Shaenon K. Garrity, Author at Gizmodo

Fall Comics Preview: A Guide to the Awesome New Comics to Add to Your Pull List

Who needs movies and TV this fall when you’ve got so many comics to read? The next few months are shaping up to be a monumental time for comics—at both publishers big and small. Want to see what’s coming to your pile of must-reads in the next three months? Read on for a sneak peek…

io9 James Whitbrook and Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 25

This Author Sold a Kale Joke to Asimov’s (and You Can Too)

Since he vowed to become a professional SF author two years ago, Sunil Patel has published nine stories. In a two-part essay (Part One here, Part Two here), Patel explains how he wrote each of those stories and made each of those sales. For anyone who’s ever dreamed of being a science-fiction writer, Patel breaks…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 21

A Whole Bunch of People Named Their Babies After Anakin Skywalker Last Year

We have officially hit peak Star Wars. The Social Security Administration just published its annual tally of the most popular baby names in the U.S., and “Anakin” made the top 1,000. Squeaking in at #957 on the list, Darth Vader’s birth name was bestowed on 218 baby boys last year. Why would people name their…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 21

Why Trekkies Is Still The Best Fan Documentary Ever Made

Bronies, Jedi Junkies, Turtle Power, Mudbloods, The People vs. George Lucas… as geekiness gets cool, we’ve been deluged in documentaries exploring fan subcultures, sub-subcultures, and sub-sub-subcultures. Docs about video gaming alone could fill a film festival, including Atari: Game Over, Indie Game: The Movie, Get Lamp, and the glorious King of Kong. A perusal of…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 21

Agents of SHIELD Could Be Getting A Kick-Ass Spin-off After All!

Earlier this year, there were plans to spin off two of the best characters from Agents of SHIELD into their own show: Bobbi Morse and her on-again, off-again sweetie Lance Hunter. That idea seemed dead in the water, but now it’s back—except that it’s not a spin-off, exactly. What’s the difference? This new show, called…

Television Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 20

Buffalo Bill’s House is for Sale (Bring Your Own Lotion)

Here’s a real-estate opportunity for the hardcore horror fan: the Pennsylvania house used as Buffalo Bill’s home in The Silence of the Lambs is up for sale with an asking price of $300,000. Sadly, Bill’s labyrinthine murder basement isn’t part of the deal; it was created on a sound stage. But, as the photos on…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 20

Wonder Woman Speaks Out for Marriage Equality … and Educates Clark Kent in the Process

Wonder Woman officiates a same-sex wedding in the new issue of Sensation Comics, a digital series written and drawn by Jason Badower. In the scene, Wonder Woman takes a break from bloodlessly stopping a war between Eastern European countries to preside over the wedding of a woman she met volunteering for relief efforts. Because Diana’s…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 20

Why Disney/Pixar Hired One of Its Biggest Critics to Work on Its New Movie

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz just announced that he’s joining the crew of Pixar’s Coco, an upcoming movie inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Why is this news? Well, in addition to being a fantastic artist and the creator of the syndicated comic strip La Cucaracha, Alcaraz is a political cartoonist who’s been sharply critical…

Movies Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 19

These DC Superhero Cafes Will Feed You Bat-Waffles

And Superman pancakes. Malaysia has two licensed DC Super Hero Cafes, with a third scheduled to open in Singapore next month. The casual dining joints, run by a company that owns a chain of DC retail stores across Asia, feature flashy comic-book theming and signature superhero dishes and drinks. It seems Batman’s domination of the…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 19

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Names in Comics

We’re in the midst of a superheroine Golden Age. When even Squirrel-Girl can score her own comic book, and it’s awesome, you know times are (relatively) good for super-ladies. But it doesn’t hurt to look back on the bad old days… the days when no one at Marvel or DC seemed to know what to…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 19

This Artist Is Redrawing a Tintin Book With Tintin Buck Naked

This isn’t the first anti-colonialist reworking of Tintin, but it certainly has the most penises. Hergé’s Tintin series is one of the most beloved comics in Europe, but the 1930s-era racial stereotypes and colonialist attitudes make a lot of modern readers uncomfortable. No Tintin book brings the squick like Tintin in the Congo, wherein our…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 18

The Ignatz Award Nominations Are a Big Win for Women Cartoonists

The Ignatz Awards, the top award for indie and small-press comics, just announced its 2015 nominees. More than half the nominees are women, an increasingly common phenomena in comics awards. Female creators dominated in the Minicomic, Online Comic, and Promising New Talent categories, which favor up-and-coming new artists. Three creators scored three nominations apiece: Jillian…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 18

