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Powdered Toast Man saves the day for breakfast foods everywhere

Ren & Stimpy breakfast treat spokesman Powdered Toast Man has graced the Comic-Con floor with his toast-enhancing presence. We can’t speak to the quality of his flatulence, but he’s still absolutely Toast-a-rific.

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How Comic-Con Attendance has Grown, and Other Geeky Infographics

In March 1970, 145 people attended the Golden State Comic-Con, which would eventually grow into the phenomenon now known as San Diego Comic-Con. This is just one of the gorgeous comic book infographs from Tim Leong’s new book Super Graphic. Years ago, Leong ran the magazine Comic Foundry, a culture magazine spanning newspaper strips, superhero…

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Why you should start watching Orphan Black right now

The first season of Orphan Black, BBC America’s cloning conspiracy thriller, comes out on DVD this week, and everyone who hasn’t watched it yet needs to pick up the discs and start binging now. Over just 10 episodes, Orphan Black has become our newest scifi obsession, and here’s why. Orphan Black stars Tatiana Maslany as,…

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DC has uploaded tons of DC Nation animated shorts to YouTube

If you haven’t gotten a chance to watch DC Nation on Cartoon Network, you can now watch tons of the show’s greatest shorts, including Super Best Friends Forever, Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld, and World’s Funnest. Bleeding Cool spotted they massive upload to the DC Comics channel on YouTube this week. Some of these have appeared…

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The Devil comes to town on Being Human (UK)

The final season of the original Being Human has finally arrived on North American television sets, and the current roommate lineup is already brushing up against some big potential foes, including a shadowy government enterprise and the Devil himself. First, a brief apology to readers who have already seen the entire final season of Being…

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A dream city sits atop a seahorse’s head

Chinese sculptor Hu Shaoming’s urban landscapes look like something out of a fairy tale—golden cities that hang upside down or steel towers that ride on a seahorse’s head. Hu explains that the seahorse piece, titled “City of Dreams,” is actually about the broken nature of its fairy tale premise, the idea that nature is supporting…

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe pose for their 3rd grade photo

Patrick Ballesteros takes us back to the year 1983, when He-Man was still new, and imagines the various denizens of Eternia as third graders. Everyone say, “I have the power!” If you’re headed to Comic-Con this week, Ballesteros will be debuting this “Castle Grade School” print there, along with Firefly and Doctor Who prints featuring…

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Watch an animated Blade Runner told in 60 utterly chaotic seconds

1A4STUDIO has selected Blade Runner as the subject for its latest 60-second speedrun, administering Voight-Kampff tests and retiring replicants in a single minute. And yes, there’s a unicorn. This installment might be the strangest and most hinged of all the speedruns. (Previous installments include The Matrix, Star Wars, and Aliens.) But that’s what happens when…

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Crowdfund Atomic Robo and more Little Witch Academia!

Smart adventure comic Atomic Robo has a new field guide for action scientists coming out, along with a boatload of merchandise. And short anime charmer Little Witch Academia is getting a sequel—and you can help fund the production. Plus, two veteran VFX artists are working on an intriguing pilot film, and could use a bit…

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Watch the Doctor and Clara invade the orchestra at the Doctor Who Prom

This weekend, the BBC held one of its Doctor Who Proms, a concert in which an orchestra performs musical selections from the television show. Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman were on hand an in character to appreciate the music. It’s a rather cute segment, especially when Clara notices the Doctor is missing a good bit…

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New Spider-Man costume holds a built-in MP3 player

Entertainment Weekly has an interactive feature up detailing the changes in Spidey’s suit for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Most of the changes are visual, but at least one is purely for Peter Parker’s enjoyment—a built-in MP3 player. Costume design Deborah Lynn Scott explains Spidey’s musical webshooter controls: We wanted ours to have an MP3 player…

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Someone actually bothered to debunk the idea of a Sharknado

