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Amazing Data Visualizations of Every Avengers Comic Ever

The Avengers is one of the most important superhero team-up comics of all time, with over 570 issues of cameraderie and world-saving. Now, data visualization expert Jer Thorp has come up with a brilliant set of infographics showing some key facts about that mass of issues. Among other things, there are charts showing which member…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

R.I.P. Leo Dillon, Award-Winning Artist Who Brought Your Favorite Books to Life

Whether you know it or not, you’ve admired the work of Leo Dillon and his wife Diane, whose artworks adorned many of science fiction and fantasy’s most famous books. Leo Dillon, who died of cancer the other day, was the first African American artist to win a Caldecott Medal for children’s book illustration — and…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Read 2 more chapters of Daniel H. Wilson’s Amped!

Yesterday, we brought you the first three chapters of Daniel H. Wilson’s Amped. But how much worse can it get for Owen, the cybernetically enhanced main character in a world that hates and fears cyborgs? Much, much worse, as it turns out. Check out chapters four and five — where Owen is not only on…

io9 Daniel H. Wilson

Is it too late for first contact with aliens?

Every scientific breakthrough has taken time to get going. Knowledge and technology needs to slowly accrue over time until a tipping point is reached. But in some cases, time just isn’t a factor. Can we say that some things will never happen because they haven’t happened yet? Case in point: first contact with aliens. Wouldn’t…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Scientists prove that a goatee makes you look evil

You can’t be a decent evil twin without bushy, severely slanted eyebrows, and a nice pointy goatee. But why do we read these features as so very diabolical? A study explains that it all has to do with the geometry of evil. Dr Derrick Watson and Dr Elisabeth Blagrove of the Unversity of Warwick have…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

See the Avengers finale through Tony Stark’s eyes!

What would it look like to be inside Tony Stark’s Iron Man helmet during the climactic final sequence of The Avengers? This new collection of art and screenshots is the closest you’ll ever come to seeing the final battle through Tony’s eyes. It’s the work of designer Jayse Hansen, who also created all the beautiful…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Stephen King’s new novel won’t be available as an e-book… at least, not legally

Stephen King was a pioneer of electronic publishing. He serialized his novel The Plant online, and his novel Riding the Bullet was one of the first mass-market e-books. So it’s kind of fascinating that he’s turning away from e-books now that they’ve finally become ubiquitous. His next novel, the supernatural mystery Joyland, will only be…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

How do we know time travelers aren’t constantly changing the past?

We take it for granted that the past is fixed. History always happened the way we remember it happening. But how do we know for sure that that’s the case? If time travel is possible, time travelers could be zipping back and changing things around all the time. How would we even be able to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Webcomics You Should Be Reading

In this week’s io9 show, we discuss some of our favorite web comics, urban dystopia, and the difference between the art in Alien and its forthcoming prequel, Prometheus. Plus, use science to blow up your breakfast and annoy your friends! Why do we have a hammer on the table in front of us? You decide.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

10 Real-Life Creatures and the Horror Movies They Should Star In

We all love movies about scary monsters, and many of the scariest are based on real-life creatures. For example, Alien’s Facehugger is based on parasitic wasps that lay their eggs inside their prey. But all too often, horror movies resort to the same old sharks and tentacle monsters. Isn’t it time to branch out? Nature…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The awesome terribleness of Snow White and the Huntsman

The newest badass fantasy flick to hit theaters is Snow White and the Huntsman, out today, and I believe it proves my theory that Kristen Stewart is the Keanu Reeves of her generation. It also proves a few other things, like the fact that you can still have an awesome time watching an unapologetically cheesy…

Movies Annalee Newitz

First clips from the new season of True Blood are even more ridiculous than we could have hoped!

