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Are these the most inexplicable comic book ads in the history of the written word?

I honestly have no idea what’s going in this 1978 AAU shoe ad. A homeless man begins screaming about a death ray in his shoes, so a superhero with a lisp punts him into the ionosphere. What? My favorite part of all this is when Dirty Sneaker yammering about his plan to anyone who’ll listen,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Which Cobra character died this week? We talk to G.I. Joe publisher IDW

Last Wednesday, a major character in G.I. Joe mythology kicked the bucket in IDW’s G.I. Joe: Cobra miniseries. Who was it, and what does his passing mean for the Joe comic book series? Spoilers way on! The assassination of Cobra Commander (at the hands of Joe undercover agent Chuckles) occurred in Christos Gage and Mike…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

“Earthworm Jim” creator brings rat-powered superhero to webcomics

Earthworm Jim and Ghostopolis creator Doug TenNapel returns to “the dorky hero genre” with webcomic Ratfist, the absurd tale of a non-powered superhero who finds himself suddenly mutating. Oh, and he dresses like a rat. TenNapel explains that he wanted to return to the genre of Earthworm Jim and to hand-drawn comics after creating three…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Great Facebook Reply Dilemma

I replied to someone’s Facebook post a few days ago and I still regret it. It’s not that I wrote anything particularly terrible, it’s just that now I get a notification every time someone else replies to that same post. If only there were a way to put an end to those annoying things. [Shoebox]

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Space Babes in Danger: The Space Opera Pin-Up Art of Megan Burns

Megan Burns’ art spoofs and celebrates the sexiness of space opera. Her new gallery show, opening tomorrow in New York, pays homage to paperback book covers and comic book art, with hypnorays, alien life forms, and beautiful bodies. Possibly NSFW? Burns’ paintings will be featured alongside the neon alters of Pavel Kraus in “Ancient Sci-Fi…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This painting of Thor versus Jaws needs to be airbrushed on a van

Here’s a tableau that belongs on the side of your Mazda Bongo. In anticipation of the upcoming Thor movie, Marvel’s releasing variant covers of the thunder god dropping by famous Hollywood scenes. Check out the Asgardian with Frankenstein’s monster too. Greg Horn’s Jaws tribute is the variant cover for Heroes for Hire #5, and Mike…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The entire comic publication history of Spider-Man all in one chart

Need to know when the legion of Spider-Man titles were in print and for how long? This helpful chart sums up the web-slinger’s publication history rather nicely. [Edge of Space via Bleeding Cool]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

In comics, it’s the finale for Buffy Season 8 and John Constantine gets married

A duo of paranormal protagonists are having a productive week. Ms. Summers wraps up her comic series, and the snarkiest magician in comic history ties the knot. Plus, Steampunk Sarah Palin and tons more high concept weirdness! First off, the final issue of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 (Dark Horse) is out — the…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Darren Aronofsky’s Batman reboot idea coming to comics — and then possibly movies

Now that Darren Aronofsky’s dipping his toe into superhero cinema with The Wolverine, he’s also returning to his abandoned idea for a Batman film. It’ll be a comic, but Aronofsky hints it could still turn into a movie eventually. You might think that Aronofsky’s take on Batman has already been a comic book — since…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

X-Men family tree breaks down mutant mating habits with surprising clarity

Confused about which mutants are married to whom? This chart by Joe Stone ought to clear up some of the confusion. It’s missing the 10,000 people who’ve slept with Wolverine, but that topic deserves its own diagram. [Joe Stone via Bleeding Cool]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Remember that time Green Lantern went on Oprah?

In 1988, Hal Jordan had the misfortune of going on Oprah (or at least the DC Comics analogue of Oprah) and getting mocked on national television. Check out Every Day Is Like Wednesday for this weird chapter in Hal’s life.

