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How Axe Cop’s artist took us to Bad Guy Earth to kill villains – and conquered the the internet

If you’ve been on the internet in the last 365 days, chances are you’ve run into Axe Cop, the surrealist action webcomic drawn by 30-year-old Ethan Nicolle and written by his 6-year-old brother Malachi. This Wednesday, the brothers Nicolle publish their first full-length original comic book Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth with Dark Horse Comics.…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1 '11

iPad 2 Meta Liveblog Tomorrow, March 2

The iPad 2 is coming. We told you what’s likely to happen when Tim Cook takes the stage to show off the next-generation iPad. Tomorrow you can see it unveiled live, right here on live.gizmodo.com, as we provide meta liveblog coverage of the ceremonies. [Gizmodo Live] https://gizmodo.com/what-to-expect-at-todays-apple-event-5770645

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 1 '11

First trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth with Alanis Morissette

You’ve read 10 Philip K. Dick stories that Hollywood hasn’t made into a film yet. But here’s one ultra-weird Dick adaptation that is happening — behold the trailer for Radio Free Albemuth! https://gizmodo.com/10-great-philip-k-dick-stories-that-hollywood-hasnt-fi-5770650 The film version is directed by John Alan Simon and has a very strange, “Hey I remember them,” cast — including one…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 1 '11

The Large Hadron Collider may soon prove supersymmetry theory is wrong

Supersymmetry holds that all the subatomic particles we know have counterparts that are almost exactly the same, only much, much heavier. But the Large Hadron Collider hasn’t found any supersymmetric particles yet, and they’re running out of places to hide. Will we have to come up with a new model for subatomics? The theory of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 1 '11

Own these Famous Monsters covers and horrify your friends!

Famous Monsters is more than just an iconic magazine founded by Forrest J. Ackerman — it’s a lifestyle. Long before Lady Gaga was a fame monster, there were Frankenstein, Dracula and other classics, basking in their celebrity status. Now Famous Monsters magazine is selling Giclee prints of some of its most amazing covers, featuring artists…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 1 '11

Comcast’s Xfinity TV App Finally Comes to Android

Remember back in November when we looked at the Xfinity TV app for iDevices? Those of you with Comcast cable service should because of how super cool it was. Now, couch potatoes with Android phones are being offered the same chance to ditch their clunky old remotes they were going to lose anyway. Like its…

Television Kwame Opam Mar 1 '11

I Really REALLY Want to See The Tron Lebowski

I don’t care how much money it takes, but someone has to make a full-length mash-up between Tron and The Big Lebowski. Call it The Tron Lebowski. You know, that or, uh, The Tron. Or Dudetron. Or El Tronderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing. Click to view[Splitsider]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 1 '11

Check out concept art from the upcoming X-Men anime

We saw snippets of these characters in the preview for Madhouse Studio’s new X-Men anime, and now Japanese broadcaster Animax has revealed full character sketches (Emma Frost is also listed as part of the voice cast; click on the lower right-hand portion of the photo to expand). https://gizmodo.com/check-out-the-first-trailer-for-the-x-men-anime-show-5764554 In addition to this illustration, an official…

Anime Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1 '11

Little Voices Coach Trainee-Teachers Over Headsets, Thanks to Bill Gates

Just like the technology that NFL coaches use, teachers in the US have been hooking up wires to their ears for mentors to whisper nuggets of help into when training. The Gates Foundation wisely invested its money in Teach for America, giving them enough money to purchase the headsets necessary for live-coaching newbie teachers. The…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 1 '11

The Best Deal of the Day

Things no one says anymore: I miss the floppy disk. But damn do I miss the floppy disk! I’m not even sure why, really. Maybe because they were so retrotastic, I just felt more important when I popped one in my computer. I was taking care of business, baby! But it’s probably because I just…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Mar 1 '11

An Amateur Astronomer’s View of the Space Shuttle Discovery Cozying Up to the ISS

Guiding his 9″ telescope by hand, amateur astronomer Rob Bullen snapped this extraordinary shot of the Space Shuttle Discovery approaching the International Space Station over Gloucestershie, England last Saturday. Here’s what he had to say: After a very cloudy day the skies cleared to allow a view of this stunning pass of the ISS and…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert Mar 1 '11

