Books & Comics

A sneak preview of The Flash, guest-starring Gorilla Grodd!

The Flash is one of the most handsome comics on the stands currently, and it says a lot that the creative duo of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato can make an evil sentient gorilla eating brains look good. Here’s an exclusive first look at next week’s issue of The Flash, which reintroduces readers to longtime…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why Octopuses Should Run Our National Security Infrastructure

Next time the government wants new ideas about how to protect our nation’s security, it should consult an octopus. That’s the unusual proposition of marine biologist Rafe Sagarin, a pioneer in the infant field of “natural security,” where experts use models from nature to help them come up with emergency responses to everything from terrorist…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

What Samuel R. Delany Can Tell Publishing About Its Latest “Trend”

Almost every article you read about books lately bemoans the fact that nobody reads any more — except that now, in the age of ebooks, you’re starting to hear the opposite complaint. A recent New York Times article says people are reading too much, and too quickly. This, in turn, is meaning authors are under…

Books & Comics Michael Ann Dobbs

Do you dare to open the secret door in the virtual Fairyland?

Over at Tor.com, there’s a fantastic story by There and Back Again author Pat Murphy, called “About Fairies.” A woman is working on developing a virtual fairyland for a toy company that sells fairy dolls, but she and the other members of the team start developing their own secret fairylands. It turns into a beautiful…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Reminder: Book Club Meeting 5/29 to Discuss Nick Harkaway’s Angelmaker

The io9 Book Club meets every month to discuss a book, and then the author usually joins us for a chat. This month, we’re reading Nick Harkaway’s novel Angelmaker (we reviewed the book here). We’ll meet May 29th to discuss the book. Watch for a post that day announcing the book club, and jump into…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

In this week’s comics, it’s the BPRD and Ed Brubaker writing the post-apocalypse

What’s on the stands this week? First off, there’s Dark Horse’s new miniseries BPRD: Hell On Earth – Devil’s Engine… Caught between bat-faced monsters, a devastating earthquake, and the mad science experiments of Zinco, Devon and Fenix form an uneasy alliance in order to get to safety! There are also new issues of Daredevil, Fury…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

You Can Eat This Emergency Survival Guide When Your Situation Gets Desperate

Land Rover likes to brag that its vehicles are best suited for off-road excursions. And to ensure the company’s customers in the United Arab Emirates survived a long drive into the desert, it created this handy survival guide that can even be eaten when food is scarce. It might only provide the same amount of…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Everything You Need To SMASH Like the Hulk

Just because you can’t turn into a giant green rage machine, doesn’t mean you don’t sometimes feel like one. As much as he bemoans his super powers, Bruce Banner has to get some level of satisfaction, and stress relief, from going on a rage-fueled smashing spree. And while we’re not advocating the destruction of private…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

19 Drawings That You’ll Never Believe Started as Photos

Would you know that each of these 19 drawings actually started as a photograph for this week’s Shooting Challenge? Because they certainly would have fooled me. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-inked-5907043 WINNER: The Girl With The Super Awesome Boyfriend My super awesome boyfriend – who happens to be the best music producer in Toronto – sent me the link…

Books & Comics Mark Wilson

Marvel-inspired fashions bring the Avengers to the runway

For those who prefer their superhero fashions tinged with glamor, Australian designer Romance Was Born has debuted its comic book couture based on Marvel comics, blending the Silver Age with modern lines. This collection, made in cooperation with Marvel comics, debuted at Australian fashion week. The clothes utilize Marvel artwork — much of it inspired…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

In the comic book Terminally Illin’, cancer is the supervillain

Friends Kaylin Andres and Jon Solo have created a comic book that takes readers inside (literally) a young woman’s battle against cancer. It’s a battle Andres knows well. At 23, she was diagnosed with both thyroid cancer and a rare form of bone cancer. During her treatment, Andres turned to blogging and developing the comic…

Books & Comics DrRubidium

Exclusive Excerpt from the Gender-Swapped John Carter Novel!