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

“The Secret Knots” spins subtly magical tales from an alternate dimension

A fan convention devoted to an ordinary young woman. A man at a party dressed as a woman’s shadow. An alien creature that defends itself through psychoanalysis. Webcomic The Secret Knots collects strange ideas from universes just askew from ours. The Secret Knots, by Juan Santapau, is a rather unusual webcomic. With a few exceptions,…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

If you’re going to build a super-science base, you might as well hollow out a mountain

The other day we showed you the ridiculously detailed schematics of Project: PEGASUS. Here’s the headquarters for the Challengers of the Unknown, DC Comics’ team of super-science investigators. At least this HQ has a washroom. [Via Challengers Of The Unknown] https://gizmodo.com/the-anatomy-of-a-super-science-hideout-5731753

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Modern Irrational Fears

Sometimes I long for the days when I didn’t have to worry about how to securely dispose of every single piece of information. Back then I didn’t have the sorts of crazy irrational fears that I’ve developed now. I suppose I should just be glad that there are plenty of distracting technological advances that came…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

One Thing That’s Better To Receive Than To Give

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers and their unprotected Wi-Fi networks. But that doesn’t mean for a second that I’m going to share mine with you. What a strange social contract we’ve formed! There’s a lot of delicate etiquette involved in the sharing of Wi-Fi. But honestly, people, just get yourself passworded…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

What to Do When You Find Something Cool on the Internet: A Flowchart

Congratulations, you found something cool on the Internet. Now you can use this handy dandy flowchart to figure out what you should do next. Flowchart created by Loldwell and Rosscott, cartoonists and illustrators extraordinaire. Be sure to give them high-fives on Twitter (here and here) or check out the shirts and posters that were inspired…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

The forgotten history of Green Hornet

The new Green Hornet movie is a goofy superhero send-up. But the franchise has a serious past. Dig into some Hornet history and learn how its heroes went from radio and comics to TV, and finally to Seth Rogen. The Green Hornet has been an enduring character, but a vague one. Most people can remember…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell

The anatomy of a super-science hideout

Some of you may remember the US government’s top-secret research facility Project: PEGASUS from Marvel Comics. Here’s a look at the awesome, intricately designed cross-section for this entirely fictional super-science HQ. [Marvel Appendix]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

If Tony Stark Were a Sociopath…

This is what happens when Warren Ellis challenges his readership to combine Iron Man and Stanley Kubrick’s films into a single movie poster concept (A Clockwork Orange, in this case). It had me at “ultra-science.” [Freak Angels via Laughing Squid]

Tech News Adrian Covert

The non-stop erotic thrills of the 1990s Marvel Swimsuit Specials

The Marvel Swimsuit Specials were a unique breed of Nineties comic double-you-tee-effery. They took sober, serious superheroes and made them flaunt their décolletage and banana hammocks (more so than usual). Here’s the ripest cheesecake we could find. Over at The Comics Journal, Richard Cook argues that the nigh nude heroes and heroines served an aspirational…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Are these the most inexplicable comic book ads in the history of the written word?

Which Cobra character died this week? We talk to G.I. Joe publisher IDW

“Earthworm Jim” creator brings rat-powered superhero to webcomics

The Great Facebook Reply Dilemma

Space Babes in Danger: The Space Opera Pin-Up Art of Megan Burns

This painting of Thor versus Jaws needs to be airbrushed on a van

The entire comic publication history of Spider-Man all in one chart

In comics, it’s the finale for Buffy Season 8 and John Constantine gets married

Darren Aronofsky’s Batman reboot idea coming to comics — and then possibly movies

X-Men family tree breaks down mutant mating habits with surprising clarity

Remember that time Green Lantern went on Oprah?

“The Secret Knots” spins subtly magical tales from an alternate dimension

If you’re going to build a super-science base, you might as well hollow out a mountain

Modern Irrational Fears

One Thing That’s Better To Receive Than To Give

What to Do When You Find Something Cool on the Internet: A Flowchart

The forgotten history of Green Hornet

The anatomy of a super-science hideout

If Tony Stark Were a Sociopath…

The non-stop erotic thrills of the 1990s Marvel Swimsuit Specials

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