AccuWeather wants you to know that you need not live in fear of shark-bearing tornadoes. The weather site debunks not only the idea of sharks attacking humans from a tornado, but also some of the other odd weather patterns in Syfy’s Sharknado movie. AccuWeather wastes no time getting to the meat of its debunkery, the…

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The whole family gets in on this adorable Legend of Korra cosplay

The family that cosplays together stays together. Tenzin (sans his blue arrow) escorts young Korra, Jinora Meelo, and Ikki, while Amon lurks in the background. Cartoonist Magnolia Pearl snapped this fantastic family cosplay group at this weekend’s Connecticon. [Magnolia Pearl]

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Leafcutter ants carry signs made out of leaves in a tiny protest rally

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund, these ants have taken up leafy signs, laser-cut with phrases like “Save trees!” and “Ban the saw!” and marched in their own protest rally. The ants did have a bit of help with this, of course. BBDO Düsseldorf conceived of the project and tapped…

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Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt don guns and armor for All You Need is Kill

Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise sit with their top-heavy gear in the first official image from All You Need is Kill. We got a fuller look at Cruise’s high-firepower supersuit back in November, and there have been plenty of spoiler-filled set pictures, but in this official photo from Entertainment Weekly, we see both Blunt and…

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9 Animals That Would Make Great Superheroes

Plenty of superheroes and supervillains are animal themed, taking on the grace of a cat or the strength of a spider. But there are animals who are super in their own right, with abilities perfectly suited to saving the day. Top photo by Robin L. Here’s our imaginary lineup for the Animal Kingdom of Superheroes.…

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J.K. Rowling quietly published a crime novel—all the way back in April

J.K. Rowling has a new book out—a book that has, in fact, been out for months. Rowling has just been unmasked as the author of the crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The Times reports that Rowling admitted to being the author of the novel, which was released in April,…

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California now owns a $10,000 collection of Star Wars memorabilia

Eric Hodgson pleaded guilty this week to charges that he defrauded the California Department of Transportation out of $2 million. Among the assets seized in the settlement is Hodgson’s pricy collection of Star Wars memorabilia, valued at $10,000. The California Attorney General charged Hodgson with 22 counts of grand theft, alleging that he provided Caltrans…

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Our first peek at the Dark Knight cinematographer’s directorial debut

We’re excited that regular Christopher Nolan cinematographer Wally Pfister is picking up the director’s mantle for his debut film, Transcendence. And now we get a very tiny look at what is going on in Pfister’s movie world. Transcendence stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, and Kate Mara and features a…

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How all Pixar films fit into a single universe

After watching a video on Cracked suggesting that all Pixar films are set in an apocalyptic universe, Jon Negroni attempted to create a universal theory of Pixar, using the plots and Easter eggs to connect them into a single, time-skewing world. Negroni’s Pixar Theory is a fun piece of overthinking, and contains some Easter eggs…

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Powdered Toast Man saves the day for breakfast foods everywhere

How Comic-Con Attendance has Grown, and Other Geeky Infographics

Why you should start watching Orphan Black right now

DC has uploaded tons of DC Nation animated shorts to YouTube

The Devil comes to town on Being Human (UK)

A dream city sits atop a seahorse’s head

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe pose for their 3rd grade photo

Watch an animated Blade Runner told in 60 utterly chaotic seconds

Crowdfund Atomic Robo and more Little Witch Academia!

Watch the Doctor and Clara invade the orchestra at the Doctor Who Prom

New Spider-Man costume holds a built-in MP3 player

Someone actually bothered to debunk the idea of a Sharknado

The whole family gets in on this adorable Legend of Korra cosplay

Leafcutter ants carry signs made out of leaves in a tiny protest rally

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt don guns and armor for All You Need is Kill

9 Animals That Would Make Great Superheroes

J.K. Rowling quietly published a crime novel—all the way back in April

California now owns a $10,000 collection of Star Wars memorabilia

Our first peek at the Dark Knight cinematographer’s directorial debut

How all Pixar films fit into a single universe

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

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