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Handy chart explains how to write like Grant Morrison

Need to spice up your comic with a villain, MacGuffin, or scenario of unimaginable cosmic and/or metatextual significance? Mark Engblom has drafted this clip-and-save diagram that will give your writing that brain-exploding je ne sais quoi. [Spotted on Forbidden Planet International]

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The adventures of Nabil Fawzi, the Arabic Superman

In the 1960s, Superman debuted in Arabic as reporter Nabil Fawzi, a Kryptonian who was basically the same as his American counterpart, with the exception of his alter ego and inverted logo (as Arabic script reads right to left). You can read a neat history of the hero by Nadim Damluji over at Tintin Travels.…

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An exclusive look at Transformers: Infestation, IDW’s robots vs. zombies miniseries

Here’s a preview of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s miniseries Transformers: Infestation. In this title, an undead virus has crossed dimensions and has infected the Transformers’ universe. Check out Galvatron taking down a bunch of zombified robots. The first issue hits stands this Wednesday (2/2/11). Here are the details: TRANSFORMERS: INFESTATION #1 (of 2) Dan…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Who’s Zack Snyder’s new Superman? Tudors actor Henry Cavill

27-year-old British actor Henry Cavill, who’s best known for his role as Charles Brandon on Showtime’s The Tudors, has been tapped to play Midwestern demigod Clark Kent in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman flick. A Warner Brothers executive told Deadline today: He’s got an amazing quality. He doesn’t look too much like Reeve and Routh but…

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If The Picture of Dorian Gray took place in the future, it would be about cosmic vampires

Dark Horse Comics has provided us with a sneak peek from an upcoming hardcover edition of their Creepy anthologies. In “Dorian Gray 2001,” Oscar Wilde’s classic gets a totally gonzo space vampire overhaul. Here’s the solicit info for Creepy Volume 9, which hits stores February 23: The latest volume in Dark Horse’s award—winning Creepy Archives…

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The Egyptian pulp adventures of “Cleopatra in Space”

The title says it all. A teenaged Cleopatra VII has been zapped to a distant future, one filled with professorial talking cats and Sphinx-shaped space bikes. She’s caught in an intergalactic war — when she’s not stuck in detention. Cleopatra in Space is a neat visual twist on the classic space war adventure. In the…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The Most Cunning Trap of All

If man is the most dangerous game, surely whatever the device is that entraps him without fail must be particularly evil. Satanic, even. Something to be abolished immediately, in all its forms. Something like this. [Buttersafe via The High Definite]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

10 Biggest Time-Sinks in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Where does the time go? For some of us, that’s a question involving time-loops and FTL drive. But for a lot of us, the explanation has more to do with massive books, bursting DVD sets and addictive games. We asked over on our Facebook page what your biggest science fiction/fantasy time sinks were, and many…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Classy Marvel comics murals say: “I’m an adult, sort of”

Now here’s an easy way to transition from tattered, tapped posters to geeky elegance. Retire your ratty clippings for a retro throwback mural from Marvel. Choose from Captain, Thor, Spider-Man the Fantastic Four and more! These wall murals from from Art.com. They stand at about 48″ x 72″ and only cost a relatively conservative $129.00.…

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner

When Power Armor Makes You a Cyborg

There’s nothing cooler than power-armor. All of a sudden, your plain human body has a super-strong shell, and you’re stronger than an army. But what happens when the armor changes you? Here are a bunch of heroes who found out. With Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance in theaters in the U.S. right now, we’ve…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs

10 funky Spider-Man sketches from The Electric Company

In the 1970s, Spider-Man starred in a bunch of awesomely nonsensical sketches for the PBS children’s show The Electric Company. See him fight a yeti and a vampiric Morgan Freeman. They’re so trippy, you’ll need a disco nap after watching. 1.) Spider-Man and Morgan Freeman team up to defeat a Yeti In this sketch, the…

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In this exclusive artwork, Axe Cop and Conan the Barbarian will chop your head off

Dark Horse Comics just sent us some sneak peeks of their May comic line-up. Here’s a first look at Axe Cop brandishing his favorite chopping tool and a sword-wielding Conan the Barbarian drawn by Transmetropolitan artist Darick Robertson. This is the cover for Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #3 by 6-year-old Malachai Nicolle and his…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Remember that time Spider-Man nicknamed himself “The Human Centipede?”

