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The 2020 Eisner Winners Are Here, in Strange Circumstances

Despite the fact that this year’s physical San Diego Comic-Con was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has killed just about 150,000 people in the U.S. alone, the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented last night, virtually, by Phil LaMarr. Voting for the Eisner Awards proceeded in the weeks leading up…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Image’s Crossover Series Wants to Blow Up the Idea of Comic Book Events

In a world where San Diego Comic-Con is being held remotely due to a global pandemic, and comics publishers are fighting to hold onto the mental real estate they have in fans’ minds, Image’s new series Crossover, from writer Donny Cates, artist, Geoff Shaw, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer John J. Hill, imagines what it…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Boys Gets Wet, Wild, and Disgusting in a Season 2 Clip

The first trailer for The Boys’ second season was an unsubtle reminder of how the series is every bit as gory and stomach-churning as the Dynamite comics it’s based on. The latest footage from the show to come out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con doubles down on that reality with a little help from…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore & Autumn Noel Kelly

Image: Matteo Buffagni, Nolan Woodard, Clayton Cowles

The Scarlet Witch’s Biggest Mistake Has Come Back to Bite the Entire World in the Ass

Much as Wanda Maximoff loves to be the center of mutant-related drama in Marvel’s comics, the publisher’s latest event—Empyre—is only tangentially related to her by way of her son, Billy Kaplan, who’s engaged to Teddy Altman, the young king currently leading an armada of alien invaders on their way to conquer Earth. But in this…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Young Soldier Proves Her Might in a First Glimpse at North Africa-Inspired Debut Fantasy The Unbroken

The destinies of two women—one, a soldier; the other, a princess—become intertwined in C.L. Clark’s debut, The Unbroken, a fantasy tale set in a desert kingdom inspired by North Africa. The novel won’t be out until March, but io9 has an exclusive look at the gorgeous cover and the reveal of the thrilling first chapter.…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Neil Gaiman and Director Dirk Maggs Talk the Massive Undertaking That Is the Sandman Audio Drama

Audible is putting out a huge project, starting this past week: a full-length audio drama adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, taking Audible’s normal focus on audiobooks to the next level. Directed by Dirk Maggs and starring James McAvoy as Dream, it sounds like it’s going to be a pretty impressive thing, and it was…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

The Ballad of Black Tom‘s a Spellbinding Horror to Revisit Right Now

The mid-1920s New York of Victor LaValle’sThe Ballad of Black Tom is a sprawling metropolis that’s well on its way to becoming a different kind of powerful place. That’s thanks to the machinations of a select few with knowledge of the old gods that exist separate from their own. As the ‘20s roar on and…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Whoa! Keanu Reeves Is Writing Comic Books Now, Too

He does drama. He does comedy. He does kick-ass action. He does dramatic readings. He plays guitar. Hell, we wouldn’t be surprised if he still goes surfing sometimes. And now, Keanu Reevers—movie star, cultural icon, genuinely cool dude—can add “comic book writer” to his enviable resumé. Reeves’ 12-issue series, created with co-writer Matt Kindt and…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Author Colin Dickey on Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Strange Realms of The Unidentified

Colin Dickey, author of Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, is back with another excellent non-fiction exploration of the unusual. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained is a fascinating read, so we called up the author to talk more about it. Cheryl Eddy, io9: Your previous book, Ghostland,…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Warren Ellis’ Accusers Launch New Push to Seek Transformative Justice

Last month, the comics industry faced yet another reckoning of accusations of pervasive, systemic abuse of creatives of marginalized genders, in some ways sparked by a series of allegations against writer Warren Ellis. Now, those who say they were affected by Ellis specifically have established a space to share their stories and call for him…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The Adventure Zone Creators on Adapting the Series’ Most Controversial Storyline

The Adventure Zone podcast is great at mixing the silly and sincere, but it’s occasionally misfired, most notably in “Petals to the Metal,” a storyline from the Balance Arc that was criticized for stumbling into the “Bury Your Gays” trope. Speaking to io9, the creators of The Adventure Zone comic got honest about the challenges…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

Netflix’s The Old Guard Dug Deep to Bring the Comics to Life

In both Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández’sThe Old Guard and director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s new film based on the comic book series, a group of seemingly immortal warriors from different time periods all band together to commit their lives to ridding the world of its societal evils. None of the big bads they take on are…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Doom Patrol Has a Weird Thing for Cop Shows, Too

