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A first look at the schedule of MorrisonCon, Grant Morrison’s own gonzo Las Vegas comic convention

From September 28-30, Las Vegas will be the host to MorrisonCon, a three-day comics and culture convention curated by none other than author Grant Morrison. Morrison — who’s scripted such acclaimed comics as The Invisibles, We3, and Flex Mentallo — has not only assembled an impressive roster of comic talent, he’s also promising a mystical…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Superman and Wonder Woman smooch in this week’s comic book haul

What new issues are on the stands tomorrow? There’s a standalone issue of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke and Key (“Grindhouse”). DC Comics releases new takes on the characters Phantom Lady and Looker. Mike Mignola and John Arcudi tag-team the script of BPRD: Hell On Earth – Return Of The Master, and Mark Waid…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Must Watch: Joss Whedon’s Alternate Opening Sequence for The Avengers

Joss Whedon shot a whole different opening to The Avengers that starts with a debriefing of one very pissed off Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders). This version perfectly demonstrates the fractured relationship between Nick Fury and Hill (something the director mentioned was cut down quite a bit in the edit room). We suspect the DVD will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Who’s the Green Lantern’s next big bad guy? Artist Ethan Van Sciver fills us in

In DC Comics’ Green Lantern series, author Geoff Johns is shaking up the superhero’s mythos by introducing a new Green Lantern to replace Hal Jordan (an Arab-American known as “Baz”) and teasing the introduction of a sinister “Third Army” that will render the Green Lantern Corps obsolete. io9 recently spoke with stalwart Green Lantern illustrator…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Do these Thor 2 set photos reveal the Land of Dark Elves?

A couple of shots from the Thor sequel may have revealed the magical world of Thor’s future enemies. We know Thor: The Dark World will pit Thor against the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim — and it appears the film will have a very different feel from the first movie. A few new shots discovered by…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A sneak peek of the next issue of the Ghostbusters comic

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive preview of this week’s issue of the Ghostbusters comic book series. This issue hits stores this Wednesday, August 29 — here’s the synopsis: GHOSTBUSTERS #12 Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Tristan Jones (c) “Haunted America” concludes here! The Ghostbusters hit the last leg of…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why the Internet Is More Curse Than Blessing

Any list that weighs the pros and cons of the internet can only end one way: the realization that you’re wasting your life… right… now. Although to be honest, there’s way more in the plus column here than I ever would have imagined possible. [Doghouse Diaries]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Comic book writer sells off comics collection to pay for his baby son’s adoption and medical bills

It’s the ultimate geek dad gesture. Karl Kesel, a longtime comic book writer and inker who helped created the new Superboy character for DC in the 1990s, is selling off his valuable collection of rare comics to pay for the adoption of his son Isaac. Kesel and his wife Myrna recently adopted the infant, who…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Monster of the Week recaps The X-Files in webcomic form

Great shows never die; they just jump to Netflix and Hulu. Anyone who wants to relive nine seasons of The X-Files need only subscribe to a streaming video service. So how does the show hold up after all these years? Veteran webcomicker Shaenon Garrity decided to dive into an X-Files rewatch with her pens and…

Television Lauren Davis

Concept Art from the Silver Surfer Rock Opera Movie That Never Was

The executive producer of Xanadu, Lee Kramer, had a dream. A dream for a rocking Silver Surfer movie that heralded the character’s entrance with 100 electric guitars along with a maddening chant. Alas that vision (which started back in the 1980s) never came to pass. Movies.com has a quote from Kramer, pulled from Sean Howe’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A sneak preview of next week’s issue of Before Watchmen

Here’s an exclusive first look at the next issue of Before Watchmen — Before Watchmen: Minutemen, which features the handsome artwork of Darwyn Cooke. In this miniseries, Cooke (Richard Stark’s Parker, DC: The New Frontier) pens The Minutemen, the pulpy World War II superhero team who laid the groundwork for such unstable crime-stoppers as Rorschach.…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