John Carter was a blast — but you might be waiting a long, long time for the next movie in the series, sadly. But you can help fill the gaping hole in your life by reading a new Burroughs-inspired novel, Jane Carver of Waar by Nathan Long. We’ve got an exclusive excerpt, in which Jane…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Read a preview of Dark Horse Comics’ new psychic warfare series Mind MGMT

To gear up for the May 23 release of Matt Kindt’s (Revolver, The Tooth) new telepaths-and-spies series Mind MGMT, Dark Horse Comics is releasing a series of free online prequels stories titled Mind MGMT: Secret Files. These chapters will run on Dark Horse’s digital site over the next three Wednesdays. Here’s a sneak peek at…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Jeffrey Brown explains why Darth Vader would have made a great dad

With his new book Darth Vader and Son, cartoonist Jeffrey Brown answers one of the great hypothetical questions of the Star Wars universe: What if Darth Vader raised Luke Skywalker? In a series of single panel comics, we see Darth Vader attempting to run the Empire while still being a good father to young Luke.…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Gronk is a webcomic about a troublesome (but adorable) monster child

Katie Cook is a professional cartoonist with a strong sense of cuteness. When she’s not making Fraggle Rock comics or drawing the Avengers as cats, she’s working on her own webcomic, Gronk, about a sweet little monster and the geeky composer whose life she turns upside down. Dale is a composer for commercials and television…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

1950s greaser Batman needs to be a reality

Just for kicks, comic artist Denis Medri posted his designs for a Fifties rockabilly take on the Dark Knight. Behold Bruce Wayne as a pomade-sporting auto mechanic, a secret crime-fighter who wages the good war on billiard hall brutes, reefer-crazed maniacs, drag-race swindlers, and the insidious hypnotic power of Fats Domino’s back catalog. Batman’s always…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Commentary track explains why the Avengers are so mad at the X-Men

For the latest installment of the Avengers vs. X-Men saga, its writer Jason Aaron has a commentary track on Comic Book Resources. In it, Aaron talks about the nature of the drama and its pivotal scenes, including how one scene was almost removed from the book. https://gizmodo.com/the-avengers-and-x-men-prepare-for-war-in-this-weeks-co-5896746 A number of commentary tracks are available from…

Books & Comics Charles Choi

10 Untranslatable Words (And When You’ll Want to Use Them)

English is so limited sometimes. There are so many kickass words in other languages, that describe concepts that we just don’t have one word for in English. And that’s a shame, because sometimes we find ourselves in situations that English just can’t describe. Science fiction and fantasy are full of those sorts of quirky situations…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Biggest Reasons To Get Excited About Comics This Summer

There’s a gobsmackingly diverse slate of comics hitting stores over the next three months. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the newest series under the summer sun. What’s on the docket? Doctor Who aboard the Enterprise, new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Nick Fury acting salty, and Jesus Christ’s clone’s reality show. MAY 2012 First…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Opera Has the Power to Raise the Devil, in Mary Gentle’s Spellbinding New Novel

Mary Gentle is one of the most under-appreciated authors in the U.S. — but the British author’s latest novel might finally be the one to introduce Americans to her deft touch. In Black Opera, Gentle approaches opera and her alternate Italy with the same care and style as her previous novels such as Ash, for…

Books & Comics Naamen Tilahun

A sneak preview of The Flash, guest-starring Gorilla Grodd!

Why Octopuses Should Run Our National Security Infrastructure

What Samuel R. Delany Can Tell Publishing About Its Latest “Trend”

Do you dare to open the secret door in the virtual Fairyland?

Reminder: Book Club Meeting 5/29 to Discuss Nick Harkaway’s Angelmaker

In this week’s comics, it’s the BPRD and Ed Brubaker writing the post-apocalypse

You Can Eat This Emergency Survival Guide When Your Situation Gets Desperate

Everything You Need To SMASH Like the Hulk

19 Drawings That You’ll Never Believe Started as Photos

Marvel-inspired fashions bring the Avengers to the runway

In the comic book Terminally Illin’, cancer is the supervillain

Exclusive Excerpt from the Gender-Swapped John Carter Novel!

Read a preview of Dark Horse Comics’ new psychic warfare series Mind MGMT

Jeffrey Brown explains why Darth Vader would have made a great dad

Gronk is a webcomic about a troublesome (but adorable) monster child

1950s greaser Batman needs to be a reality

Commentary track explains why the Avengers are so mad at the X-Men

10 Untranslatable Words (And When You’ll Want to Use Them)

The Biggest Reasons To Get Excited About Comics This Summer

Opera Has the Power to Raise the Devil, in Mary Gentle’s Spellbinding New Novel

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