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Much of pop culture is targeted to the male demographic often alienating female audiences with advertising or content. Being Geeky is trying to reach out to the growing audience of women and girls, while addressing topics and issues of interest to both sexes. Being Geeky is for everyone who loves being just that – Geeky.

It's been a while, but Pink Werewolf will be launching a new site in January. Please keep a look out for details.

Crickey, I'm tired! My life has been an endless circle of work, taxes, work, taxes, and more work. That and taxes. >:( (Since when did I become everyone's go-to person for tax forms & information, dammit.)

Anyway, NYCC is coming and I HIGHLY recommend that you check out the site. If you are in the northeast, try to get here, because the sheer volume of things to do is mind-boggling!! Not to mention

• Show exclusives,
• Swag,
• Previews,
• Premieres,
• Panels,
• Gaming, and
• Celebs from movies, tv, and comic books.

Have you done your taxes yet? No?

Kill two birds with one ball...

For the third year in a row, the New York Mets will partner with the personal tax team of Gilman Ciocia, Inc. to offer free tax preparation and filing to Mets fans attending games on April 12, 13 and 15 at Shea Stadium.

Professional accountants from Gilman Ciocia will be at the Mets Team Store located behind home plate on the Field Level throughout the game to lend this complimentary tax preparation service for last-minute filers. The service that includes filing extensions is free to all Mets fans that have purchased tickets to any of the following games. Tickets start at $5 for select games.

Saturday, April 12
vs. Milwaukee
1:10 pm

Sunday, April 13
vs. Milwaukee
1:10 pm

Tuesday, April 15
vs. Washington
7:10 pm

While attendees enjoy the game, tax experts of Gilman Ciocia will not only prepare an individual's taxes, they will also review their last three years' returns for free. The savings realized per individual is between $111.00 and $226.00 according to a 2006 survey of professional accountants by The National Society of Accountants.

"As corporate sponsors of the New York Mets and great fans of the team, we are excited to again offer our fellow fans the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of the Gilman Ciocia tax team," said Michael Ryan, president and CEO, Gilman Ciocia. "We encourage Mets fans to stop by the Gilman Ciocia table to get their taxes done for free."

Presented by Anchor Bay, the Brutal Massacre panel was one of the highlights of MMX. A mocumentary/horror movie biz satire, Brutal Massacre stars David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), Brian O’Halloran (Clerks, Clerks II), Gerry Bednob (40 Year Old Virgin), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, The Devil’s Rejects), Ellen Sandweiss (The Evil Dead, Satan’s Playground) and Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

The movie follows Harry Penderecki, a B- (C? D?) Movie director, making a horror movie that may just be his last chance. The trailer was hysterical, with many nods to the more realistic aspects of the genre: crazy characters (on & off screen), insane premises (Sasquatch at the Mall? Inspired by Abbey Road?), idiot reporters, moronic fans, and more.

The panel included Director Stevan Mena, producer Tom Bambard, Brian O’Halloran, Gunnar Hansen, Gerry Bednob, and Michelle “MJ” DiBenedetti. After details about the movie’s release (see below), we learned that what was supposed to be a simple, if slightly cold shoot, turned into the coldest weather in 50 years, with below 0° temperatures at noon.

Surprisingly funny, both in the trailer and in person, was Gunnar Hansen, best known for his work as Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Cast in a role not usual for the horror icon, Gunnar plays Crenshaw, the owner (?) of the location set. Gunnar embraced the role, “Great Character to play,” even playing with the seriousness of the mocumentary-style by saying he “spent a lot of time researching this.” He goes on to say he “…thought it was a fun character for me to do…Problem I had with Crenshaw is that he says fuck in every 3rd sentence.” (Truly, Crenshaw really loves this word.)

Asked how much of the movie was scripted & how much was improvised, Mena, director of Long Island International Film Expo and NYC Horror Film Festival Best Feature winner, Malevolence, said it was about 70% scripted/30% improvised. It was ‘wind em up and let em go with these guys.’

Brutal Massacre will open mid-summer with exclusive, then limited theatrical release. The subsequent dvd will have cut scenes and more, but as for Easter eggs? "We'll tell you there's Easter Eggs, but there's not," said Gunnar.

Be sure to check out the trailer, as well as their MySpace page. If you are in the Los Angeles area, you can see the stars and trailer in person at Fangoria Weekend of Horrors.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Fri., Sat. & Sun. April 25-27, 2008
LA Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Join Fangoria for the “Brutal Massacre” PANEL
Director Stevan Mena, stars David (AMERICAN WEREWOLF) Naughton, Brian (Clerks, Clerks II) O'Halloran, Ken (Dawn of the Dead) Foree, Gerry (40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN) Bednob and all three ladies of the EVIL DEAD:
Ellen Sandweiss, Theresa Tilly and Betsy Baker.
See http://www.fangoria.com/special_events.php For more information.

Dark Horse Comics has announced that the popular Aliens, Predator, and AVP comics series are now available for digital download on IGN Entertainment’s Direct2Drive (http://www.direct2drive.com). For $1.99, customers can now purchase digital copies of individual Aliens, Predator, and AVP comics that virtually mimic the first run of each issue by featuring the original cover art and trade dress. Fans of these comics can now enjoy classic stories by the likes of industry luminaries Mark Verheiden, Mike Mignola, Chris Claremont, and Andrew Vachss from the comfort of their own computers.

“In celebration of the December release of AVP: Requiem, we thought launching our maiden voyage into the paid online comics universe with the AVP line made perfect sense,” says Nick McWhorter, Special Projects Managerfor Dark Horse Comics’ Custom Publishing program. “The experience that IGN brings to the table with digital distribution through Direct2Drive makes for the perfect match and we couldn’t be more excited about our new endeavor.”

“We are thrilled to offer Dark Horse Comics to our millions of Direct2Drive users,” said Sutton Trout, Vice President of Digital Content for IGN Entertainment. “We continue to expand Direct2Drive’s product offering to ensure that our users have access to the most comprehensive collection of comics, videogames, and entertainment content on the Web—and Dark Horse is a welcome addition.” In addition, DarkHorse.com has recently added an AVP Zone where fans can get the latest in news, interviews, and general musings on all things AVP: http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/avp/index.php.