Episode 016 :: Dr. Octoroc Under SIEGE

Posted by Cat on May 12, 2010

For the last month we’ve been raving about 8-bit artist and musician, Doctor Octoroc‘s NES-styled rendition of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.  With his massively popular project recently concluded, the good Doctor has had some spare time to breathe and decided to spend an evening with Nerdy Show.  This episode is rife (rife I say) with talk of fan-love projects from Octoroc’s latest concoctions, to a recent assortment of video game fan films – so be sure to thoroughly investigate our links section.  You always do, right?

This episode also marks the biggest comics week of 2010.  There’s a lot of awesomeness afoot,  but the biggest whammy of them all is the conclusion of Norman Osborn’s Dark Reign and the blockbuster Marvel event: Siege.  To commemorate the occasion we talk to all-star Marvel inker Mark Morales, who along with Olivier Coipel does the art for Siege and Thor and who brought us the slick inks of Secret Invasion in the not-too-distant past. Not only do we talk about that whole “tracer” stigma, but he shares with us graphic design secrets of the VHS porn industry.  Aw yeah.  We also interview musical sensation and internet darling, Amanda Palmer and her cohort Jason Webley who talk about their new musical project Evelyn Evelyn – soon to be a comic book!

And as though that  smorgasbord of info-tainment wasn’t enough we also pick apart the science of Iron Man 2 – strengths, flaws, no-prizes and all.  Stay in school.

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Tracks

1. 99 Problems Can’t Stop :: Brand-X
2. The 2-2 Blues :: brentalfloss
3. Respectable Girl (I Used to be Such a) :: Diabeats
4. A Campaign of Shock and Awe :: Evelyn Evelyn
5. A Man’s Gotta Do (Doctor Octoroc 8-Bit Rendition) :: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long-Blog
6. Thundercats :: Doctor Octoroc
7. Heads Up, Hearts Down (Acoustic) :: I Fight Dragons
8. Little Future :: The Epic Mounters (Shael Riley & Level 99)
9. Boss Battle Metalman (The Megas) :: Mega Ran
10. Dream Master :: Mega Ran & K-Murdock
11. Mom’s Hometown :: Katana Swordfish
12. Rainbow Road :: The OneUps

Links

• 8-Bit Dr. Horrible
• Teaser Map to Doctor Octoroc’s new big project
• Evelyn Evelyn’s website
• Cynthia Von Buhler – artist of the Evelyn Evelyn comic
• Mark Morales’ art
• Cap’s Warioware D.I.Y. Game
• Amazing short film – Patrick Jean’s PIXELS
• LOLA- the autonomous, walking robot
• DARPA’s “Big Dog” pack mule robot
• The Autumn Society of Philadelphia – Fun Nerdy Art Scene
• Wikipedia article for 80’s cop show Sledge Hammer!
• Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” music video
• The latest on Thmas Dolby’s new album
• FB group for “Yelling ‘SCIENCE!’ into the P.A. system”

Fan Film Links

• Street Fighter: Legacy
• Street Fighter: Beginnings End
• Street Fighter 2: The Later Years
  
• Mega-Man feature-length fan film
• There Will Be Brawl
• Earthbound fan film, EB Saga

Also…  Ask Triforce Mike anything!

About Cat

Cat is Executive Producer of The Nerdy Show Network as well as Lead Host of the titular Nerdy Show podcast and one of the site's founders. Her illustration, graphic design, and writing both journalistic and fictitious have appeared in various publications and public spaces.