For those of you who got nervous that BBC America was betraying Queen and Country by giving that American rebel Chris Hardwick a series on their channel, you can now worry a little bit less: his guests will all be from The UK. Bullet dodged!

Seriously though, folks, we’re extremely excited that Hardwick’s awesome nerd-out podcast, appropriately titled The Nerdist, is coming to BBC America this fall for its first ever televised special. Rather than launch with a full series, however, Hardwick and BBC-A will test the waters with a half hour comedy special on September 24th. Here’s the full blurby info:

THE NERDIST – WORLD PREMIERE
Based on the popular Nerdist blog and podcast, Nerdist creator Chris Hardwick sits down with comedian and chat show host Craig Ferguson and Doctor Who’s Matt Smith for a half hour special where they chat on all things nerds love, from pop culture and news to tech trends and more. The Nerdist premieres Saturday, September 24, 10:00pm ET/PT as part of the Ministry of Laughs.

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One of our favorite currently running comic book series is IDW’s Locke & Key, a horror story by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez that is by turns, terrifying, hilarious, and deeply emotional. You know: really, really good.

So it was a pleasure to sit down with the duo at San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the rapidly approaching ending of the series (it will last six volumes, total; the fifth has just launched last month), how they’re just like an old married couple, and just what’s going on with FOX’s scuttled Locke & Key pilot, which had two screenings at SDCC.

But first, the ending. Like most “mystery” series, there’s always the question of sticking the landing; though the recently released issue, Locke & Key: Clockworks #1 basically laid out the entire history of the mysteries surrounding Key House, and the ultimate enemy who has it out for the Locke children. And as Rodriguez says, though the story of the Locke children will end in eleven more issues’ time, the world of Locke & Key is rich enough that the duo are considering returning for further stories:

SDCC 2011: Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez on 'Locke and Key's' Ending

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So one of the highlights I'd knew I'd be experiencing at Comic-Con, besides my lucky run in with Mark Hamill, was the chance to interview the Mythbusters crew - Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and my good friend from our old Lucasfilm days together Grant Imahara. While most of my crazy cohorts were out finding the hippest geek parties, I curled up in my hotel room, catching up on as many Mythbusters shows and I could, preparing my questions. I had interviewed celebrities before, but something about these guys made me nervous! Why God why???

Tory, Kari, Grant and I got to spend a lovely Saturday morning together discussing all things Mythbusters! These guys are so easy going and so much fun to hang with! We talked about Star Wars, vomit, ear wax candles, RPG's (Not role playing games!), sky diving and Grant's current bachelor status! We even talked about Craig Ferguson's crush on the entire team and poor Geoff Peterson needing some arm repairs...

Check out their awesome interview here!

SDCC 2011: The Mythbusters On Their Pal Craig Ferguson

Don't miss these guys and the new season of Mythbusters this Fall on the Discovery Channel!

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Tags Craig Ferguson, Discovery Channel, Geoff Peterson, Grant Imahara, ILM, Kari Byron, MythBusters, Tory Belleci, Woodsy's World of Star Wars

In September, DC will taking a bold new step: rebooting and relaunching their entire superhero line of comics, with fifty-two brand new titles. It was certainly the hot button issue of San Diego Comic-Con this year, with daily panels allowing fans to question the DC brass, visuals everywhere, and every friendly conversation turning – at some point – to armchair quarterbacking the decision.

Lucky us, then, we got to snag some one-on-one time with two of the three heads of DC Comics, Co-Publishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee. In the first clip, Didio gives the lay of the land, and how DC hopes to, “make comics the leader in the pop-entertainment business.” For Lee, he addresses one of the big questions inherent in the relaunch: why 52 books at the same time?

SDCC 2011: Dan DiDio And Jim Lee Talk 'The New 52'

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Stan Lee, Top Cow president Marc Silvestri, musician Emily Lazar, Teen Wolf comic writer David Tischman, ACT-I-VATE's Shannon Wheeler, comic creators Camilla d'Errico and Val Staples, FUNimation's Justin Rojas, and MTV Comics Executive Editor Tom Akel were all on-hand at the recent San Diego Comic-Con for the MTV Geek panel. Moderated by comics writer Tony Lee, the panel took at look at all the exciting things MTV Comics and MTV Geek have in store for the near future!

First up, Silvestri and Lazar discussed September Mourning, a unique joint project between Top Cow and MTV Comics coming out later this year:

SDCC 2011: MTV Geek Panel Part 2 - Marc Silvestri and Emily Lazar

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Tags ACT-I-VATE, Camilla d'Errico, FUNinmation, MTV Comics, September Mourning, Stan Lee, Teen Wolf, Tony Lee, Top Cow, Val Staples

Fringe – one of the best shows currently on television – faced a number of huge hurdles last year: the war with our alternate universe got deadlier; Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) was flung into the far future, then disappeared forever; but worst of all, the show was moved to the so-called FOX “Friday Night Death Slot.” Good news, though, the one-time procedural show about all things weird in science made it out of the death slot to run another season, which will launch this fall.