Thunder-thighed dinosaur had the most powerful kick ever

Brontomerus literally means “thunder thighs” in Greek, and this particular dinosaur definitely earns the name. It had extremely strong back legs, allowing it to unleash devastating kicks on rivals or predators, as you can see in this absolutely incredible illustration. As a member of the sauropods, brontomerus was already among the largest land animals in…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 1 '11

New Terra Nova trailer breaks out the hard-core dinosaur drama

The last trailer we saw from Steven Spielberg’s dino drama Terra Nova was a bit blurry at best. But now we’ve got a brand new clip with new dialog and better dinosaurs. https://gizmodo.com/first-trailer-from-steven-spielbergs-dinosaur-drama-ter-5753512 In fact, if you combine the two trailers you can get a great feel for the pilot. Fleeing a crappy future world,…

Television Meredith Woerner Mar 1 '11

A hard-boiled detective has to solve the murder of his own clones

How does a webseries featuring hand-drawn backgrounds manage to have so much atmosphere? Check out Aidan5, a new series about a detective whose clones are being killed off one by one. We fell in love with the original short movie Aidan5 a few years ago, praising its sketchy (literally) Sin City-ish vibe. That short won…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 1 '11

Development of a Great App: Shazam

How often do you find yourself cruising through the apps on your smartphone and wondering: How did they do that? Welcome to the Great Apps series, inspired by the Intel AppUpSM developer program. Today, we give you the story of and oldie but goodie: Shazam, the magically delicious music-identifying app. Shazam launched in 2002, and…

Tech News Sponsored post Mar 1 '11

77 Upside Down Photos

The world looks different upside down…and it’s not always just that it looks upside down. Things look…different…sometimes even weightless. And 86 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge celebrate that phenomenon, without the head rush. Lead Shot – Spacicle When I first saw the icicles in front of my house I was thinking stalagmites for this…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 1 '11

Shooting Challenge: Upside Down

I took several interesting upside-down shots of ceiling lights in my house that ended up looking like gazebos on a frozen lake or alien spaceships. Then I opened the garage door and saw these bikes hanging from the ceiling and thought “duh”. Panasonic DMC-LZ7: F2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO 640, flash on – Bruce Wenner Shot…

Tech News Husain Sumra Mar 1 '11

Shooting Challenge: Upside Down 2

This is my first submission to a shooting challenge, and was taken with my Canon PowerShot S95 at f/4, 1/1600 sec, ISO-100. When I first saw the icicles in front of my house I was thinking stalagmites for this upside down challenge, but then I got bored and started trying to capture droplets. When I…

Tech News Husain Sumra Mar 1 '11

You Have Never Seen the Sun So Close

Our friends at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have sent us this spectacular 16:9 panoramic high definition close-up of a recent gigantastic solar prominence. What you are seeing here occurred during 90 minutes on February 24, 2011. When a rather large-sized (M 3.6 class) flare occurred near the edge of the Sun, it blew out…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 1 '11

Why stupidity can be the smartest survival strategy

Mindlessly copying everything your parents did may seem like a silly thing to do. But from an evolutionary standpoint, not thinking might be the best possible strategy for survival. This is the counterintuitive idea put forward by researchers at the UK’s Universities of Exeter and Bristol. Animals have two choices when it comes to survival…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 1 '11

How Axe Cop’s artist took us to Bad Guy Earth to kill villains – and conquered the the internet

iPad 2 Meta Liveblog Tomorrow, March 2

First trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth with Alanis Morissette

The Large Hadron Collider may soon prove supersymmetry theory is wrong

Own these Famous Monsters covers and horrify your friends!

Comcast’s Xfinity TV App Finally Comes to Android

I Really REALLY Want to See The Tron Lebowski

Check out concept art from the upcoming X-Men anime

Little Voices Coach Trainee-Teachers Over Headsets, Thanks to Bill Gates

The Best Deal of the Day

An Amateur Astronomer’s View of the Space Shuttle Discovery Cozying Up to the ISS

Thunder-thighed dinosaur had the most powerful kick ever

New Terra Nova trailer breaks out the hard-core dinosaur drama

A hard-boiled detective has to solve the murder of his own clones

Development of a Great App: Shazam

77 Upside Down Photos

Shooting Challenge: Upside Down

Shooting Challenge: Upside Down 2

You Have Never Seen the Sun So Close

Why stupidity can be the smartest survival strategy

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