It’s rare that you see any of Doom Patrol’s mixed bag of metahuman heroes fighting regular, street-level criminals, because their respective power sets tend to be more useful dealing with metaphysical, extradimensional-type threats like massive roaches and mice. Mostly, the Doom Patrol’s left the basic crooks to the Titans and, one imagines, the police, but…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Long-Hidden His Dark Materials Short Story Is Now Getting Released

Lyra Silvertongue’s story continues. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has announced that a novella set in the world of His Dark Materials, written over 15 years ago and kept hidden ever since, is getting released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Golden Compass. According to a…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

Image: Elsa Charretier (Wowbagger Productions

Some of the Scientific Minds Behind the UK’s Coronavirus Response Have Helped Fund a New Sci-Fi Pandemic Comic

As the novel coronavirus pandemic has continued to spread around the world, scientists have scrambled to try and find effective ways to impart the risks and needs required of the public to mitigate the impact of covid-19. And now some scientists in the UK have decided to turn to comics to help educate people. io9…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Stargirl Will Return for Season 2, But Only on the CW

The relationship between DC Universe and the various arms of the Warner Bros. corporation continues to get weirder and weirder, as evidenced by all the nonsense about the movies on HBO Max, the strange partnerships for its originals like Doom Patrol and Swamp Thing, and so on. But now, there are even more signs pointing…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Doom Patrol Got Explosively Horny in the Face of an Apocalypse

Doom Patrol’s always had a habit of coming on a bit strong (in a good way) by doing away with the narrative pacing that most other cape shows tend to stick with over the course of a season in favor of getting to the point. Though “Sex Patrol” is only the fourth episode of the…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 28

Two years ago, io9 shared author Molly Tanzer’s Victorian fantasy novelCreatures of Will & Temper in serialized excerpts. And now we’ve got good news for fans of the author, not to mention fans of free books: We’re doing it again, with her newest title! Check out chapter twenty-eight today. Here’s the link to the prologue where it…

Books & Comics io9 Staff

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 27

Two years ago, io9 shared author Molly Tanzer’s Victorian fantasy novelCreatures of Will & Temper in serialized excerpts. And now we’ve got good news for fans of the author, not to mention fans of free books: We’re doing it again, with her newest title! Check out chapter 27 today. Here’s the link to the prologue where it…

Books & Comics io9 Staff

The Second Season of The Boys Is Coming to Amazon Prime on September 4th

Insert superlatives and profanity here. The Boys, Amazon Prime’s adaptation of the darkly satirical superhero comic of the same name, is returning for its second season with a three-episode premiere on September 4th, 2020, Amazon shared recently in a press release. Following that premiere, new episodes will air every Friday, ending on October 9th, making…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

The 2020 Eisner Winners Are Here, in Strange Circumstances

Image’s Crossover Series Wants to Blow Up the Idea of Comic Book Events

The Boys Gets Wet, Wild, and Disgusting in a Season 2 Clip

The Scarlet Witch’s Biggest Mistake Has Come Back to Bite the Entire World in the Ass

A Young Soldier Proves Her Might in a First Glimpse at North Africa-Inspired Debut Fantasy The Unbroken

Neil Gaiman and Director Dirk Maggs Talk the Massive Undertaking That Is the Sandman Audio Drama

The Ballad of Black Tom‘s a Spellbinding Horror to Revisit Right Now

Whoa! Keanu Reeves Is Writing Comic Books Now, Too

Author Colin Dickey on Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Strange Realms of The Unidentified

Warren Ellis’ Accusers Launch New Push to Seek Transformative Justice

The Adventure Zone Creators on Adapting the Series’ Most Controversial Storyline

Netflix’s The Old Guard Dug Deep to Bring the Comics to Life

Doom Patrol Has a Weird Thing for Cop Shows, Too

A Long-Hidden His Dark Materials Short Story Is Now Getting Released

Some of the Scientific Minds Behind the UK’s Coronavirus Response Have Helped Fund a New Sci-Fi Pandemic Comic

Stargirl Will Return for Season 2, But Only on the CW

Doom Patrol Got Explosively Horny in the Face of an Apocalypse

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 28

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 27

The Second Season of The Boys Is Coming to Amazon Prime on September 4th

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