The fifth season of True Blood is right around the corner. And we’re so excited that everytime we bonk into the white face promo posters on the subway we drop to our knees and scream SUUUUKAAAYY! It’s so close, we can almost taste Jason’s ab sweat! https://gizmodo.com/first-glimpse-of-a-fanged-chris-meloni-from-true-blood-5909417 But until the official premiere, you’ll have to…

Television Meredith Woerner

Science fiction’s mascot is downright terrifying

Although Hugo Gernsback is best-known among fans for creating the first-ever magazine devoted to science fiction, he published a great many science fiction magazines, continuing well into the 1950s. However, while science fiction evolved and progressed around him, he remained firmly rooted in the style of the old Amazing Stories. Even his artists from decades…

Books & Comics Ron Miller

The Rocketeer Who Became a 19th Century Obsession

It’s one of the most familiar images from nineteenth century science fiction: an eager, ferret-faced gentleman named Mr. Golightly riding a rocket like a steeplechaser. It appeared in countless different forms for decades, usually as part of a cartoon or poster caricaturing some political cause or another. The rocketeer even made an appearance in Disney’s…

io9 Ron Miller

Fantastic Concept Art from the “Moon Nazi” Movie Iron Sky

We’ve seen some eye-popping designs and visuals from Iron Sky, the Finnish movie about Nazis on the Moon, already. But this latest batch is the most brilliant yet, with an attention to detail that makes you believe the Nazis really did have a secret Moonbase. This is the work of artist Jussi Lehtiniemi, who created…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Want to know which DC Comics superhero is coming out of the closet?

As you may have read previously, a stalwart DC Comics superhero will soon be reintroduced as a gay character. Rumors about this particular superhero’s identity have been a-swirling over the last week, and now io9 has the details directly from the author who’s penning this new origin. Some spoilers ahead. https://gizmodo.com/dc-plans-to-bring-a-prominent-character-out-of-the-clos-5911776 And who is it?…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

A Perfect 2-Sentence Summary of Every Episode of Walking Dead Season 2

The folks over at Rock Paper Cynic have an excellent collection of angry Walking Dead art that reminds us all that Lori is the absolute worst. These brilliant little stick-figure art pieces are paired with the news that AMC is hosting a special season three preview during their marathon of the series on July 7th…

Television Meredith Woerner

Charlize Theron reveals all the latest secrets of Prometheus and Mad Max: Fury Road!

The producers of The Amazing Spider-Man go in-depth with their big reboot. A certain True Blood character isn’t going anywhere. Anna Torv looks ahead to Fringe’s final season. Plus tons of new release dates for tons of big science fiction movies! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Amazing Spider-Man. The Dark Knight…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in June! [Updated!]

The future awaits! June’s science fiction and fantasy offerings include brand new David Brin and Terry Pratchett. Plus Prometheus and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! Plus tons and tons of conventions, author appearances, and summer TV premieres. Learn everything you need to know to make June the most exciting month of all. Now updated and corrected…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How does the Buffy the Vampire Slayer porn capture Joss Whedon’s themes of destiny and choice?

Yesterday, we brought you a quick and dirty (so to speak) history of superhero porn, from the 1940s to today. But how has porn handled one of our most epic heroes of them all? We speak, of course, of Buffy Summers, heroine of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She’s the subject of a new porn video,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Amazing Data Visualizations of Every Avengers Comic Ever

R.I.P. Leo Dillon, Award-Winning Artist Who Brought Your Favorite Books to Life

Read 2 more chapters of Daniel H. Wilson’s Amped!

Is it too late for first contact with aliens?

Scientists prove that a goatee makes you look evil

See the Avengers finale through Tony Stark’s eyes!

Stephen King’s new novel won’t be available as an e-book… at least, not legally

How do we know time travelers aren’t constantly changing the past?

The Webcomics You Should Be Reading

10 Real-Life Creatures and the Horror Movies They Should Star In

The awesome terribleness of Snow White and the Huntsman

First clips from the new season of True Blood are even more ridiculous than we could have hoped!

Science fiction’s mascot is downright terrifying

The Rocketeer Who Became a 19th Century Obsession

Fantastic Concept Art from the “Moon Nazi” Movie Iron Sky

Want to know which DC Comics superhero is coming out of the closet?

A Perfect 2-Sentence Summary of Every Episode of Walking Dead Season 2

Charlize Theron reveals all the latest secrets of Prometheus and Mad Max: Fury Road!

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in June! [Updated!]

How does the Buffy the Vampire Slayer porn capture Joss Whedon’s themes of destiny and choice?

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