How I drew Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer

There are many talented comic book illustrators out there, but very few do “sublimely gorgeous” quite like artist David Mack. Mack — who you may know from such comics as Kabuki, Daredevil, and Alias — recently gave io9 an exclusive tour of his sketchbook. He’s illustrating the covers for Dark Horse Comics’ upcoming Willow miniseries,…

Books & Comics David Mack

Learn everything you need to know about Judge Dredd’s war on drugs

What is SLO-MO? How do you use it? What does it do? And how does it mess with your head? This new featurette from Pete Travis’ 2000 AD adaptation Dredd explains everything you need to know about the hottest drug in Mega-City One. Plus, they also show how they shoot the sparkly drug scenes, which…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How The Dark Knight Rises should have ended

It’s time for another “How it should Have Ended” webisode. This one focuses on the problems and loop holes in The Dark Knight Rises. Some of these hits come a little too easy, but we will agree about the brilliant plan to put every cop underground. Ah well, can’t win them all.

Movies Meredith Woerner

Nic Cage’s Ghost Rider deleted scenes show his insane commitment to be the flaming skull

We are in love with these deleted scenes from Nic Cage’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Especially because they show how Nic Cage looked when he was acting with a fully lit head. It’s pretty spectacular — especially when you watch Cage try and suck our your soul. [Via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Dredd trailer debuts the infamous “I am the law!” slogan

This brand-new trailer for Pete Travis’ Dredd shows off Mega-City One’s latest addiction, a little bit of violence, and the no-nonsense ways of Karl Urban’s Judge Dredd — and it looks absolutely bad-ass. Dredd hits theaters on September 21.

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Science Fiction Sunday School Comics From The 1970s Were Trippy As Balls

In the 1970s, Archie and Marvel Comics artist Al Hartley — who became a born-again Christian the previous decade — began writing and illustrating religious comics. Some of these evangelical funny books starred Jughead discovering Jesus, whereas others were space operas about Space Satan and his tricked-out UFO. Throughout the Seventies, Spire Christian Comics published…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Wonder Woman and Superman are now officially doing it

After decades of cavorting with human women — and occasionally being brainwashed into making pornos with superhuman gals — Superman has found a cervix hardy enough to withstand his ballistic Kryptonian seed. In next week’s issue of Justice League, Superman and Wonder Woman will officially become the DC Universe’s new power couple. Commence the atmospheric…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

John Travolta to star in the new Toxic Avenger movie?

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Steve Pink’s remake of the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger, but the latest batch of news is a total shocker. Rumor has it John Travolta is attached to the movie, and folks are speculating that Travolta is lined up to play Toxie himself. Whoa. The industry…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How to Read Online Ratings

It can be hard deciphering a five-star rating system, but it really doesn’t have to be. Especially when you accept that almost everything is terrible anyway. [XKCD]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

A first look at the schedule of MorrisonCon, Grant Morrison’s own gonzo Las Vegas comic convention

Superman and Wonder Woman smooch in this week’s comic book haul

Must Watch: Joss Whedon’s Alternate Opening Sequence for The Avengers

Who’s the Green Lantern’s next big bad guy? Artist Ethan Van Sciver fills us in

Do these Thor 2 set photos reveal the Land of Dark Elves?

A sneak peek of the next issue of the Ghostbusters comic

Why the Internet Is More Curse Than Blessing

Comic book writer sells off comics collection to pay for his baby son’s adoption and medical bills

Monster of the Week recaps The X-Files in webcomic form

Concept Art from the Silver Surfer Rock Opera Movie That Never Was

A sneak preview of next week’s issue of Before Watchmen

How I drew Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Learn everything you need to know about Judge Dredd’s war on drugs

How The Dark Knight Rises should have ended

Nic Cage’s Ghost Rider deleted scenes show his insane commitment to be the flaming skull

New Dredd trailer debuts the infamous “I am the law!” slogan

Science Fiction Sunday School Comics From The 1970s Were Trippy As Balls

Wonder Woman and Superman are now officially doing it

John Travolta to star in the new Toxic Avenger movie?

How to Read Online Ratings

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