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The Old Guard Is a Story About Finding Family Amid Humanity’s Never-Ending Wars
Image’s The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka with illustrations from Leandro Fernández and Daniela Miwa, is a comic that takes the familiar concept of functional immortality and uses it to tell a story about what it means to live through war—not in the singular sense of the word, but instead war as a facet … Continued
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io9Television
Doom Patrol‘s Second Season Is Working Through Some Personal Shit
If DC Universe and HBO Max’sDoom Patrol were a comic book—not that comic book, but rather a comic based on the live-action series—one might safely assume that the consequences of season one’s gloriously demented finale would be dealt with off-panel, in the narrative void. Even though the show has prided itself by leaning heavily into … Continued
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Digimon Adventure‘s New Transformation Sequences Are Gorgeous As Hell
A big part of the charm of Toei’s original Digimon Adventure anime was that you could rely on each episode to feature at least one of its signature transformation sequences, in which a Digimon taps into its hidden power to evolve into a larger, stronger, more formidable form. The newly rebooted Digimon Adventure series keeps … Continued
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Cursed‘s Latest Trailer Spotlights the Boy Who Could Be King and a Magic Sword
In Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler’s Cursed, the legendary sword Excalibur is a burden to be bared by Nimue, one of the last remaining magical beings fighting to survive her kind’s ongoing extermination at the hands of religious zealots. Though Nimue’s the hero of this particular tale, a young Arthur is … Continued
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What Is Doom Patrol’s Flex Mentallo Staring At?
Remember that time on Doom Patrol when Flex Mentallo, the Hero of the Beach, ended up accidentally giving the entire Doom Patrol, a roving band of cabaret performers, and a sentient street spontaneous orgasms by flexing his muscles? Of course you do, because who forgets something wild like that? Though Danny the Street was literally bricked … Continued
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io9Movies
Anthony Mackie Rightfully Calls Marvel Out for Its Lack of Diversity Behind the Camera
Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson is set to become one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s key power players in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney+’s upcoming series that follows its titular Avengers as they keep fighting the good superhero fight. Sam’s newfound prominence tracks closely with the character’s path to becoming Captain America in Marvel’s … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Harley Quinn‘s Season 2 Finale Went Full Thelma & Louise
Harley Quinn’s first and second seasons never missed an opportunity to introduce new villains who, in addition to murdering people, all wielded their filthy, camp-ridden senses of humor like dangerous weapons. But beneath the gimmicks, costumes, and less-than-well-thought-out plans for global (and other scales of) domination, all of Harley Quinn’s villains have been growing. In … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Harley Quinn’s Getting Back Into Her Primary Colors in Black + White + Red
Over the years, Harley Quinn’s gradually incorporated vibrant blues, golds, pinks, and yellows into the various ensembles she’s worn across her many incarnations in comics, television shows, and movies. But in DC’s upcoming Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red, the therapist-turned-psychopath is getting back to her roots quite literally. Over the next 14 weeks, … Continued
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io9Games
Pokémon Sword and Shield’s New Isle of Armor Expansion Is a Breath of Fresh Air
When Nintendo first announced that Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield would be receiving two massive DLC expansions that would drastically add to the Galar region’s overall geography, it felt as if the company was preparing to address the game’s previous tendency to feel a bit “empty” at times. Hopefully, that meant by fleshing things out … Continued
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Elizabeth Banks Will Will Drive the Magic School Bus in a Live-Action Movie
Ms. Frizzle, everyone’s favorite messy science teacher who lived for drama as well as education, is making her way to the silver screen in a live-action adaptation of The Magic School Bus. Given how much time kids have had to spend away from school because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the movie might actually be … Continued
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Onyx Equinox‘s First Trailer Teases an Epic Battle Between the Aztec Gods and Humanity
Though Izel, the young boy at the center of Crunchyroll’s new anime-inspired series Onyx Equinox, has little faith in the rest of humanity, his untimely death prompts the gods to step in and fundamentally alter the course of his life. Whether Izel likes it or not, the gods are at war, and the world’s mortals … Continued
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Voting for the Eisner Awards Is Being Done Over Entirely Following a Security ‘Anomaly’
Just in time for primary season, the organizers of San Diego Comic-Con’s annual Eisner Awards have made the last minute decision to toss out all of the votes after a number of people discoveredthat the online portal was rather insecure in a way that made it possible for people’s votes to be changed. In an … Continued
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George R.R. Martin’s Cabin Fever Can’t Stop Winds of Winter
Once health organizations around the world began encouraging governments to implement stay-at-home measures in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, George R.R. Martin did the sensible thing by heeding the warnings and choosing to isolate within a cabin where, among other things, he might be able to finally get around to knocking … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Warren Ellis and Charles Brownstein Face Public Reckonings for Alleged Sexually Predatory Behavior
It’s widely known that the comics industry is an extremely insular, rarified space where people’s careers are made or broken based on their interpersonal, social connections to those (typically older, white men) who have a seat at the table. A seat that affords them a distinct institutional power. All too often this power ends up … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Y: the Last Man Is Now on the Run to Streaming
Much like its leading (and only) man Yorick, the live-action Y: The Last Man adaptation is on the run once again, though this time it’s running to an entirely new network. According to the Hollywood Reporter, instead of the FX network proper, Y: The Last Man is now slated to premiere on FX on Hulu … Continued
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Joel Schumacher, the Man Who Gave Us Bat-Nipples, Has Died at 80
Say what you will about Joel Schumacher’s stint as the architect of Batman’s cinematic presence, but never let it be said that the director didn’t have taste. Variety reports that the Batman Forever and Batman & Robin director died at 80 years old on Monday morning, following a lengthy fight against cancer over the course … Continued
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SDCC Halts Eisner Awards Voting Due to Weird Security Screw-Up
The ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic forced San Diego Comic-Con to go entirely digital this year. But voting for the annual Eisner Awards was meant to go rather smoothly as people could participate through an online portal put together with SDCC’s organizers. Just as the deadline for voting was seemingly extended, however, a number of people … Continued
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io9Trailers
Cursed‘s First Trailer Is a Waterlogged Arthurian Bloodbath
Even though reimaginings of Arthurian legends almost always centrally focus on a lake of some sort, Netflix’s new trailer for its adaptation of Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler’sCursed demonstrates that these stories are still very much seen as an endless well for action-packed stories about war, magic, and revolution. Cursed’s first trailer says more about … Continued
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io9Games
The Wonderful 101‘s Enduring Superpower Is Its Focus on Teamwork and Community
In the world of The Wonderful 101, the recently remastered and re-released action-adventure game that originally launched in 2013 for the Nintendo Wii U, the planet’s best line of defense against an invading army of aliens is a massive squad of sentai-like superheroes who, in addition to having a variety of powers, are able to … Continued
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io9Movies
This Candyman Shadow Puppet Short Film Is a Horrific Mirror You Can’t Look Away From
Much as the Candyman film franchise focuses on the stories of people foolish enough to summon a murderous ghoul into their midst by chanting his name, the films have always been, at their cores, gruesome reflections on the American legacy of anti-Black racism that led to the lynchings of thousands over the centuries. Though the … Continued