While at San Diego Comic-Con, we got to chat with the stars of the show, Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham), John Noble (Walter Bishop), Lance Reddick (Broyles), Jasika Nicole (Astrid), Blair Brown (Nina), and new full-time player Seth Gabel (Lincoln Lee). Oh, and also Joshua Jackson, who was there even though he clearly was gone forever in the cliffhanger. Hmmm…

First up were Torv and Noble, who may or may not have made your faithful reporter blush nervously when they turned the interview back on him, asking “who he was wearing,” and what it’s like to be on Fringe. Luckily, that wasn’t caught on camera, but we did chat with the actors about what it’s like to play three, entirely different roles on the series. For those of you who haven’t been watching so far, Noble plays the daffy Walter Bishop, the evil Walternate, and sometimes Walter before he had a piece of his brain sliced out; while Torv plays hard-nosed Olivia Dunham, her alternate universe double who’s a little bit looser, and – seriously – the spirit of Leonard Nimoy inhabiting Olivia’s body. It’s that kind of show, folks:

SDCC 2011: Anna Torv and John Noble Discuss Their 'Fringe' Alternates

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I've been back from Comic-Con just one week and still haven't caught up on all my coverage! While at Comic-Con I was lucky enough to interview some of the fabulous crew from Star Wars: Clone Wars!! As you know, Season 4 is coming out this Fall and the Force was with me as I got to chat with Dave Filoni, Joel Aron, Ashley Eckstein and Dee Bradley Baker about what's next for Anakin, Ahsoka, and the Clones!

First up is Supervising Director, Dave Filoni. Dave's a totally awesome dude and I met him last year at Star Wars Celebration. He is super excited about the next season and talks about Anakin, genius animation of the show and what the fans can expect in the latest season. Oh and you also will find out if he lets me try on his signature cowboy hat!

SDCC 2011: Dave Filoni Teases 'Clone Wars' Season 4

Ok, so Joel Aron, the Visual Effects Supervisor has been a great friend to me for, gulp, 18 YEARS! We met while working at ILM together! Joel made the jump from live action to fully-animated series on The Clone Wars. He is just so talented and talked me about all the hard work that goes behind the scenes in creating the series and how passionate he is about it all - "cinematic, poetic and stunning" are the 3 words he uses to describe Season 4.

SDCC 2011: Joel Aron Talks 'Clone Wars' Visual FX
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Tags Ashley Eckstein, Dave Filoni, Dee Bradley Baker, Her Universe, Joel Aron, San Diego Comic-Con, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Woodsy's World of Star Wars

At San Diego Comic Con, Hasbro has once again released a massive figure in their, usually much smaller, Marvel Universe line. While last year brought us the Eater of Worlds known as Galactus, while this year fans were lucky enough to be offered the mutant-hunting automaton-- The Sentinel! These genocidal robots have been around for years in the Marvel Comics' universe, and have recently upped their appearances thanks to the latest X-Men: Schism storyline. Seems like perfect time for a toy, right?

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Tags Action-Figure, Hasbro, Joe Quesada, Marvel Universe, mtv, MTV Geek, SDCC 2011, SDCC Exclusive, Sentinel, Toy Review, X-Men

Are you a fan of the BBC's or Syfy Channel's version of the supernatural drama Being Human? Recently at San Diego Comic-Con, MTV Comics' own Tony Lee asked the original U.K. Being Human's creator, Toby Whithouse, what he thought of the American version:

"I think they've done an absolutely sterling job," Whithouse commented, "I'm genuinely really delighted. I think the thing we were worried about most when the U.S. started doing their own version, was that one of the things that works for the U.K. version is the mixture of tones: you have a comic scene next to a tragic scene next to a dramatic scene next to a horror scene. And my concern was that an American version might try to homogenize it in a way, and make it all one thing. But what I think they've done quite admirably is repeat that mixture of tones and styles."

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It might not seem like such a big deal that Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys won this year's Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia—after all, a manga has to win the manga category, right?—but it is.

The nominees for the Eisner Awards are chosen by a small panel of judges, but the winners are chosen by comics professionals, many of whom are not familiar with manga at all. Consequently, the winners in previous years have been that handful have crossed over to become popular with comics fans: Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub, Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting Life, Osamu Tezuka's Dororo, Taiyo Matsumoto's Tekkonkinkreet—the sort of manga that get reviewed in The Comics Journal. Literary manga. Hipster manga. Read more...

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