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Good Character Development Includes The All-Important “F*@% Yeah” Moment

What makes you invest in a character? Is it when you understand their motivations, or glimpse their all-too-human foibles? When they have rich, multi-layered relationships? Sure, those things all help. But what really helps is the all-important “f*@% yeah” moment. I cannot claim credit for discovering the importance of the “fuck yeah” moment. (Sorry, I…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 29

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy… Maybe

How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you’re Warner Bros., the answer seems to be “Suddenly realize you own a company that’s specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years.” Enter the DC years… Speaking at ShoWest this week, Warners movie head Alan Horn told theater owners that they…

Movies Graeme McMillan Mar 21

The 75 Books You Should Own For DC Comics’ 75th Anniversary

2010 sees the 75th anniversary of DC Comics, which launched in February 1935 with the first issue of New Fun. Since then, it’s gone on to publish some of the greatest comics ever. Here’re seventy-five you really should’ve read already. The Superman Chronicles Vol. 1 What is it? The first appearances of the world’s first…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Feb 28

The Real Problem With Midichlorians

Lately, when people ask Lost’s producers if they’re going to answer our questions, they bring up Star Wars’ midichlorians, as proof that some things are better not explained. But like so many people, they’re missing the real reason midichlorians sucked. Damon Lindelof told E! Online a while back: There are certain questions about the show…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26

When Monkeys Ruled Comic Books!

For mid-20th century DC Comics, there was one surefire way to raise sales: Stick an ape on the cover and make readers ask why. And it still works! Go on – pretend you don’t want to read these stories. The origin of the ape meme was very down to Earth, according to DC artist Sheldon…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Feb 26

The Flash Finds Director, Speeds Towards Production?

If rumors are to be believed, Superman isn’t the only DC superhero whose movie plans are on the fast track: The Flash movie may have found its director, and it’s a name that may sound familiar to Green Lantern fans. According to IESB, Greg Berlanti will be the director of DC Entertainment’s The Flash. Berlanti…

Movies Graeme McMillan Feb 26

Which Superhero Should Be The New Santa?

Let’s face it: Santa Claus just isn’t cutting it anymore. In this era of movie superheroes, who wants to see an old fat guy with a beard coming down their chimney on Christmas Eve? Here’re some suggestions for possible replacements. Wolverine Yeah, yeah: You think we’re going to do the “Santa Claws” joke, don’t you?…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 22

Superheroes Caught in Less Than Glamorous Moments

Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash are all crack crimefighters, but when they get home at the end of the day, they still have to pay the bills, do housework, and unwind like any other person. Caleb Paullus’ Super Not Super is a series of brief photo comics exploring the not-so-superheroic trials and tribulations of…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Dec 18

10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction

Death really isn’t the end in science fiction… It just depends on whether or not it can be written around later. Here are some of our favorite NotDeaths that prove that the Grim Reaper should really up his game. Spock Died: Sacrificing himself by bringing the warp engines back online at the end of Star…

Television Graeme McMillan Nov 8

4 Reasons Why Zombies And Superheroes Don’t Mix

Marvel Comics’ Necrosha launches this week, joining DC’s Blackest Night, Marvel’s own Marvel Zombies and Dynamite’s Super Zombies on the crowded superhero zombie comic stands. But isn’t there something… wrong with the idea of superpowered zombies? I can’t help it; I know that zombies are/were the big thing, but there’s something about the current trend…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 25

Photos Reveal the Secret Superhero History of WWII

Captain America wasn’t the only superhero to fight the Nazis. Agan Harahap offers his own superpowered alternate history of WWII, by adding costumed heroes (and one notable villain) to famous photographs from the war. TOYIB’s Gallery [DeviantArt via Nerdcore] Greenham Airfield,June 5, 1944 Neuschwanstein 1945 Yalta Conference 1945 Cherbourg 1944 Unknown Location, 1945

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 19

7 Supervillains We Wouldn’t Mind Taking Over The World (And Why)

We watch their so-called “fiendish” schemes being defeated on a regular basis, but have you ever stopped to wonder whether life would be better if the bad guy won? Here’re some villains we’re rooting for… and why we’re doing so. The Mole Man The Fantastic Four’s first villain, the Mole Man’s modus operandi switched up…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 10

