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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Belated Lois Lane Birthday Cake

by Susana Polo | 4:57 pm, April 11th, 2013

Our 2nd birthday was at the end of February but WHO CARES Ant at Nerdache Cakes dedicated this Lois Lane cake to us. It’s a good thing we only have pictures so we don’t have to feel conflicted about destroying its aesthetic appeal in order to devour it. She’s got lots more pictures of it at her Tumblr.

Comixology Speaks on Saga #12 Ban: It’s on Us, Not Apple

by Susana Polo | 2:26 pm, April 10th, 2013

As a partner of Apple, we have an obligation to respect its policies for apps and the books offered in apps. Based on our understanding of those policies, we believed that Saga #12 could not be made available in our app, and so we did not release it today.

We did not interpret the content in question as involving any particular sexual orientation, and frankly that would have been a completely irrelevant consideration under any circumstance. – Comixology, in a statement about the removal of issue #12 of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staple‘s Saga from the Comixology store for iOS devices.

Yesterday a lot of the comics world got up in arms to defend this week’s issue of Saga from what even the book’s creators thought was censorship from the folks who run Apple’s online content marketplace. Since Saga is already a comic with lots of lovingly depicted violence and sex (and wonderful characters, humor, and themes like love, war, and parenting), this seemed even stranger. The only new thing in this issue appeared to be that there were a couple tiny depictions of graphic sexual acts performed by men with men. Comixology does not elaborate more on why they felt Saga #12′s content went over what they thought Apple’s line was, and I wish they would, simply to emphasize their statement that sexual orientation had nothing to do it. I’m also glad they end with an apology: as a retailer it’s Comixology’s responsibility to communicate to creators about why their books won’t be appearing for sale where they usually do before any misconceptions can be made. Comixology has word from Apple today that Saga #12 does not violate guidlines, and says the issue will be up for purchase through iOS devices soon.

Updated: Apple Bans Saga #12 From the App Store for Two Tiny Images of Gay Sex

by Susana Polo | 4:18 pm, April 9th, 2013

Digital is a fast growing distribution method for comics, and an essential one for folks who don’t live a convenient distance from any of a shrinking number of independent comic shops. So when Apple bans a comic from the app store, that means that anyone who regularly gets their comics through an App store app, like that of Comixology (the most popular and in some cases only distributor of digital comics from DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, and other American comic companies), will be unable to see it on their iOS devices, even if the rest of the app and the rest of the issues in that series are still available.

The Hugo Award nominated, mature readers series Saga, for example, has been banned from the Apple store for two teeny, tiny images of sex that involves two dudes, and the more I think about it, the less sense it makes so I’m just going to make a list.

Things We Saw Today: A TARDIS Bookcase

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, December 26th, 2012

This TARDIS bookcase plays the Doctor Who theme song when you open the doors. I think I’m in love. Tumblr user bowtiesandginghamshirts has even posted a tutorial on how to make your very own. (via Nerd Approved)

Things We Saw Today: Little The Princess Bride

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, December 17th, 2012

By Patrick Ballesteros, the artist who brought you Little Firefly, here’s a kiddie version of The Princess Bride. (io9)

ComiXology Opens Its Arms to Self-Published Comics, Will Soon Be Accepting Submissions

by Rebecca Pahle | 4:15 pm, October 12th, 2012

Comic book creators who’ve had no luck with big publishers like Marvel, DC and Image might just have found their in: Digital comics platform ComiXology will soon be accepting submissions.

Things We Saw Today: A Horse Cosplaying As Harry Potter

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:02 pm, March 16th, 2012

Just call him Horsey Potter I suppose. Guess what? This has happened more than once, to more than one horse. Check out Buzzfeed for more and click ahead to see what else we saw on the net today.

Things We Saw Today: Victorian Spock

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:17 pm, March 5th, 2012

Spock, you’re such a scamp! Don’t you know time travel is totally against the Prime Directive? It’s only allowed when we need to save the universe, not when you want to tinker with gears! You can see more of the crew done up this way on Retronaut. (via Kottke)

Deals We Saw Today: A Whole Bunch of Ways to Save Some Cash

by Susana Polo | 5:26 pm, November 25th, 2011

You didn’t go shopping today, right? Tell me you sat home like a clever little nerdling and waited for all the good deals to roll in over the internet, right?

Right. Here’s some of the most intriguing deals we saw today:

It starts with ThinkGeek, whose sale on items like these Giant (plush) Microbes ends at midnight tonight.