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This week, Garth Ennis writes Nick Fury and Paul Pope heads to space!

What comics are in stores tomorrow? Among the new books on the stands are Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Michael Bendis’ kids’ series Takio (“Taki and Olivia are sisters with superpowers! In fact, they are the only ones in the world with superpowers! So obviously, they have to become superheroes!”) and Garth Ennis and Goran…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Eureka tangles with emotional fallout and dodgy special effects

Last night’s Eureka found the Astraeus crew struggling to readjust, after finally escaping the evil computer simulation. While our heroes tried to reconcile fiction with reality, our suspension of disbelief in turn was under threat, thanks to a pair of questionable special effects. Spoilers ahead… “Friendly Fire” picks up shortly after the Astraeus crew gets…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The ‘Jewel Caterpillar’ is the most bizarre-looking creature you’ll see this month

We live in a strange, beautiful, and often alien-looking world. Case in point: the crystal-clear Jewel Caterpillar of Central and South America, pictured here in all its translucent glory. This particular caterpillar (which is known more formally as Acraga Coa, and metamorphoses into this equally stunning orange moth) was spotted by photographer Gerardo Aispuru near…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Hulk reviews Mark Ruffalo’s performance as… The Hulk.

Well this is just brilliant. The folks over at The New Yorker’s Culture Desk recently asked everyone’s favorite big, green film critic — Film Crit Hulk — to comment on Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk in The Avengers. Even if you’ve never read a review by Film Crit Hulk before, this particular analysis serves as a perfect…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Man Who Declared War on Gravity

In the 1900s, a millionaire who could, at best, be considered eccentric, declared war on gravity. He wrote tracts with titles like, “Gravity: Our Enemy Number One,” and founded an institute to roll back the power of this deadly force. Let’s take a look at what the world would look like today, if he’d won.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A new stage play that turns all your ideas about humanity on their head

Do we achieve a better sense of self and others by interfacing with our machines? Or are we just losing the true essence of humanity? The question of whether technology will bring us closer together or tear us apart is front and center in DEINDE, a new play by August Schulenburg at The Secret Theatre…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern

The aliens in Battleship could have been much weirder

We’ve already glimpsed the marauding swarms of aliens in Battleship, with their shiny armor and sinister goatees. (In fact, if you live outside the United States, you’ve already seen it.) https://gizmodo.com/8-battleship-clips-unmask-the-alien-invaders-and-they-5907006 But the aliens in Battleship could have been a lot more bizarre than just humanoid creatures in spaceships. We spoke to the film’s writers,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Trailer for Argo, About the Fake Science Fiction Movie that Saved 6 People from a Hostage Crisis

In 1979, 66 Americans were taken hostage when the US embassy was attacked in Tehran, for 444 days. But six American diplomats avoided capture, and were later smuggled out of the country thanks to a fake science fiction movie called Argo and the help of legendary makeup artists John Chambers (Star Trek, Planet of the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

How we drew Angel, Willow, and Faith hanging out in a hell dimension

For August’s issue of Angel & Faith, artists Rebekah Isaacs and Steve Morris teamed up on a two-part cover of the comic’s Whedonverse heroes hanging out in the vastly unpleasant demon dimension of Quor’Toth. The two artists took io9 through the process of designing this piece — behold an exclusive first look at Angel and…

io9 Rebekah Isaacs and Steve Morris

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

A fascinating documentary on the wooden camera photographers of Afghanistan

In modern Kabul, only two men in town practice the dying art of kamra-e-faoree photography, or shooting pictures with a unique, retrotech wooden camera. This method of picture-taking first caught on in Afghanistan in the 1930s and 1940s. Over the decades, it dwindled in popularity because of political pressure and improving camera technology. As the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

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

Is this the way the world ends?