How Horror Brings Human Beings Together

Horror stories can get our blood pumping and our hearts racing, but what is the social benefit of scary tales? In a roundtable on horror fiction for Mind Meld, Pretty Little Dead Girls author Mercedes M. Yardley shares an oddly sweet take on the positive side of fear. I love to use fear as a…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 18

Want to See More LGBT Superhero Comics by LGBT Creators? Support This Anthology

Oath is an upcoming collection of comics featuring original LGBT superheroes written and drawn entirely by LGBT creators. The black-and-white anthology sounds massive: over 240 pages long with work from over two dozen creators. Oath editor Audrey Redpath just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project. The artists and writers announced so far run…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 17

Please Let This What We Do in the Shadows Sequel Happen

Co-writer/co-director/costar Jemaine Clement has confirmed that a sequel to the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows is in the planning stages. The first movie, a New Zealand indie which follows a group of vampire roommates as they bicker over chore wheels and feeding off the blood of virgins, amassed a much-deserved cult following…

Movies Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 17

This Tiny Princess Leia Rides a Rocking Speeder Bike

It’s been a long week. Enjoy a baby Princess Leia on her handmade rocking speeder bike. The bike is the creation of hero dad Tez_Gelmir, who documents the whole process on the maker site Instructables.

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 14

DC Is Planning a Sitcom That’s “The Office with Superheroes”

At this point the announcement of yet another comic-based TV series is barely news at all, but this one is a little different: DC and NBC are working on a pilot for Powerless, a proposed sitcom set in the DC universe that’s being pitched as “The Office, but with superheroes.” All we know so far…

Television Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 14

Now That Fables Is Over, Is There a Future for Vertigo Comics?

Last week, the best-selling Vertigo series Fables came to an end with a special book-length final issue, and so did Vertigo’s reign as a top publisher of creator-owned comics. The DC imprint is down to just seven titles, several of which are slated to end soon, leaving the long-running Astro City as the closest thing…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 14

Evan Dorkin Describes How Fandom Has Become “Eltingville Uber Alles”

Evan Dorkin is ruthlessly funny, and sometimes just ruthless, in this interview with Paste magazine. The occasion is the release of the second and final issue of Dorkin’s The Eltingville Club, but it’s an opportunity for Dorkin to share his typically snarky thoughts about the state of the comics industry and the dark side of…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 14

Why Batman Shouldn’t Be the Center of the DC Movie Universe

No matter where he appears—comics, movies, television, Lego toys—Batman is a hit. Now, according to the latest reports from the production of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warners executives were so wowed by Ben Affleck’s performance that they’re planning to build the DC cinematic universe around him, too. So what’s the problem? A lot…

Movies Shaenon K. Garrity Aug 14

Shaenon K. Garrity

Fall Comics Preview: A Guide to the Awesome New Comics to Add to Your Pull List

This Author Sold a Kale Joke to Asimov’s (and You Can Too)

A Whole Bunch of People Named Their Babies After Anakin Skywalker Last Year

Why Trekkies Is Still The Best Fan Documentary Ever Made

Agents of SHIELD Could Be Getting A Kick-Ass Spin-off After All!

Buffalo Bill’s House is for Sale (Bring Your Own Lotion)

Wonder Woman Speaks Out for Marriage Equality … and Educates Clark Kent in the Process

Why Disney/Pixar Hired One of Its Biggest Critics to Work on Its New Movie

These DC Superhero Cafes Will Feed You Bat-Waffles

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Names in Comics

This Artist Is Redrawing a Tintin Book With Tintin Buck Naked

The Ignatz Award Nominations Are a Big Win for Women Cartoonists

How Horror Brings Human Beings Together

Want to See More LGBT Superhero Comics by LGBT Creators? Support This Anthology

Please Let This What We Do in the Shadows Sequel Happen

This Tiny Princess Leia Rides a Rocking Speeder Bike

DC Is Planning a Sitcom That’s “The Office with Superheroes”

Now That Fables Is Over, Is There a Future for Vertigo Comics?

Evan Dorkin Describes How Fandom Has Become “Eltingville Uber Alles”

Why Batman Shouldn’t Be the Center of the DC Movie Universe

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Unprecedented Observation Reveals 2 Supermassive Black Holes Locked in a Tight Death Spiral

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