downloads 2006-10-19

Comic Book Creator Pets (exe)

Does your pet do funny or amazing things? Now, make your pet the star of his own comic book adventures! Get your version of Comic Book Creator, the fun and easy-to-use comic book software, and drag and drop your way to comic books in minutes. With funny clip art, authentic...

Tags: Pet, Modems, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-05-07

Comic Characters Screensaver 1 (zip)

A comic book - or comic for short - is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented. Click on download and...

Tags: Screensaver, Wallpaper Screensavers

Software downloads 2008-05-06

Comic Collector Live (zip)

With a simple click of the mouse you can organize, track, group, and sort in the unique patent pending folder system. Comic Collector Live makes managing your collection so easy and fun. With our huge database being constantly updated, you'll have no trouble searching for comic books by event, author,...

Tags: Collection, Mice, Pricing, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-10-12

Comic Book Creator Standard (exe)

Video gamers can now create a professional-looking, high-quality comic book to immortalize an important battle scene or dramatic encounter within their game play. Comic Book Creator lets gamers add in text bubbles to their digital screenshots, as well as classic comic book features like powerful action-word graphics that emphasize their...

Tags: Digital Image, Gamer, Games, Modems, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-05-07

Speed Racer Comic Book Creator (exe)

Speed Racer zooms into the digital age with Comic Book Creator, the software that makes it easy for you to create your own Speed Racer comic book! Invent stories starring Speed, his girlfriend Trixie, and the ultimate driving machine - the blade-wielding, obstacle-jumping Mach 5! Flesh out your story with...

Tags: Story, Modems, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-05-07

ComicBase (exe)

ComicBase, the world's leading comic book management software program. The ComicBase allows you to track collections of up to 500 comics with current comic prices and data on over 320,000 comic listings. ComicBase also allows you to connect to Atomic Avenue to buy and sell your comic collection online. ComicBase...

Tags: Comic, ComicBase, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2007-05-10

Comic Book Millennium (zip)

Comic Book Millennium gives the user many tools to track their comic book collection. It is written by a comic book collector for comic book collectors. The first version of this program was written because no programs at the time offered the ability to quickly add several runs of a...

Tags: Productivity

Software downloads 2007-04-03

Wednesday's List (dmg)

In short, Wednesdays List is a powerful application designed to help comic book collectors view, manage, print, and save custom new and upcoming comic book release pull lists. To be more specific, Wednesdays List downloads the current weeks shipping list as well as those expected to ship the following week...

Tags: Title, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-03-25

Saturday, May 5th, is Free Comic Book Day

A few years ago, the comic book industry decided to adopt a time-honored sales tactic from some of the most successful retailers on the planet: "The first hit is free." The result is Free Comic Book Day, an annual event wherein a select list of promotional comic books are...

Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-05-04

Wanted: Hero Issue 1 (zip)

This is where it all started. Wanted: Hero is the first completely digital online comic book, which, unlike Web comics, is created in a traditional format, then digitized for online download. This is the premiere issue that started the Wanted: Hero craze (over 750,000 visitors the first year). We have...

Tags: Comic, Hero, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-03-31

Comic Junkie (exe)

Comic Junkie provides a rich browser for viewing, tracking, and sharing comic strips. It lets you track which comics you have read and receive MSN Messenger style desktop alerts when your favorite comics are posted. The rich browser interface lets you rate comics daily and add comments, sharing your opinions...

Tags: Comic, Comic Junkie, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2005-08-16

Comic Book Manager (exe)

Comic Book Manager is a complete comic book management database system. Entry screens publishers, series, titles, issues, writers, colorers, inkers, pencilers. Notes for each screen. Unlimited Web site list for each Series. Several Reports including date range reports! Unlimited Pencilers, Writers, Inkers, Pencilers for each issue. Track autographs and autograph...

Tags: Issue, Comic Book Manager, Backups, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2005-12-01