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Geek a Week: Big Names and Eye-popping Art Bring Attention to Len Peralta's Year-long Project

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:41:15 EDT

Cleveland artist Len Peralta has set his sights on crafting a set of trading cards celebrating 52 influential geeks from across the spectrum: filmmakers, television personalities, writers, gamers, and musicians all have a place in Geek A Week.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Dec 17, 2010

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:30:14 EDT

Released in 1985, Pee-wee's Big Adventure put Tim Burton's weird visions on America's big screen consciousness and changed the way we all heard "Tequila" forever.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Mar 11, 2009

Quartett Spiel - Vintage German Star Wars Cards

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:30:25 EDT

A look at a vintage (1978) set of Star Wars playing cards from German company F.X. Schmidt

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Dec 16, 2008

Quartett Spiel: Vintage German Star Wars Cards

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:30:31 EDT

A look at the FX Schmidt company's 1978 set of Star Wars cards.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Dec 10, 2008

Screaming Tiki Con

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:15:18 EDT

From 1950s and 60s TV stars like Adam West, Yvonne Craig and Julie Newmar to Star Wars actors Jeremy (Boba Fett) Bulloch and Peter (Chewbacca) Mayhew to comic artists and toys and video games galore, the Screaming Tiki Con has something for everybody.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Oct 13, 2008

A First-Generation Star Wars Fan and Child of the 1980s Looks Back

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:56:51 EDT

A look at childhood in the 1970s and 1980s through the eyes of a former kid who grew up on the original George Lucas space saga and has shared the prequels as a parent.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Aug 11, 2008

Transforming the Transformers

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:52:00 EDT

For the past two years, Aaron Archer, design directer of the Transformers line for Rhode Island-based Hasbro, has helped engineer the Autobots' and Decepticon's update from cartoon and toy classics to big-screen behemoths.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Jul 05, 2007

Hands-on Prehistoric Digging at Fossil Park, Ohio

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:10:00 EDT

At Fossil Park, near Toledo, Ohio, you can undertake your very own excavation to find the remnants of a ton of prehistoric life, from corals and crinoids to brachiopods and trilobites. These tips will help you make the most of a summer day spent unearthing fascinating finds.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Jun 12, 2007

The Sword of Shannara: Star Wars' Second Cousin Turns 30

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (John Booth) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:01:00 EDT

While overshadowed by the fervor surrounding the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, Terry Brooks' novel "The Sword of Shannara" also made its debut in 1977, and in its own way, did for fantasy writing what Lucas' epic did for science fiction.

Contributor: John Booth
Published: Jun 07, 2007