Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Before Neill Blomkamp directed the new hit science fiction movie District 9, he did a six minute short film titled Alive in Joburg.  This film follows basically the same premise of aliens arriving in South Africa and facing discrimination and decrepit conditions.  Blomkamp filmed the short in documentary style which shows Johannesburg locals giving their opinions on the aliens which reveal their prejudice toward the newcomers.  In truth, most of the interview clips come from actual footage where people were asked about Zimbabwean refugees, thus placing aliens in the film as stand ins for another disenfrachised group of people.  The film is available for viewing at YouTube at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8

HijiNKS Ensue is a Web Comic by Joel Watson.  Following is his description of the strip:

What is HijiNKS Ensue about?
-Nothing, really. Geeking for the sake of geekery. HijiNKS Ensue doesn’t really follow a story. Most of the comics use one geek pop-culture reference to make fun of another geek pop-culture reference. That sounds stupid when you read it out loud but it ends up working in the end. If you are into SciFi, Technology, Comic Books, Cartoons, 80’s TV, Non 80’s TV or geek-life in general you should find something to laugh at here.

Check out his site for his latest comics along with his musings about whatever pops into his mind at any given point in time.