Top 30 Geeky Writers

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Here is our Power Grid of the top 30 Living Geek Writers and Artists, whether they make prose, pictures, or both.

Go on in. See if William Gibson is higher than Neal Stephenson.

#15

Art Spiegelman

Spiegelman made his name in 1986 with Maus I and II, chronicling his parents' experiences in the Holocaust , but he had been active in the underground comics community from the 1960's onward.... Read on...

#14

Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko is one of the creative minds that rocketed Marvel (it was still Atlas Comics when he started working there) to the forefront of the industry. He created the original visual look and... Read on...

#13

Akira Toriyama

As the author of the Dragon Ball series, which sold over 120,000,000 copies in Japan , Akira Toriyama is indirectly responsible for the constellation of CCGs, video games, ill-advised live-action... Read on...

#12

Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith 's Bone is hard to describe. Its sort of like what you would get if you took a few characters from some old Disney comics, and threw them into The Silmarillion . Familiar, frightening,... Read on...

#11

Grant Morrison

Scottish born member of the so called "British Wave" of 1980's comics, Grant Morrison does a lot stuff, but not much that would put him in the eye of mainstream American culture. He wrote Arkham... Read on...

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The Unintentional Hilarity of Twitter Spam Bots

Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.

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Eric Limer You have to tew two tutus?! I have to tew two tutus too!
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Max The Pizza and Pasta Foundation supports the federal SAUCE act. Ask your congressman to put some SAUCE on it!
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Eric Limer I like how if you make a mistake typing a popular URL, invariably the site you find is all "YOU'RE WINNER!" It's uplifting for a second.
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Max Spam for work involves a false teeth supplier and someone looking to buy magnetic plates.
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Eric Limer So that improv show was definitely a good idea. Ben Schwartz, Zach Woods, Justin Long, AND Adam Scott. #EverythingWentBetterThanExpected
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Max Got a lot crossed off my to-do list tonight, and I'm starting to feel significantly less freaked about about, well, life.
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Eric Limer I need trephination like I need a hole in the head.
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Max AIM CHAT: I like you, too. *belushis*
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Eric Limer Listening to Call Me Maybe and cropping screengrabs of Twitter bots. It's times like this that I really love my job.
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James Plafke Popular rapper Ladies Love Removed Eyes.
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Eric Limer I am genuinely enjoying using So.cl to make weird picture mash-ups. I just made a collage of becks. http://t.co/ulGbDbwn
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Eric Limer This Facebook IPO coverage needs to stop cuz I'm seriously sick of seeing Zuckerberg staring creepily at me from the top of every story.
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Max Put on your poodle skirts and choose your favorite syrup because we're gonna have a sock-hop at the iHop.
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James Plafke I just threatened my mom to email me something by telling her I'd discuss with her all the lady celebrities I'd have sex with.
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Max New Hallmark Card: "I held an extended conversation with you without being able to remember your name" Inside: "I'm sorry."
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Eric Limer To any of you bros who might like to ice me, I encourage you to act on that urge, bro.
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Eric Limer If anyone is looking for some totally garbled, nigh-incomprehensible ad copy, I'm your man.
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Eric Limer What? None of my Facebook friends are on So.cl? How can this be?!
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Eric Limer "Does this mustache look creepy? Experts are blind; can't tell."
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Rollin Bishop Lin Beifong is suddenly one of the best things about Legend of Korra.
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