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Doug Groves

dougplanet.com is his personal blog, which is withering on the vine. If you poke around it, you’ll find out that he’s an animator and broadcast designer by trade, usually pushing pixels in either After Effects or Lightwave 3D. If he absolutely had to pick a favourite all time writer, it would be Harlan Ellison more days than any other. If you don’t know who Ellison is, then Doug weeps for you. Doug also likes long walks on the beach, mainly to collect improperly discarded medical waste for an undisclosed project of epic proportions.

Telus LG Shine Plus – sneak peak

By Doug Groves | Published: September 8, 2010
A little while back, we got a chance to take a look at the Telus version of the LG Shine Plus, aka the LG Ally in the US.  This model of the Shine Plus is unique to Telus, and can now be found on their website.   The new smartphone sports a landscape slide out QWERTY [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Freelance Blues

By Doug Groves | Published: September 8, 2010
Freelance Blues is a new indie comic from the minds of Mike Leone and Ian Daffran.  A comedic take on Lovecraftian horrors mixed with the real horror of moving from job to job, the third issue was launched during Fan Expo this year.  Although the series artist, Vicki Tierney, wasn’t on hand, we sat down [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Jarett Cale Interview

By Doug Groves | Published: September 7, 2010
Every time we get a chance to talk to the guys from Pure Pwnage, it’s always a blast.  We catch up with Jarett Cale at Fan Expo this year, to talk about what’s happening with season 2 of the TV series, and where the web series stands… “Honestly, it’s a bit depressing working on the web [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Caanan Grall Interview

By Doug Groves | Published: September 6, 2010
While make our way through artist alley, one of the many tables that caught our eye was that of Caanan Grall, creator of Max Overacts and Celadore, the latter which originally appeared as part of DC Comics ZUDA online experiment.  After taking a look at some of his work on Celadore, we had a quick [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Jamie Toghill Interview

By Doug Groves | Published: September 5, 2010
There was no mistaking the big push that Disney was making this year for Tron Legacy, the long awaited sequel to the classic sci-fi film.  The Tron Legacy booth was the largest on the show floor, complete with a 20 foot tall Interceptor.  Beside the usually merchandise that goes along with modern sci-fi movie, the [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Camilla d’Errico Interview

By Doug Groves | Published: September 4, 2010
One of our first stops at Fan Expo this year was at Camilla d’Errico’s booth.  She has a unique art style that bridges the gap between anime and western style comics work, which she’s using to full effect in her book Tampopo.  The book uses the text of classic literature, such as [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Canada

By Doug Groves | Published: September 3, 2010
Over the past week or so, Samsung’s entry into the tablet market, the Galaxy Tab, has been generating a fair amount of buzz.  The fact that it’s a tablet is enough to get it some press.  When you combine that with the positive response to the Samsung Galaxy smartphone lineup, and it’s no surprise that [...]
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PC64 aims directly at the nostalgia crowd

By Doug Groves | Published: September 3, 2010
One of the more oddball computer announcements in the past week or so was Commodore USA would be coming out with the PC64, and all in one computer that will be a 1:1 replica of one of the most successful computers of all time – the Commodore 64.  The basic concept is that they’re going [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Pressure valve

By Doug Groves | Published: September 3, 2010
As we briefly touched on in our initial Fan Expo write up, the convention was overcrowded this year, with attendance up by about 10,000 people.  It didn’t help that Expo was moved from the larger south building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, to the north, which has approximately 20% LESS square footage. The intention of [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – The Anthology Project

By Doug Groves | Published: September 2, 2010
Last year at Fan Expo, we spoke with Nick Thornborrow of The Anthology Project, which was aiming not just to put out a quality collection of shorts from a variety of artists, but to really care about the physical quality of the book itself… to make a beautiful “artifact” as Nick put it. Well, the book [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – Lar deSouza Interview

By Doug Groves | Published: September 1, 2010
Lar deSouza, the rather prolific artist of Least I Could Do and Looking For Group, let us sit down with him ‘in booth’ during Fan Expo this year.  Despite almost constantly drawing and signing, something I gather he does all the time no matter where he is, he found the time to talk about the [...]
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Rogers first Canadian carrier to announce release date for Blackberry Torch 9800

By Doug Groves | Published: September 1, 2010
The Blackberry Torch, which represents a new large screen form factor and updated operating system, is coming to Rogers on September 24th, with pricing starting at $199.99. When the Blackberry Torch was first revealed running the new Blackberry OS 6, it seemed like a step forward for the Waterloo company.  The Torch has a slide out [...]
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