Did you ever just wish the kids would hurry up? Now you can help them along by suppling them with their very own jetpack backpack! [Buy one here] This clever design is the work of British talent Andy Mason. Mason works for Suck UK, a site brimming with gift ideas, and has habit of turning […]
Archives for July 2017
Superhero Week: Superhero cospaint!
Cosplay is going strong… and cospaint is picking up interest. One of the things cospaint has going for it is that it makes for dramatic YouTube montages and long running Twitch streams. The queen of superhero cospaint is Kay Pike. We’ve featured her work on Geek Native before but since it’s Superhero Week let’s share […]
Superhero Week: A review of Masked – Rise of the Rocket
Masked: Rise of the Rocket is available in the UK from today. The graphic novel is the return of the widely praised French comic book series from Serge Lehman. This series, in English, from Titan Comics looks spectacular. In Masked: Rise of the Rocket we follow the origins of two characters. The first is Sergeant […]
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time announced
Little Witch Academia began life as a delightful short. It was so popular that it inspired a successful Kickstarter – important as it was one of the first times a Japanese studio raised money for an anime in this way – and then a Netflix series. Now Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is coming […]
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia is a PS4 exclusive
Netflix recently added the second series of The Seven Deadly Sins. The anime is set in a fantasy-like country called Britannia. The action starts with a woman running from danger and winding up in a strange tavern. Meanwhile the renegade fighters known as the Seven Deadly Sins are still at large. In Europe The Seven […]
Chaosium leads the 2017 ENnie nominees. Can you pick a winner?
In this post you’ll get a list of all the nominees for the 2017 ENnies. We’ve added up all the nominations each publisher has picked up. Our math puts Chaosium up in front but the chasing pack is strong. Who do you think will be there? First of all you’ve a chance to vote for […]
Superhero Week: Dude! Check out this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle desk!
The genius that is Tom Spina Designs keep on impressing. We’ve had some Star Wars love from them already and this new desk takes us in the opposite direction. We’re not going into space but deep in the sewers among the rats and the mutants! The lucky geek who commissioned this desk wanted a sit-or-stand […]
Superhero Week: Spider-Gwen statue from Mondo
Spider-Gwen is an alternative reality Spider-Man… except it’s Gwen and not Peter Parker who gets the power. The result is a cool looking, cheeky, superhero who is as likely to climb on top of a mast and take a selfie as she is to web-sling her way off somewhere else. In fact, the statue from […]
Superhero Week: Did they get the Marvel movies costumes right?
Instagram account Accurate MCU does a great job at looking at the Marvel Cinematic Universe and comparing it to the Marvel comic book universe. Just how similar are the costumes? You might be surprised. Here’s just a few. View this post on Instagram A post shared by mcu fanpage (@accurate.mcu) View this post on Instagram […]
The Geek Find accused of huge copyright infringement
Artist Michael Whelan is calling out the Etsy store The Geek Find for shameless copyright abuse. A month ago Whelan’s Tumblr helped highlight that the Etsy store for apparently re-printing and selling other artist’s work – including chopping the signature off the print. Whelan’s account noted that Etsy required the original owners to step forward with […]