Around this time of year graduating ceremonies across the country are going on. These are important, scary, happy times for those graduating. If your lucky your school gets an interesting speaker. The class of 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia last Thursday were blessed with such a speaker.
Neil Gaiman gives a wonderful speech about his life and work, translating that creative spark into advise and tips for those graduating.
“I gave my first ever commencement speech to the graduating class of 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I think I told them everything important that I knew about going out into the world and being an artist, so I may never need to give another one.”
If you had the chance to cherry pick your commencement speaker, who would it be? Let’s go all out and open the field to anyone living or dead, fictional or real. Let NerdBastards know in the comments section below.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
Above: Starting things off with Steven Moffat and Benedict Cumberbatch posing with “The Avengers” at Marvel Studios. Why? Because I can. Check out Comic Book Movie for more from their visit.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: This is a pretty impressive fan-made poster for The Dark Knight Rises featuring the lovely Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Me-rowr. It was created by Randolph Carter. Head over to Comic Book Movie for more fan-made posters.
For those that don’t have the time to read the books and find they are unwilling to tune into HBO to view the latest episodes of Game of Thrones, there is an alternative.
Canadian improv group Bad Dog Theatre has decided to do a public service and present a different version of the massively famous fantasy production. Entitled Throne of Games, this alternate adaptation presents audiences with pretty much everything they need to know about the books, in a slight more straight-forward manner.
Though below we have but a recap of their second performance, I think you’ll get the general idea:
If you happen to be in Toronto (that’s in Canadia, for you ignorant ‘Mericans), head down to the Comedy Bar and catch these players on Wednesday. If you don’t happen to be in Toronto, then hook up with their Facebook page to sample the wares.
Today is the 22nd anniversary of Jim Henson’s death. Jim is part of a short list of creative people that positively impacts the daily lives of some many children around the world, even 22 years after passing away.
The video below is a tribute to Jim Henson that will leave you sad, yet still smiling. Jim’s creative genius has gone on to affect entire generations of children, who in turn bring the magic of Jim Henson’s Muppets to their own children.
Last time on The Daly Show, Steven Webber tried to cajole Tim Daly into a Wings reunion despite Thomas Haden Church‘s restraining order and Tony Shalhoub‘s crippling germaphobia (I saw it on TV, it’s just gotta be true). Displeased with the script and an ironclad contract that locked him into the project if both he and Webber were alive and kicking, Daly decided to take drastic measures to keep him from once again be a man from Nantucket. Will Tim Daly kill Steven Webber? Watch the embeded season finale of The Daly Show to find out and then read our exclusive interview with Daly, his son Sam, writer/director Ben Shelton, and a surprise guest. (more…)
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: NiKKiNeVeRMORe as Harley Quinn from Arkham City. I’d uh, stay clear of that hammer. Also, don’t forget Harley Quinn’s Revenge releases May 29th! (Comic Book Movie)
This is rather strange… This is the moment where Star Trek‘s Data suddenly becomes Spock and the world gets turned upside down.
Brent Spiner, the actor who plays Data in Star Trek, dressed up as Spock for some wacky children’s birthday party and it is completely awesome. Not just somewhat awesome – it’s completely awesome.
This happened as part of Fresh Hell, a semi-autobiographical web series Spiner is doing… Playing Spock was meant to get him close to a casting director. Well, it certainly got him close to something.
Even the best super heroes have days in which they wish they had just stayed in bed, ate candy, and watched soap operas all day. Junaid Chundrigar translated this thought into a terrific animated short that includes some of this NerdBastards favorite Marvel superheros. Below are some links and information and credits from Junaid’s Vimeo page.
I just have one question, female superheros don’t have bad days?
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: You better change my diaper, you wouldn’t like me with a dirty diaper. Baby Hulk…SMASH! (DC Women Kicking Ass)
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