Hello all!

Exciting news: Geek Girl on the Street has joined forces with the Geek Girls Network (run by the fabulous Kristin Rielly.) As of today, GGotS is beginning the process of rolling our content into the GGN’s data feed. Starting on September 15th, the GGotS URL will automatically redirect to the GGN.

We hope you’ll join us for this exciting new chapter in our publication. By joining forces with the GGN we’re able to reach more geeky readers every month and continue to bring you the best in geek news and editorial content.

Thank you for making the 18 months this site operated independently a wonderful and educational time for me and everyone who writes for GGotS. We’ve loved what we’ve accomplished here and are truly excited to take GGotS to the next level via the GGN!

Cheers,
Editor Kate

PS: You can check out my first post on the GGN today! geekgirlsnetwork.com/blog/2011/09/geeklist_funnyvideos/

By Kate Kotler

I’m feet on the ground in Baltimore this weekend attending the Baltimore Comic Convention. If you’re interested in what’s going on down on the floor this weekend, make sure to follow me on Twitter: @adorkablegrrl – as I’ll be live blogging both days of the convention, including the Harvey Awards tonight.

One of the really nice things about BCC is that it is a COMIC CONVENTION.  A nice, sweet, good old fashioned comic convention. As opposed to the “entertainment shows” like C2E2, SDCC and NYCC…

This is a hardcore comic reading crowd. Not to say we aren’t seeing some cosplayers. After the cut I’ve included a few of my favorite costumes thus far (including the Doctor and Sexy the TARDIS you see above) and a few pictures from the floor of the con this morning. Enjoy! Continue reading →

By Jennifer K. Stuller

Comic Con is a weird and wonderful place. One minute you can be the only female member of a panel on critical approaches to comics, and the next sitting in the sun at a private café drinking free cocktails in advance of a makeover.

It’s no wonder we love this crazy annual event.

When I received a message from our lovely editor, Ms. Kotler, who sadly couldn’t make it to the con this year, asking if I was interested in receiving a “True Blood” makeover from tarte™ cosmetics, my response was an emphatic, “Um . . . . YES!”

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Part one of two, Amber chats with Holly Golightly…

By Kate Kotler

For the last several months, Geek Girl on the Street has been running a semi-regular series of webcomics written and drawn by 20-year old art student, Stephan Lapin.

Stephan is a pretty remarkable kid — the survivor of TWO heart transplants by the time he was 18, he now is enrolled in art school full time and has recently finished drawing the first issue of a comic series entitled “The Adventures of Hey-Zeus, the Hero Who Doesn’t Fight.”

Stephan’s goal is to find a colorist for the project and then self-publish a small run of books so that he can sell the book in Boston/New Hampshire area comic stores, start to make a name for himself in the comics industry and (hopefully) find a publisher for subsequent issues of “Hey-Zeus.”

Yesterday, he launched a Kickstarter campaign to fundraise the monies needed to hire a colorist and publish issue #1 of “Hey-Zeus.”

About the project:

“Hey-Zeus is the story of Murdock Simonson, a down-on-his-luck columnist is being threatened by a leg breaker hired by the top crime lord to squeeze out the money that Murdock borrowed from them. However, before Murdock receives any serious injuries from his aggressor, his life is saved by a small albino child who runs in and takes a bullet for him. Although the child first appears to be dead, Murdock’s young hero comes back to life in a matter of minutes with an out-of-this-world light show that rejuvenates the boy. Instead of being scared, Murdock’s interest is piqued, and he attempts to find out more about his savior. The gawky writer soon learns that the lad’s name is Hey-Zeus – that’s “Hey” for “Hello” and “Zeus” like the Greek god. Hey-Zeus then persuades Murdock in fighting the world’s tribulations through pacifism while renewing a his faith in the divine.”

If you have a few dollars to spare, please consider donating to Stephan’s Kickstarter campaign.

By Stephan Lapin

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By Kate Kotler

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve published on Bleeding Cool recently:

• The Internet is Really Really Great (for Comic Book Parody Porn)
• A Girl’s Guide to Surviving San Diego Comic Con
• The Curious Case of the Man From Space
• The Wonderful World of Webcomics

Plus, Marc Jackson replied to my column which outed his publicity whoring (I say that with love, Marc) Twitter antics:

Man From Space, Is There a Fallacy in the Galaxy?