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The Rescue Rangers Are Coming to DuckTales‘ Second Season, Which Looks Ducking Wild

You know what they say about life in Duckburg. It’s like…an invasion of Earth by moon aliens? Yeah…that’s how it goes. At San Diego Comic-Con today, Disney released a first look season two of the excellent DuckTales reboot, and, my god, has the ante upped for this show or what? We’re well beyond adventures antics…

Trailers James Whitbrook Jul 20 '19

Scientists Wrote a Eulogy for Iceland’s First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

That may sound like an Onion headline, but alas, it is not. We’ve reached the point in our wild planetary experiment where humans are memorializing the things we’re knowingly wiping out. Iceland has lost its first glacier to rising temperatures. Now, scientists from Rice University and Iceland are planning to install a plaque near the…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 20 '19

Every Episode of Robotech Is Now Available to Stream For Free, Alongside a Bunch of Special Features

Robotech, one of the most singular and strange cartoons of the 1980s, is now available to stream, in all its giant robot glory, absolutely for free. Isn’t the internet amazing? Robotech is a strange chimera of a television series. Cobbled together from three different Japanese anime shows—Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross,…

Anime Julie Muncy Jul 20 '19

DC’s Dan DiDio on the Double-Edged Success of Reprinting Old Comics

We live in an era where making access to high-quality versions of retro comics is easier than ever. That can only be a good thing, right? Not exactly, at least according to DC Comics’ co-publisher, Dan DiDio. According to Newsarama, while speaking to fans at the DC Meet the Publishers panel at San Diego Comic-Con…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 20 '19

Here’s What Happened at (Maybe) the Final Game of Thrones Comic-Con Panel Ever

After the polarizing, controversial final season of Game of Thrones, fans had been wondering how the creators and stars would be greeted when they took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Would it be the heroes welcome, like Jon Snow returning to Winterfell? Or an uncomfortable scenario, like Daenerys Targaryen after burning King’s Landing…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 19 '19

Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners

Comic-Con might be more about the glitzy glamor of film and TV, but it’s still home to the most prestigious awards ceremony in the comic book industry—the Eisner Awards. Tonight, gathered luminaries and creatives of the comics industry big and small celebrated that in style, with the 2019 Eisner awards being handed to some very…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 19 '19

Yes, There Is a Bathtub in Netflix’s The Witcher

Eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Yennefer at what appears a masquerade sex party in Netflix’s first The Witcher trailer. But apparently, that’s not going to be the only nudity on the show. There’s a certain bathtub. You may have heard of it. And yes, it’s making a comeback—in a manner of…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 19 '19

Charles Soule’s Next Star Wars Comic Will Tell the Story Behind the Knights of Ren

The author behind some of the most fascinating explorations of Darth Vader in years is turning his hand to Vader’s grandson…and a few of that grandson’s sinister best friends. Just announced at the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Darth Vader and Poe Dameron comics scribe Charles Soule will pen The Rise of Kylo…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 19 '19

TikTok Reportedly Experimenting With a Bunch of Instagram-Like Features

TikTok, the wildly popular short-form video platform, appears to be testing a whole host of new features that seem to take a few cues from Instagram. The tests were spotted by Jane Manchun Wong and reported by TechCrunch on Friday. According to screenshots shared by Wong to Twitter, TikTok is toying with an in-app “Discover”…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 19 '19

Carnival Row’s First Trailers Just Debuted at SDCC

Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne headlined the San Diego Comic-Con panel for the intriguing Carnival Row today and brought along the first look at the Amazon Studios series, in the form of not one, but two featurettes. Game of Thrones’ Indira Varma, David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Tamzin Merchant, and Scott Reid also star in this…

Trailers Jill Pantozzi Jul 19 '19

Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Shared a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Tremendous Work Involved

Premiering at San Diego Comic-Con today, Netflix and the Jim Henson Company’s new Dark Crystal series just gave us a really neat look at what it takes to create this puppet-filled show. In case you missed it, the cast for this one is phenomenal. Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel lead the cast with Sigourney…

Trailers Jill Pantozzi Jul 19 '19

These X-Men Legends Figures Look Like They Stepped Right Out of the ’90s TV Show

I can very nearly hear the guitar riff. In what is perhaps one of the most satisfying bits of nostalgia I’ve seen in a while, io9 is proud to present an exclusive reveal of Hasbro’s newest series of X-Men Legends figures prior to their official appearance at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. The action figures, coming…

Toys & Collectibles Julie Muncy Jul 19 '19

No One Making The Witcher Thought They Could Live Up to the Books

We still can’t believe this is real. When Henry Cavill first talked about The Witcher, we kind of laughed. When Netflix revealed it was happening, we were shocked. Even when the first photos came out, it was still hard to believe. But, at Comic-Con 2019, when Cavill came out to Hall H and actually presented…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 19 '19