Looking Back On Three Months Of Wednesdays

DC recently completed its latest weekly series, the twelve-part anthology Wednesday Comics. Although the stories themselves are somewhat uneven, the cumulative effect of fifteen giant stories unfolding in an homage to the Sunday comics sections makes this worth seeking out. I’m not terribly optimistic that comic books will ever regain the kind of popular readership,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 4

5 Heroes Whose Powers Will Kill Them

Heroes’ Hiro Nakamura isn’t the only character to find that their superpowers may ultimately be responsible for their death. Here are five more fictional characters for whom the superhero dream comes at a potentially fatal price. Kid Flash 1 What Seems To Be The Problem? After gaining his powers in a recreation of the same…

Television Graeme McMillan Sep 28

14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don’t Mix

If there’s one thing that this week’s premieres of Heroes and Smallville collectively proved, it’s that television really shouldn’t try and tackle superheroes. Here’s even more proof why – as well as some rare examples of when it does work. Shazam! (1974) With one word, Billy Batson becomes the World’s Mightiest Mortal… but that’s about…

Television Graeme McMillan Sep 27

Up, Down And Away In This Week’s Comics

Whether you’re looking for superpowered pets, non-moving motion comics, classic tales retold or spelunking adventure the way you want it, there’s only one place to look this week: Your local comic book store. Why, yes: These are comics we crave. Fans of Marvel Comics’ ongoing Dark Reign storyline will be happy this week. In addition…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Sep 22

The Unknown #1 Complete Preview, Pt. 2

[Back to Part One] https://gizmodo.com/the-unknown-1-complete-preview-pt-1-5342728 [Back to Mark Waid interview] https://gizmodo.com/mark-waid-talks-the-unknown-post-death-experiences-and-5342638

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Aug 22

The Unknown #1 Complete Preview, Pt. 1

In case you haven’t been reading The Unknown, Boom! Studios have given us the complete first issue to let you know what you’ve been missing. Enjoy! [Continue Reading] https://gizmodo.com/the-unknown-1-complete-preview-pt-2-5342997 [Back to Mark Waid interview] https://gizmodo.com/mark-waid-talks-the-unknown-post-death-experiences-and-5342638

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 22

Mark Waid Talks The Unknown, Post-Death Experiences And Science

Mark Waid‘s wonderful comic The Unknown shows what happens when the world’s greatest detective turns her attention to what happens after we die. We talk to Waid about the series, and have the complete first issue for you to read. The Unknown feels similar to television shows like Warehouse 13 or Fringe – Rational people…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 22

Green Lantern’s Not The Only One With Super-Powered Bling

Sure, Green Lantern’s a fancy movie star now, with Ryan Reynolds set to play him, but the space cop with the magic ring isn’t the first person to sport some bling with amazing super-powers. Here’s our list of super-powered jewelry. Legion flight rings in Legion Of Super Heroes. The super-powered teenagers have a whole variety…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14

Good Character Development Includes The All-Important “F*@% Yeah” Moment

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy… Maybe

The 75 Books You Should Own For DC Comics’ 75th Anniversary

The Real Problem With Midichlorians

When Monkeys Ruled Comic Books!

The Flash Finds Director, Speeds Towards Production?

Which Superhero Should Be The New Santa?

Superheroes Caught in Less Than Glamorous Moments

10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction

4 Reasons Why Zombies And Superheroes Don’t Mix

Photos Reveal the Secret Superhero History of WWII

7 Supervillains We Wouldn’t Mind Taking Over The World (And Why)

Looking Back On Three Months Of Wednesdays

5 Heroes Whose Powers Will Kill Them

14 Reasons Why TV And Superheroes Don’t Mix

Up, Down And Away In This Week’s Comics

The Unknown #1 Complete Preview, Pt. 2

The Unknown #1 Complete Preview, Pt. 1

Mark Waid Talks The Unknown, Post-Death Experiences And Science

Green Lantern’s Not The Only One With Super-Powered Bling

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