Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

Pigs Fly (And Shoot Guns) In Rare Hayao Miyazaki Manga

In 1989, Hayao Miyazaki penned and illustrated The Age of the Flying Boat, a manga that became the basis for his 1992 movie, Porco Rosso. This English translation from Animerica Magazine displays Miyazaki’s flair for comics as well. The Age of the Flying Boat was originally published in Japan’s Model Grafx Magazine and received an…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 23

The Salton Sea Is Like Mad Max With Beachfront Views

At one point, California’s inland Salton Sea was a thriving tourist destination and fishing spot. Nowadays, it’s a toxic, hyper-salinated cesspool gone stagnant due to pollution and lack of sufficient drainage. Here are snapshots of the Sea’s eerie lakeside towns. Ransom Riggs has captured photographs of Southern California’s Salton Sea, and it’s not a cheery…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 23

Something Kitty, Something Bloody, Something Britpoppy

What’s waiting for you at the comic shop this Wednesday? The return of America’s mutant sweetheart, a trade paperback you can foist upon your hipster friends, and Mark Millar’s latest four-panel ploy at global domination. Yup, it’s Comics We Crave! First off, what marquee character developments are cooking in the Big Two’s kitchen? We’ve got…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 23

A Massive Map Of Four Famed Fictions Crossing The Globe

Ever wondered the geographical origins of such dissimilar stories as Doctor Faustus and Jaws? This map charts the evolution of four classic tales as they traversed continents, centuries, and cultures. This map by Haisam Hussein from a recent issue of Lapham’s Quarterly follows four famous fictions that pinballed across space and time. They are: –…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 22

The Mysterious Stone Spheres Of Costa Rica

The mysterious, almost perfectly spherical stone balls dotting the Costa Rican landscape may soon be up for UNESCO World Heritage status. But who built them circa 600 AD? Are they a map to Atlantis, or something even weirder? John Hoopes, director of the University of Kansas’ Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, recently visited Costa Rica…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 22

Which Superhero Does Stan Lee Think Disney Should Tackle Next?

With so many marquee Marvel comics heroes already snatched up by studios, who can Disney use for their next blockbuster? Stan Lee weighs in on the Disney-Marvel movie merger and made the case for a certain diminutive superhero. Stan recently sat down with Bloomberg and talked what superheroes Disney and Marvel should pick up for…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 22

Goodbye Cylons – Vampires And Satan Rule TV This Week!

In this week’s What To Watch, we welcome back stalwarts like The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural – and wish Caprica adieu as it puts its cold, metallic feet up for a few months. Also, new Lost, Chuck, and more! MONDAY 3/22/10 First off, there’s new Chuck – it’s “Chuck Versus the Final Exam” at 8…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 22

Swiss Autopsy Robot Comes Online

Virtobot may be helping humanity now, but it’ll know all our weaknesses when Skynet achieves sentience. That’s because it’s the world’s first autopsy robot – and it can examine a dead body inside and out without ever lifting a scalpel. The University of Bern’s Virtobot uses MRIs and computer tomography to take a 3D snapshot…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 22

The Brazilian SciFi Short “Analog” Is Minimalist Cyberweirdness

This creepy-cool trailer for EBBËTO’s 25-minute-long film Analog is an agoraphobe’s worst nightmare -a machine keeps a man alive during a deep space journey. Unfortunately, the machine begins to reassess its programming, and a lot of symbolic oddness precipitates. Here are the details on the flick, which is currently making the festival rounds: ANALOG is…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21

Spider-Man Battles Samurai In 1970s TV Stills

In the Seventies, The Amazing Spider-Man aired on CBS, Nicholas Hammond was Peter Parker, and the show’s theme song was pornoriffic. Take a trip down memory lane with these photographs from an era when Spidey fought crime in his PJs. [Waffyjon’s Flickr via Coming Attractions Of The Past] And here’s the intro to The Amazing…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21

Will Google Leave China Because Of Hacking And Censorship?

