It’s been a minute since we’ve been around these parts, faithful reader. But that does not mean we’re gone for good. Groonk.net is taking a minute to refresh and renew its purpose. One day there will be a return but we’re not quite sure when that day will be.

What’s being planned exactly? Expanding influence.

Here are a few places where you can continue to experience Groonk-mind until this space gets back on its feet again.

TWITTER
@groonk – https://twitter.com/#!/groonk
Try as hard as we might, we just can’t quit you, Twitter.

BLAST SHIELDS DOWN FILM REVIEW SOCIETY
You do know that we’re podcasting now, right? Hear the voices of @C_Duncan, DaJuan, @Rick_Snee and yours truly, @Groonk, talk about some geek movies you may have never heard of…and a smattering of those you have.

Talk to our intern, Greg on Google+ and Twitter (@bsdpodcast) to make it a true Film Review Society.

Download us straight off the iTunes device.

Plug in our RSS feed into any other podcast reader: http://blastshieldsdown.libsyn.com/rss

Check out the webhouse at: http://blastshieldsdown.com/ for a list of all our previous episodes.

PINTEREST
It took months for it to happen but it finally did. We’re loving the completely graphic nature of Pinterest. The ability to share lovely images with a few clicks of a mouse is nice, too.

Come for the Pacman Ghost Bookshelf, stay for galleries of varied interest:

Source: etsy.com via Hubert on Pinterest

GOOGLE+
This is our preference over Facebook. That’s all that needs to be said about that.

TUMBLR
An appearance is made once or twice: http://groonk.tumblr.com/

POSTEROUS
Photos direct from the futurephone in our pants: http://groonk.posterous.com/

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The Sunday Punch began in late July 2010 with the Comically Vintage shared image of Batman punching the hell out of a bull. It then continued as a (sorta) weekly Sunday post focusing on Batman in pop culture.

View the Tumblr Quenched Consciousness for a comprehensive collection of Jean Giraud’s work.

Neil Gaiman on Moebius

Gaiman’s full eulogy on Moebius can be found at his journal post Remembering Moebius.

He drew different stories in different styles, and the only thing they seemed to have in common was that they were beautiful. -Neil Gaiman

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In Search of Moebius

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illustration by Moebius :: scanned from The Art of Star Wars Galaxy :: Topps Publishing :: 1993

Moebius’ Iron Man

Moebius Comics, issue 1 from Caliber Press, 1996

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Now we have this “nonverbal representation” to whet our appetites until Mad Men returns to our collective TVs. Series creator Matthew Weiner had this to say about the image in the New York Times.

“This is a dreamlike image,” Mr. Weiner said, likening it to work of the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, who specialized in surreal, mannequin-like figures.

The image is “a nonverbal representation of where my head is at and where the show will be,” Mr. Weiner said.

“By the end of the season,” he said, “I guarantee you’ll know what it is about.”

A “nonverbal representation” eh? We see the glorious previous 4 seasons of Mad Men, a show about high-powered, fast tallking advertising executives in 1960s New York City, was not a fluke.

Official site: http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/

The Bragabouts!
Check them out on The Epic Show TODAY(February 28) from 3-5PM CDT!

The Bragabouts!
We know a guy in the band!

The Bragabouts!
Put their sound in your sweet, sweet ears.
The Epic Show: http://tunein.com/radio/Notfar-s148334/

Official site: http://www.facebook.com/thebragabouts

Watch:

March 15th on Thursday nights.

We feel now’s the time to share these fan images made by Deviant artist, Kinjamin. Just follow this here Community link to learn the method behind his character cosplaying madness.

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The Sunday Punch began in late July 2010 with the Comically Vintage shared image of Batman punching the hell out of a bull. It then continued as a (sorta) weekly Sunday post focusing on Batman in pop culture.

Duncan Fegredo filled today’s Star Wars quota easily.

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We’re possibly the last one to hear about Sleigh Bells. That’s okay. Collecting new music was never our strongest nerdy feature.

LISTEN(while you can): Sleigh Bells ‘Reign of Terror’

Official site: http://reignofterror.tv/

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