We Saw the First Episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead and It Blew Us Away

The first episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead was everything an Evil Dead fan could hope for—and more. Start your chainsaws, because this is going to be a very groovy ride. The Ash vs. Evil dead panel was hands-down the best thing I experienced at NY Comic Con. I’d spent the morning interviewing cast and…

A Totally Insane Rumor Says Marvel Is Killing The Inhumans Movie

An unlikely actor is rumored to take over the role of Boba Fett. An Adventure Time movie is still in the works. Agent Carter casts four big new characters. Plus, Seth Green throws cold water on a Howard The Duck movie, and NYCC sizzle reels for Arrow, The Flash, and Gotham. To Me, My Spoilers!…

Paul Reubens Will Play the Penguin’s Father on Gotham

Back in 1992, Paul Reubens played Oswald Cobblepot’s snooty father in the movie Batman Returns. Now Pee-Wee Herman will play a different version of the Penguin’s dear old dad, this time on Gotham. Entertainment Weekly reports the news from NYCC’s Gotham panel, where Robin Lord Taylor, who plays Oswald Cobblepot/the Penguin, was excited to announce…

We Want to Read a Comic Book About These Amazing Samurai Frogs

Sometimes we see character designs that just, ahem, leap off the page, begging to become stars in a larger story. That’s how we feel about Conor Nolan’s “Lilypad 7,” an amphibious crew who come from an alternate version of feudal Japan. We asked Nolan where these designs came from, and he responded over email: It’s…

Watch Puppet Freddy Krueger Sing His Nightmare Version of “Dream a Little Dream of Me”

The latest episode of the puppet web series Glove and Boots has a Halloween theme, guest starring a felt version of Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger. When Mario eats too much junk food before bed, his subconscious summons up a crooning Krueger. [via Neatorama]

Person of Interest Will Finally Give Us the Love Story We’ve Been Waiting For

Person of Interest fans are going to be very happy with one budding romance in the show’s fifth season, featuring two characters we’ve been wanting to get together for ages. The cast and crew told us everything to expect from season five at New York Comic Con. Spoilers ahead… The premiere episode picks up right…

What if Your House Insisted on Choosing Your Roommate?

Finding a new roommate is complicated enough when the only people making the decision live inside the house. In this kooky animated short, a trio of oddball roommates have to let their sentient house in on the process. Marie de Lapparent and Marie de Lapparent, another pair of animators from Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma…

How Pee Led to One of the 17th Century’s Most Important Chemistry Breakthroughs

You probably just flush your urine down the toilet, but some European alchemists used it in their experiments, and in the process made a scientific discovery that helped modernize the world. In this video from the American Chemical Society’s Reactions series, “How Pee Brought You The Modern World,” host Darcy Gentleman explains how alchemist Hennig…

Photos From the Apollo Missions Have Been Turned Into a Brilliant Stop-Motion Film

While flipping through photos in the Project Apollo Archive, Vimeo user harrisonicus noticed that the act of clicking the “Next” button created a sort of stop-motion animation. So he decided to turn the photos into a little film, sending us to the moon with the Apollo missions. As for the music, there “Lift Motif” by…

A Dark Animated Comedy About Pest Exterminators on an Alien Planet

What’s the line between genocide and pest control? The two exterminators in the animated short Bûche Royale view themselves as ordinary working stiffs on a foreign planet, but their coworker patter is punctuated by the systematic eradication of a native species. Sarah Amrani, Aline Lesage, and Lucy Vallin made Bûche Royale at Angoulême’s Ecole des…

Charlie Brown Actually Makes a Pretty Great Indiana Jones

What if Indiana Jones met every challenge with a cry of “Good grief!”? Artist Chris Thornley, also known as Raid 71, casts the Peanuts gang as characters from the Indiana Jones films. You can purchase the limited edition three-print “Charlie Jones” set from New York’s Bottleneck Gallery for $45. You can also see more of…

George R.R. Martin’s Novella About a Werewolf Collections Agent May Become a TV Show

Now that we’re five seasons deep into Game of Thrones, another George R.R. Martin story may be coming to television: The Skin Trade, Martin’s 1989 novella about a detective trying to solve a gruesome murder case and a collections agent who suffers from lycanthropy. Over on his blog, Martin has announced that Cinemax has optioned…

So You Want To Join The Empire: Sun’s Out, Guns Out

Over the course of this column, we’ve been looking into the armor and how it all fits together. This week, let’s talk about something that goes along with Stormtroopers: the famed E-11 Blaster Rifle. There’s the long-running joke that Stormtroopers can’t hit anything. I have my own theories about their aiming in A New Hope,…

In the Webcomic Peritale, a Fairy with No Magic Tries to Pass Her Godmother Test

In the world of Mari Costa’s webcomic Peritale, the most exciting job a fairy can have is that of godmother, making sure that fairytales come true. Few want that job more than young Periwinkle, but there’s one hitch: She has no magical powers. Periwinkle Poulaine isn’t like the other fairies in her class. She can’t…

Every Burp in Rick & Morty Collected in One Nauseating Video

The folks at Digg decided to celebrate the end of Rick & Morty’s second season with this compilation of Rick’s gaseous emissions. Just a warning: You may feel slightly sick after watching them all in a row. [via Geeks are Sexy]

Wes Anderson’s next film will be a stop-motion movie about dogs. The director is returning to his Fantastic Mr. Fox medium, but Indiewire notes it’s a funny choice of subject, given Anderson’s propensity for killing dogs in his movies.

Matt Damon Does Even More Science in Deleted Scene From The Martian

If you didn’t get enough of Matt Damon’s Mark Watney sciencing the shit out of his accidental home in the feature cut of The Martian (and to be honest, we could always watch more), here’s an entry from Watney’s video diary that didn’t make it into the film. /Film notes that, with all of the…

On Doctor Who, We See The One Thing That’ll Make The Doctor Bend The Rules

Tonight’s episode of Doctor Who sees the Doctor in an impossible situation, where his fate appears already sealed. In other words, it’s another day at the office. But this time around, the Doctor is only able to find a way out when he’s given the proper motivation: an even worse looming disaster. Spoilers ahead… In…

These Stunning Illustrated Sea Dragons Are Part Fish and Part Tree

The Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) is a real fish, a relative of the sea horse with appendages that look like seaweed. Here, artist Piper Thibodeau imagines fanciful versions of sea dragons that grow terrestrial foliage, giving them a different tree-inspired look for each season. Thibodeau is a freelance character designer and concept artist, and…

Into the Badlands Brings Martial Arts Back to American TV—And It’s a Bloodbath

Kicks. Punches. Swords. A whole lotta blood. A who’s who crew of martial artists and choreographers, and, at last, an Asian lead for a modern TV drama. It’s Into the Badlands, and hopefully it kickstarts a new chapter in genre television. Arguably, the last popular example of a martial arts TV show in the US…