Google will likely be pulling the plug on Google.cn by the end of the month. According to the web search giant, China’s stringent censorship and the hacking of Gmail accounts have driven Google to relinquish 35.6% of China’s search market. Even though the Chinese search engine Baidu’s 58.6% share of Chinese searches eclipses Google’s 35.6%…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21

Old-Timey Predator Will Joyride Into Your Heart

I say old bean, is that a Yautja on a penny-farthing velocipede? By gum, I haven’t beheld such a spectacle since eleventy-twelve! And lo! Our pedal-pushing intergalactic sportsmen totes one of those newfangled heliumized air bladders! What delicious farce! [Gavwoodhouse’s Deviant Art page via Superpunch]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who’s Never Seen Lost

Even the most ardent Losties find the show inscrutable at times, but can you imagine what Season 6 looks like to someone who’s never seen the show? The wonderfully bemused blog Never Seen Lost tries (and fails) to keep up. Massive confusion and weird Easter eggs are the name of the game for Lost –…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21

Wolverine’s 10 Most Mortifying Moments

Wolverine’s a respectable bub. This is no small feat as he’s spent most of the last 35 years wearing a banana-colored body condom and a Batman hat. Nonetheless, life has kicked the snikt out of Logan. Let’s recap the humiliation. When you’re the best there is at what you, it’s inevitable that you’ll have an…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 18

Image Comics Zings Marvel With Fake Avengers Ads

To promote the upcoming Invincible spin-off Guardians of the Globe, Image Comics has released promos lampooning Marvel’s recent Avengers ads. But are Image’s ads a light-hearted parody or a piss-take on Marvel’s über-marketable Avengers teams? This week, Image released a series of Guardians of the Globe promos modeled exactly on Marvel’s “I Am An Avenger”…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 18

Water Silos Could Tap Underground Lake In Sudan

These baobab-inspired towers from Polish firm H3AR are designed to pump water from the 19,110 sq. mile lake under Darfur. And although they exist only in concept, these water-gathering monoliths could ostensibly slake the thirst of this drought-plagued region. These three clay-brick towers from H3AR would pump water up from the underground to an artificial…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 18

Want An Original Philip K. Dick? It Could Cost You $6500

The first editions of Philip K.Dick’s novels saw limited runs and Dick rarely attended signings. As a result, early and signed copies of Dick’s books fetch top dollar on the rare book circuit. Guess which Dick novel sold for $6.5K? AbeBooks has compiled a list of the most expensive Dick sales ever to grace the…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 18

Syfy Is Turning Into VH1: More Reality TV And Tracy Morgan

What’s on Syfy’s plate for the next year? Cons: a cooking show, a home design program, and a heightened focus on reality TV. Pros: Tracy Morgan back hosting Scare Tactics, yelling whatever he damn well pleases! At the 2010 Syfy Upfront, we talked to the casts of Warehouse 13, Stargate Universe, and Caprica. The other…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 18

Kick Ass Artist John Romita Jr. Talks Kick-Ass The Movie

John Romita Jr. has illustrated almost every Marvel hero, but in Kick-Ass, his work delves into brutally real superheroics. With the Kick-Ass movie due soon, Romita discussed the film’s animated segment he directed and his encounters with flesh-and-blood vigilante superheroes. io9: First off, you directed an animation sequence for the Kick-Ass movie. What’s it about?…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 17

In “Ugly Americans,” New York Is Full Of Monsters

Ugly Americans’ cast of undead, enchanted, and cybernetic New Yorkers offers plenty to amuse B-movie fans. But it’s the frenetic animation from Augenblick Studios that really gives the new comedy series its bite. In Ugly Americans, social worker Mark Lilly (Matt Oberg) is a big-hearted man alone in the big city. Literally. No, really –…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 17

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Pigs Fly (And Shoot Guns) In Rare Hayao Miyazaki Manga

The Salton Sea Is Like Mad Max With Beachfront Views

Something Kitty, Something Bloody, Something Britpoppy

A Massive Map Of Four Famed Fictions Crossing The Globe

The Mysterious Stone Spheres Of Costa Rica

Which Superhero Does Stan Lee Think Disney Should Tackle Next?

Goodbye Cylons – Vampires And Satan Rule TV This Week!

Swiss Autopsy Robot Comes Online

The Brazilian SciFi Short “Analog” Is Minimalist Cyberweirdness

Spider-Man Battles Samurai In 1970s TV Stills

Will Google Leave China Because Of Hacking And Censorship?

Old-Timey Predator Will Joyride Into Your Heart

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who’s Never Seen Lost

Wolverine’s 10 Most Mortifying Moments

Image Comics Zings Marvel With Fake Avengers Ads

Water Silos Could Tap Underground Lake In Sudan

Want An Original Philip K. Dick? It Could Cost You $6500

Syfy Is Turning Into VH1: More Reality TV And Tracy Morgan

Kick Ass Artist John Romita Jr. Talks Kick-Ass The Movie

In “Ugly Americans,” New York Is Full Of Monsters

Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube

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