Lauren Davis

Death Note Is Now A Musical, And Here Are The First English Songs

Because Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata hit manga about a teenager who is able to kill people by writing their names in a death god’s notebook, has been adapted for just about every other medium, it’s now becoming a musical. And some of the English-language songs are now online. Kotaku first mentioned over…

All Six Star Wars Movies Will Be Retold In A LEGO Animated TV Series

In addition to Star Wars Rebels, we’ve got another animated Star Wars series on the horizon, this time animated in the style of LEGO. In a six-part miniseries, Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales will retell each of the original and prequel Star Wars movies from the perspective of C-3PO and R2-D2. The Hollywood Reporter brings…

Two Men Play An Upside-Down Game Of Ice Hockey, UNDERWATER

Usually, when you play ice hockey you play it on the side of the ice where the air is. Not these divers. They decided to take a puck and a pair of hockey sticks underwater in a frozen lake and do a bit of knocking around on the wrong side of the ice. These two…

Brienne And Mance Star In First Clips From Game Of Thrones‘ New Season

Things are not exactly upbeat in these clips from the fifth season of Game of Thrones. In one, we’ve got Brienne lamenting the state of the world to Podrick, and, in the other, Jon Snow having an intriguing conversation with Mance Rayder. We cannot wait for April 12th, when the fifth season premieres. Cannot. Wait.…

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Kid Who Paints The Moon

The phases of the moon get a bit fanciful in this week’s writing prompt, by artist Goro Fujita. Tell us your tale about this character and their rather unusual lunar job. As always, we invite you to write a story about this image, Fujita’s “Half Moon” and share it in the comments. Is this Earth’s…

This 1750 BC Babylonian Tablet Is An Ancient Customer Service Complaint

The ancient Babylonians may not have had Yelp or customer service call centers, but they still recorded their complaints. They just had to do it on clay tablets, like this one, in which a buyer complains about receiving the wrong grade of copper ore. Top image from the British Museum. After reddit user tbc34 shared…

A Tim Burton-Inspired Short About A Little Girl Who Gets A Pet Piranha

Pets can be an excellent way to teach kids about responsibility and how to treat living creatures, but not all pets are a great idea for kids. And when the little girl in this cheerfully macabre short film accidentally ends up with murderous piranha instead of a goldfish, things get bloody very quickly. Jordan Blum…

Same-Sex Sexual Tension Actually Pays Off On The 100

In an episode packed with assassination attempts, shootouts, and many, many explosions, the big moment in last night’s episode of The 100 was a kiss — a kiss that many fans have been hoping would happen for a while now. While a lot has happened on the last few episodes of The 100 (and by…

Over at our sister site Sploid, check out the first images of Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen’s latest project: the world’s largest plane, designed to carry and launch a space rocket.

When A Children’s Author Makes Her Book Darker, The Characters Rebel

Miranda is a children’s book writer who just can’t seem to sell her book, Danny and the Wild Bunch, even though she has regular conversations with its main character. But when she tries the editors’ suggestions to make her story “darker” and grittier, Miranda’s life becomes darker as well. Robert Rugan wrote and directed Danny…

Channing Tatum’s Jupiter Ascending Character On A Three Wolf Moon Shirt

This was probably inevitable, but it’s still pretty perfect. Caine Wise, Channing Tatum’s part-canine character from Jupiter Ascending, acts out his own version of the famous Three Wolf Moon t-shirt. And you can buy it to wear or hang on your wall. Artist Stefanie Masciandaro came up with this wonderfully silly tribute to the Wachowskis’…

9 Historical Murder Mysteries Solved More Than A Century Later

While many historical whodunnits were solved not long after the supposed crime was committed, sometimes it’s up to modern science and history to determine how and why a person died. Here are cases where murders were revealed or refuted decades or even centuries after the fact. Top image shows the death of Giuliano de’ Medici.…

Kids Get Dropped Off At This Webcomic’s Camp—And Never Go Home Again

Camp Weedonwantcha is a nature camp for kids who have been ditched. In this darkly funny webcomic, kids get dropped off one day at a camp with absolutely no adult supervision. Left to their own devices, they must survive the limited supplies, wild animals, and each other. Katie Rice’s webcomic was a bit famous even…

Hacking The Loop

Kosmas rigged his computer so that it could interface with the AchronoTech machines. His mother complained about the power bill, but he assured her it would be worth it when he was the first to override the access controls. Concept art by the inimitable Simon Stålenhag. Stålenhag has already captured our imagination with his landscape…

On Star Wars Rebels, No One Expects The Imperial Inquisition

Well, okay, everyone expects the Inquisitor — and it’s no surprise when he starts resorting to torture. So it’s up to the Ghost’s crew to enact a rescue mission before one of their own ends up in one of the Empire’s nastier spots. Last time, Kanan got himself captured by the Inquisitor and Grand Moff…

Want To Start A Webcomic? Here’s The Best Advice Around

Starting a webcomic has never been easier, but it can still be a bit intimidating. Fortunately, if you’re looking for advice, there are plenty of comics professionals who’ve shared their experience, in the form of books, sites, and webcomics. Here are all the resources that will help you get started. Top image from C. Spike…

Why Does February Have Just 28 Days, Anyway?

February gets the shaft when it comes to days in the month. While other months last 30 or 31 days, February has 28 or 29, depending on the year. Why? Well, this video explains all of the fiddling that Romans did to the calendar, and how that resulted in a single short month. In the…

The Most Serene Spot In Mars Station Was The Zen Rock Garden

Pietro resisted Nursebot’s physical therapy efforts, preferring to spend the day staring at the koi pond and reading. But whenever Nursebot asked him to describe the arrays outside, Pietro would happily shuffle to the window, even though Nursebot had heard it all a dozen times before. Art by Adrien Girod. Girod is a concept artist…

This Wordless Webcomic Is The Perfect Myth To Brighten Your Winter

Winter is the perfect time to curl up and tell stories, and the webcomic Frostblight is a wonderful winter tale, a beautifully painted story about a fox, a bear, and what happens to the humans who invade their woods. Frostblight was created by artists Michael Doig and India Swift as a self-contained story. And while…

A Gory, Goofy Short Film About A Murderous Shopping Cart Out For Revenge

Yes, you read that right: a grocery cart, sick of being abused by humans, comes to life in the horror-comedy short film Killer Kart. And it wastes no times taking its wobbly-wheeled revenge on the grocery store’s closing staff. James Feeney directed Killer Kart at the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. Yes,…