Mike Vilardi is most recognized for his artwork in West End Games' Star Wars roleplaying games back in the 90's. The Rhode Island native does freelance and commission work. He's also a good friend whom I've had the privilege of knowing for the past 25 years or so, and we even attended the same college. So yes, there's a bias here, but dang, the guy is an awesome artist! So if you're reading this, need artwork for your comic or video game company, or want to commission a piece, please contact Mike. You can check out his Deviant Art gallery page at http://caesar120.deviantart.com/
by Marc Morisseau
Mike Vilardi is most recognized for his artwork in West End Games' Star Wars roleplaying games back in the 90's. The Rhode Island native does freelance and commission work. He's also a good friend whom I've had the privilege of knowing for the past 25 years or so, and we even attended the same college. So yes, there's a bias here, but dang, the guy is an awesome artist! So if you're reading this, need artwork for your comic or video game company, or want to commission a piece, please contact Mike. You can check out his Deviant Art gallery page at http://caesar120.deviantart.com/
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For more information, check out their website at http://www.higgins.org/calendar/2012-09-29 for details. Source: Space.com Scientists, visionaries, entertainers and the public will gather in Houston this week for the 100-Year Starship Symposium, a meeting to discuss space travel to another star. Interstellar travel is significantly more difficult than spaceflight within our solar system, because the distances involved are vast. For example, at its farthest, Mars is about 20 light-minutes away from Earth, and even Pluto is only about 4 light-hours distant. But the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri, is more than 4 light-years from Earth, meaning a vehicle traveling at light-speed would take 4 years to arrive. Since the fastest spaceships ever built can't even approach light speed, a probe or manned vessel would take many, many years to reach even the nearest stars. That's why the 100-Year Starship initiative, a project started with seed money from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA ), has targeted the goal of developing a vehicle that could reach another star in 100 years. [Gallery: Visions of Interstellar Starship Travel] Toward that end, the independent, non-governmental 100 Year Starship organization is hosting its public symposium Sept. 13 through Sept. 16 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston. Speakers include symposium chair Mae Jemison, the first female African American astronaut, as well as astronomer Jill Tarter, a co-founder of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, Johnnetta B. Cole, director of the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, space journalist Miles O'Brien, and photographer Norman Seeff. "Star Trek" actors LeVar Burton and Nichelle Nichols will also participate. The event is backed by former President Bill Clinton, who will serve as the symposium's honorary chair. "Taking place the week of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's speech delivered at Rice University challenging America to send a man to the moon, the symposium will hold a salute to fifty years of human space flight and NASA's Johnson Space Center," symposium officials wrote in an announcement. The meeting will feature presentations on spacecraft propulsion and technology, as well as discussions on the social, psychological and religious implications of space travel to other stars. "The symposium's technical session will include scientific papers on topics such as time-distance solutions; life sciences in space exploration; destinations and habitats; becoming an interstellar civilization; space technologies enhancing life on earth; and commercial opportunities from interstellar efforts," conference organizers wrote. This will be the second 100-Year Starship Symposium; the last meeting was held in Orlando in October 2011. This year, DARPA awarded seed money to the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence to found the 100 Year Starship organization, with the goal of encouraging research that will enable interstellar flight. "100 Year Starship will bring in experts from myriad fields to help achieve its goal — utilizing not only scientists, engineers, doctors, technologists, researchers, sociologists and computer experts, but also architects, writers, artists, entertainers and leaders in government, business, economics, ethics and public policy," officials wrote. If you're a big-time board gamer always looking for space, and you've dreamed of building the best gaming table, here's a site to check out. www.ultimategamingtable.org is a site that gives you information on the best gaming table...ever! This Houston-based part of gaming heaven was built in early 2000, and the room that houses it later in 2004. It boasts 32 sq. feet of gaming space, and includes slide out trays for your gaming sheets, cupholders, plexiglass-covered top with grid squares that can be used with wet-erase markers, and tons of storage. You can play mini games, tabletop games, board games, the possibilities are endless. There's a widescreen tv so you can take a break between sessions, the whole room is air conditioned, and of course, there's a mini fridge. The site also has information on how you can purchase step-by-step plans to build your own gaming table, and there are lots of great pictures on the site. You can check out their Facebook page too. source: Scoop magazine ABC has ordered a pilot for S.H.I.E.L.D, a live-action series from The Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon, Marvel TV and ABC Studios, This is the first of the live action Marvel properties being developed for which sister company ABC has given the go-ahead for a pilot. The pilot, which Whedon may direct, will be co-written with brother Jed Whedon and sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen (they collaborated on Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). Recently Whedon signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios that runs through the release of the second Avengers feature film, which he will write and direct. |
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