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This comic teaches you the dos and don’ts of LARPing

Nick Edwards’ cartoon LARPing guide covers the basics of giant polyurethane broadsword play, from etiquette (no cell phones) to relationship advice (you’ll have to slay your spouse, sorry). Lightning bolt, lightning bolt! [Team Dynamite Lazer Beam via Super Punch]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The most terrifying comic-book ad in history?

This 1990 comic-book advertisement for the TurboGrafx-16 horror classic Splatterhouse was 100% nightmare fuel. Imagine reading Spider-Man and BLAMMO! This terrifying tableau pops up on the next page — this is how you sell a video game, gosh dangit. [VG Museum]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

How To Tell If You’re Really Dealing With A Mad Scientist

There’s a crazy guy with a death ray threatening to take over the world and claiming to be a mad scientist, but is he really a mad scientist? Here’s how to find out. [Cowbirds In Love via Reddit]

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

The creator of superhero comedy “No Heroics” will co-write the Runaways movie

Drew Pearce brought a welcome Tick-inspired snark to superhero comedy No Heroics. So it’s fantastic news that he’s going to co-write the movie version of Brian K. Vaughn’s ground-breaking comic The Runaways. [Deadline] https://gizmodo.com/worst-superheroic-sex-role-play-ever-5052632

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Alien abductees star in a spacefaring comedy of errors

A crew of alien activists kidnap six human misfits in Christopher Baldwin’s new webcomic Spacetrawler. Can a hedonist, a gal raised by coyotes, a vegan peacenik, a tech whiz, and a cranky alien pilot all learn to get along? Baldwin is known for creating webcomics like Bruno, which chronicles 11 years in the life of…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The last thing Spider-Man should be is another white guy

We just ran down the five bland white guys that are, reportedly, in the running to play Peter Parker in Sony’s Spider-Man reboot. Yawn. In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy? https://gizmodo.com/which-one-of-these-actors-is-the-new-spider-man-5548720 Yes, I know: “Because that’s how Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created him.” There is no…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Term papers reveal which superheroes made the grade

School’s out in the comic book universes, and it’s time for superheroes and supervillains to get back those final papers. Let’s see who wowed their professors and who can expect to spend their summer studying remedial caped crusading. ComicsAlliance mocked up these term papers written by comic book characters; it’s a shame they aren’t a…

io9 Lauren Davis

Ye Olde Mailer Daemon

What I like most about this? That if Mailer Daemon were an actual person, you’d be able to take out your frustration much more satisfactorily than bashing your head against your keyboard. [Buttersafe via The Next Web]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

The apocryphal adventures of Batman…and Captain Kirk…and Godzilla?

At the blog The Brave and The Bold: The Lost Issues, blogmaster Ross teams Batman up with absolutely everybody, copyright be damned. Check out the never-was issues of The Brave and The Bold, guest-starring Alpha Flight, Deathlok, and KISS!

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Iron Baby Is Iron Man Without the Poop Jokes

After the teetering jumble that was Iron Man 2, this fan-made “Iron Baby” trailer has tottered its way into my heart. I’d rather watch two hours of Iron Baby than another attempt to recapture the first movie’s moxie. (Sorry, Mark!) https://gizmodo.com/iron-man-2-review-5531227

Books & Comics Joel Johnson

Lost: Life with Hurley and Ben on the Island

Man, this Lost comic strip by Anthony Clark — better known as Nedroid — is not just totally cute, but it features the sweetest thing Ben Linus has done for anyone. [Twitter]

io9 Marc Bernardin

Wolverine, Cyclops, and Phoenix, as directed by John Hughes

Illustrator Cliff Chiang has rendered Marvel Comics’ most notorious — and immature — love triangle in an homage to one of Hughes’ most beloved teen-angst-o-ramas, Pretty in Pink. Chiang’s original Pink Phoenix illustration will be sold at auction at next month’s HeroesCon, in North Carolina. This isn’t the first time Chiang has gone down the…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Where’s my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?