This 40-year-old panel from Amazing Spider-Man 101 is proof positive that Marvel could have a totally hilarious lawsuit against Tom Six. In other words, there’s a family-friendly Human Centipede musical on Broadway and nobody knew it. [Via Chris Sims]

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Today in comics, one-quarter of the Fantastic Four will die!

Unless you’ve somehow discovered how to read the internet via smoke signals or two cans and twine, you probably know that someone kicks it in the Fantastic Four today. Yes, the rumors are true. Doomsday and Bane murder the whole team. Well, not exactly, but someone important does die in Fantastic Four #587 (Marvel). Who…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

First Bloodthirsty Clip of Bane on Young Justice

It’ll be ages before we see Tom Hardy in action as Batman’s evil chiropractor, Bane. But you don’t have to wait that long to see Bane’s first appearance on Young Justice, airing Friday. We’ve got the exclusive clip right here. https://gizmodo.com/why-is-this-wrestler-guy-youve-never-heard-of-the-new-b-5738053 Minor spoilers below… By the look of things, this version of Bane is still…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Is the State of the Web Right Now

Now and then, comic artist Matthew “The Oatmeal” Inman truly manages to capture something that we’re all thinking about but unable to convey. Today that something is the truth about the state of the Internet as it is right now. Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic…

Social Media Matthew Inman

RIP Wizard Magazine, the go-to tome of the early 1990s comic craze

Famed comic magazine and price guide Wizard is being shuttered by parent company Wizard World Inc. — in its place will sprout up the pop culture site Wizard World. Wizard’s sister publication Toyfare is also ceasing publication. [Bleeding Cool]

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Meet the CBLDF, the people who make sure you aren’t arrested for reading comic books

For years, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has been defending the First Amendment rights of comic readers, creators, and retailers. We spoke with the organization and saw exclusive new CBLDF promotional art from award-winning 100% creator Paul Pope. io9 spoke with CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein about the group’s origin and mission. Here’s what…

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“Who Will Be Eaten First?” — a Lovecraftian parody of Chick tracts

Chances are you’ve seen Jack Chick’s loathsome Chick Tracts, those vile little comics about how everyone’s going to Hell simply for respiring. Artist Howard Hallis has reimagined Chick Tracts as a means to draw fools to the glory of Cthulhu. [Spotted on The Comics Journal]

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What if Batman fought internet memes?

Silver Age Batman had some pretty insane adventures, but what if his exploits continued into the 21st century? According to Caldwell Tanner and Kevin Corrigan of College Humor, he’d battle macros, memes, internet trolls, and the notorious longcat, of course.

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Handy chart explains how to write like Grant Morrison

The adventures of Nabil Fawzi, the Arabic Superman

An exclusive look at Transformers: Infestation, IDW’s robots vs. zombies miniseries

Who’s Zack Snyder’s new Superman? Tudors actor Henry Cavill

If The Picture of Dorian Gray took place in the future, it would be about cosmic vampires

The Egyptian pulp adventures of “Cleopatra in Space”

The Most Cunning Trap of All

10 Biggest Time-Sinks in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Classy Marvel comics murals say: “I’m an adult, sort of”

When Power Armor Makes You a Cyborg

10 funky Spider-Man sketches from The Electric Company

In this exclusive artwork, Axe Cop and Conan the Barbarian will chop your head off

Remember that time Spider-Man nicknamed himself “The Human Centipede?”

Today in comics, one-quarter of the Fantastic Four will die!

First Bloodthirsty Clip of Bane on Young Justice

This Is the State of the Web Right Now

RIP Wizard Magazine, the go-to tome of the early 1990s comic craze

Meet the CBLDF, the people who make sure you aren’t arrested for reading comic books

“Who Will Be Eaten First?” — a Lovecraftian parody of Chick tracts

What if Batman fought internet memes?

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