SDCC’s Fear The Walking Dead Trailer Brings a Documentary to the Apocalypse, and More Walking Dead Spinoff News

With Fear the Walking Dead currently in the middle of its vastly improved fifth season, you had to wonder, what could the people involved with the show bring to San Diego Comic-Con to really get the fans excited? The answer is, a lot. First, executive producer Scott M. Gimple announced that a third Walking Dead…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 19 '19

The His Dark Materials Comic-Con Panel Discussed Daemon Puppets, Religion, and a Singing Lin-Manuel Miranda

With Game of Thrones gone, seems as good a time as any for a new fantasy epic to come into the picture. HBO looks to have that covered with BBC’s upcoming adaptation of His Dark Materials, which made its San Diego Comic-Con debut this year. The panel had fun and got deep, diving into everything…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 19 '19

Airline Apologizes After Tweeting About Which Seats You’re Least Likely to Die In

If pushing out fast facts about aircraft is your airline’s best play at engagement on Twitter, including crash data is probably not the best approach, as Dutch airline KLM has evidently just realized. In a since-deleted tweet, the KLM India Twitter account on Wednesday cited a 2015 analysis by TIME Magazine of seating chart and…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 19 '19

A New Legend Begins in the First Trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher

We’ve had teases. We’ve had butt shots. But now, it’s finally time for us to properly introduce ourselves to Henry Cavill’s take on Geralt of Rivia, best known to fans of the CD Projekt Red RPG series and Andrzej Sapkowski novels as the Witcher. After months of concerns, primarily fueled by Cavill’s questionable wig, the…

Trailers James Whitbrook Jul 19 '19

The Walking Dead SDCC Panel Confirmed a Rick Grimes Feature Film, Addressed 3 Major Show Issues

For fans of The Walking Dead, what’s going to happen in season 10 was less important than a few bigger issues. And, in Hall H at Comic-Con, those were all addressed. The Rick Grimes movie, the end of the comic book, and the departure of a major star. The first of these addressed was franchise…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 19 '19

Want to Do Crimes? Upgrade to 5G, Apparently

Europe’s police agency is worried that the 5G will interfere with law enforcement’s ability to track people. Catherine De Bolle, head of Europol is asking European Union leaders to allow their agency to be more engaged in policy conversations involving the adoption of 5G technology, Reuters reports. Police agencies in Europe, and the U.S., are…

Crime Jennings Brown Jul 19 '19

Steven Universe: The Movie‘s First Trailer Is Here to Save San Diego Comic-Con

It’s been months since we last saw Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems as they did what Pink Diamond couldn’t and convinced the Homeworld Diamonds not to the Earth. Now, though, the Gems are back in the first trailer for Steven Universe: The Movie, and things…well, they’ve changed. https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-has-a-neck-now-because-the-movie-is-set-1836291541 After years of looking like he…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 19 '19

The Rescue Rangers Are Coming to DuckTales‘ Second Season, Which Looks Ducking Wild

Scientists Wrote a Eulogy for Iceland’s First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

Every Episode of Robotech Is Now Available to Stream For Free, Alongside a Bunch of Special Features

DC’s Dan DiDio on the Double-Edged Success of Reprinting Old Comics

Here’s What Happened at (Maybe) the Final Game of Thrones Comic-Con Panel Ever

Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners

Yes, There Is a Bathtub in Netflix’s The Witcher

Charles Soule’s Next Star Wars Comic Will Tell the Story Behind the Knights of Ren

TikTok Reportedly Experimenting With a Bunch of Instagram-Like Features

Carnival Row’s First Trailers Just Debuted at SDCC

Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Shared a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Tremendous Work Involved

These X-Men Legends Figures Look Like They Stepped Right Out of the ’90s TV Show

No One Making The Witcher Thought They Could Live Up to the Books

SDCC’s Fear The Walking Dead Trailer Brings a Documentary to the Apocalypse, and More Walking Dead Spinoff News

The His Dark Materials Comic-Con Panel Discussed Daemon Puppets, Religion, and a Singing Lin-Manuel Miranda

Airline Apologizes After Tweeting About Which Seats You’re Least Likely to Die In

A New Legend Begins in the First Trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher

The Walking Dead SDCC Panel Confirmed a Rick Grimes Feature Film, Addressed 3 Major Show Issues

Want to Do Crimes? Upgrade to 5G, Apparently

Steven Universe: The Movie‘s First Trailer Is Here to Save San Diego Comic-Con

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