Stars are born, stars age, and stars die. But they don’t all die quietly. Astronomers have recently discovered evidence of four white dwarfs wreaking havoc on their surrounding planets, which could be Earth-like. Their findings, say the researchers, could give us a glimpse into our solar system’s distant future, and a sneak preview of what…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Spoiler, a police procedural that takes place post-zombie apocalypse

This here is Spoiler, a nifty nugget of horror made by some special effects creators who worked on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Zodiac. Director Daniel Thron described it to us as “sort of like if Michael Mann stepped into the telepod with a blu-ray of 28 Days Later.” (And yes, that is…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

10 Best Comic Book Movies of All Time

Comics are among the most dynamic and immediate forms of storytelling. And movies have been trying to capture some of the energy and imagination of comic-book worlds for decades now. But a handful of great films have both done justice to their graphic origins and created something new and splendid. Lately, people have been debating…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The anatomical guide to a xenomorph, on a t-shirt

Holy crap, is this rad. Behold a gorgeous, wearable rendition of a xenomorph’s insides, created by Brad McGinty, the mind behind those insane Kaiju Santa Christmas Cards. We’re loving this artist’s obsession with cross section. Shirts are $20 at McGinty’s website. https://gizmodo.com/kaiju-santa-claus-christmas-cards-are-the-most-insane-t-5862614

io9 Meredith Woerner

Avengers Assemble! io9 Movie Meetup in San Francisco, 5/13

This coming Sunday, 5/13, join your fellow io9ers in San Francisco for your first (or tenth) viewing of amazing flick The Avengers. Afterwards, we’ll stick around for drinks, food, and hanging out. Here are the details! MOVIE: The Avengers, AMC Metreon 16, 5:30 PM Special Note: This is not a 3D show because — let’s…

io9 Annalee Newitz

An interview with a woman who survived the 1958 atomic bombing of South Carolina

On the afternoon of March 11, 1958, Ella Hudson was nine years old and visiting her cousins’ home in Mars Bluff, South Carolina. After an otherwise normal school day wrapped up, Ella had the bizarre pleasure of witnessing firsthand the United States Air Force accidentally drop a nuclear weapon — with its fissile material fortunately…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The first look at J.J. Abrams’ new post-apocalyptic TV show Revolution

Good news, J.J. Abrams fans — you’re getting a new (and hopefully better received) series from Abrams on NBC! It’s called Revolution, and it focuses on a band of survivors making their way in a new world after all of the world’s energy mysteriously disappears. And here’s your very first shot of the cast standing…

Television Meredith Woerner

If you collected all of Earth’s water into a sphere, how big would it be?

Imagine the Earth in your mind’s eye. Now round up all the water on the planet into a sphere (we’re talking oceans, icecaps, atmosphere, everything — even the water bound up in you and me). How big do you think that sphere would be compared to the Earth? Got your answer? Our water sphere would…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This week, Garth Ennis writes Nick Fury and Paul Pope heads to space!

Eureka tangles with emotional fallout and dodgy special effects

The ‘Jewel Caterpillar’ is the most bizarre-looking creature you’ll see this month

The Hulk reviews Mark Ruffalo’s performance as… The Hulk.

The Man Who Declared War on Gravity

A new stage play that turns all your ideas about humanity on their head

The aliens in Battleship could have been much weirder

First Trailer for Argo, About the Fake Science Fiction Movie that Saved 6 People from a Hostage Crisis

How we drew Angel, Willow, and Faith hanging out in a hell dimension

Everything You Need To SMASH Like the Hulk

A fascinating documentary on the wooden camera photographers of Afghanistan

19 Drawings That You’ll Never Believe Started as Photos

Is this the way the world ends?

Spoiler, a police procedural that takes place post-zombie apocalypse

10 Best Comic Book Movies of All Time

The anatomical guide to a xenomorph, on a t-shirt

Avengers Assemble! io9 Movie Meetup in San Francisco, 5/13

An interview with a woman who survived the 1958 atomic bombing of South Carolina

The first look at J.J. Abrams’ new post-apocalyptic TV show Revolution

If you collected all of Earth’s water into a sphere, how big would it be?

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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