Things We Saw Today: The First Poster for Catching Fire

The Catching Fire poster is actually one of those newfangled “motion posters” which is basically a gif that won’t stop playing sound at you, so we’re putting it behind the jump. Yes, it comes with a mute button.

In the meantime, remember Nerdache Cakes? They’re starting a YouTube channel for tutorials, but need 1k likes before they do. Go help them out! (Tumblr)

• Stephanie Brown has won DC Women Kicking Ass’ annual Kick Ass Woman tournament by fan voting. Too bad she’s not in comics at the moment.
• Kevin Clash has resigned as puppeteer for Sesame Street‘s Elmo. (The New York Times)

Okay, here’s the Hunger Games sequel poster. The mute button is on the bottom right.

• Animator Lindsay Small has been working on a project for the Gina Davis Institute on Gender and Media and you should definitely give it a watch. (Tumblr)
• The Daily Dot interviews Colleen Lachowicz, the World of Warcraft playing state senator from Maine.

Here’s a Kickstarter to make cookware with sword handles. What more do you want from me? (Boing Boing)

• Here’s a newly posthumously published short story from Ray Bradbury, “Dear Santa.” (Tor)
• Guys, Zacharay Quinto is not quitting the Star Trek franchise. (Blastr)

This is probably the best Han Solo in carbonite cake I’ve seen. (Between the Pages)