Frank Miller and Geof Darrow’s hyper-action comic — about a pair of metallic avengers who take on giant monsters with wit, panache, and heart — would make for a terrific animated flick. Get on it, Hollywood. Clearly inspired by both Astro Boy and classic kaiju tales of urban destruction, The Big Guy and Rusty the…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Spiffy, spangly new retro-Iron Man covers

Remember that time when I wished upon a star for Ronnie del Carmen to do more comics? Thank you, Marvel Comics, for sort of making that come true. https://gizmodo.com/where-are-my-goddamn-ronnie-del-carmen-comics-5520057 Ronnie del Carmen and Bill Pressing — two artists who’ve done storyboard work for Pixar as well as comics projects of their own — have done…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Enter the Secret Avengers (as opposed to the Public Avengers)!

What’s got us most excited about Marvel’s new Heroic Age status quo? Ed Brubaker’s Secret Avengers. With an oddball cast of espionage experts and military masterminds, this title looks to give Marvel’s flagship superteam a pulpy twist. We interviewed Brubaker this spring, and he promised an Avengers title with super-spy trappings and Lovecraftian themes. Add…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The 5 nuttiest Punisher alternate universe tales

The Punisher doesn’t beat around the bush. He hates crime, so he kills criminals. But every now and again, writers spice Frank Castle up with some screwball alternate realities. Read about the Punisher going to the post-apocalypse, heaven, and Riverdale. Marvel recently announced that the Punisher would be going the I Am Legend route, with…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The bootleg Batman art of Asia

When you have a superhero as iconic as Batman, it’s unsurprising that he’ll be bootlegged to kingdom come. Bat Blog has a collection of illicit Bat-art from all over Asia. Check out vintage Vietnamese comics and Batman fighting aliens in Hong Kong. [via Bat Blog] Top image: Hong Kong (comic) Hong Kong (comic) Hong Kong…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Thundercats writer Stephen Perry missing in Florida

Stephen Perry, a writer for such 1980s cartoons as ThunderCats and SilverHawks, went missing last week. Perry’s van was found last Sunday in Zephyrhills, Florida, and a man’s severed arm was found inside. Police detained Perry’s roommates this Friday. Perry, 56, is best known for his work on Thundercats, Silverhawks, and the 1985 comic book…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Great moments in alternate history: history’s superheroes

The Cold War, The Victorian Age, The Catholic Reformation… Is there anything Batman can’t make better? This week we cover alternate histories of the DC and Marvel universes. The most difficult part about alternate histories in comics is keeping everything straight. When you have a world that allows for both time travel and alternate universes…

io9 David Daw

A brief history of Batman-themed pornography (NSFW)

Vivid Entertainment recently wrapped their Batman XXX spoof and are planning an entire line of superhero flesh flicks, but superhero skinema is not a particularly new phenomenon. Batman porn has been around for decades, and it’s mostly been godawful. This is by no means a compendium of all Batman-themed XXX. Indeed, any ol’ porn starlet…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This comic teaches you the dos and don’ts of LARPing

The most terrifying comic-book ad in history?

How To Tell If You’re Really Dealing With A Mad Scientist

The creator of superhero comedy “No Heroics” will co-write the Runaways movie

Alien abductees star in a spacefaring comedy of errors

The last thing Spider-Man should be is another white guy

Term papers reveal which superheroes made the grade

Ye Olde Mailer Daemon

The apocryphal adventures of Batman…and Captain Kirk…and Godzilla?

Iron Baby Is Iron Man Without the Poop Jokes

Lost: Life with Hurley and Ben on the Island

Wolverine, Cyclops, and Phoenix, as directed by John Hughes

Where’s my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?

Spiffy, spangly new retro-Iron Man covers

Enter the Secret Avengers (as opposed to the Public Avengers)!

The 5 nuttiest Punisher alternate universe tales

The bootleg Batman art of Asia

Thundercats writer Stephen Perry missing in Florida

Great moments in alternate history: history’s superheroes

A brief history of Batman-themed pornography (NSFW)

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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