How the 1918 Flu Inspired Your Zombie Costume
Behind that putrefying flesh, there’s a lot of hidden depth to the zombie. As humanities scholar Jeffery Cohen puts it in his book Monster Theory: Reading Culture, “monsters provide a key to understanding the culture that spawned them.” In 1918, with the Spanish Flu ravaging the U.S., we turned our fears into zombies. Many mistakenly…
Movies
Sarah Durn
Toy Story‘s Kid Hero and Villain Come to Life in the Wildest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest and greatest ways to drain your bank accounts. This week: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles go back to their roots, more toys from The Mandalorian than you can shake a darksaber at, and a practical (but perhaps not as cool) take on Back…
Toys & Collectibles
Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook
