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Illustrators # 52 (magazine review)
Editor Diego Cordoba gives an introduction to this ‘All Heroes And Superheroes Issue’ of ‘Illustrators’. These aren’t the usual suspects but they do show you what else is out there which is…
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Seven Seas signs up a runaway mermaid and a retired hitwoman with a gacha habit for 2027 (manga and books news).
Seven Seas' latest licences include Yue Ben Du's mermaid cultivation romance Into the Sea, Fuyuki Izumida's hitwoman comedy Nighthawk, Once Again and a…
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Gulliver’s Travels at 300: how a Dublin dean invented the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars, and still found time to be rude about everyone (feature).
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was published 300 years ago this week. We look at Laputa, the Academy of Lagado, the moons of Mars…
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The superhero novel written to escape comics goes back to them: IDW is adapting Wildbow’s web serial Worm (comics news).
IDW Publishing is adapting Worm, John McCrae's vast 2011–13 superhero web serial, as a comic, starting on Comics Giveaway Day, 1st May 2027.
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Meep meep, Mr Academy: Coyote vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes film Warner Bros. tried to bury, is now eligible for the Animated Feature Oscar (film news).
Coyote vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes film Warner Bros. shelved for a tax write-off, has been ruled eligible for Best Animated Feature at…
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The girl on fire walks back in: Jennifer Lawrence confirms her Katniss return for Sunrise on the Reaping, and Woody Harrelson still hasn’t learned to knock (film news).
Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she returns as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the…
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An orc with an arc: The Rings of Power season three wins over its first critics, and gives Tolkien’s least huggable race a redemption story (TV news).
The first reactions to The Rings of Power season three are in, ahead of its 11th November premiere, and Adam Young's orc Marnûkh…
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A24 reportedly spends $200 million on Elden Ring, which is a lot of runes to farm in Snowdonia (film news).
The Wall Street Journal reports that Alex Garland's Elden Ring film has cost nearly $200 million, which would make it A24's most expensive…
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Jumanji: Open World (trailer 2): the game has followed us home.
Sony has released a second trailer for Jumanji: Open World, the third and, we are assured, final outing for the Dwayne Johnson, Kevin…
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Phase through walls, phase into the MCU? Cailee Spaeny tipped as Kitty Pryde for Marvel’s X-Men (rumour).
Cailee Spaeny is reportedly in talks to play Kitty Pryde in Marvel Studios' X-Men. It's an insider rumour, and Marvel has confirmed nothing.
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Would you kindly? Francis Lawrence says Netflix’s BioShock film is still alive, despite the “regime changes” (film news).
Francis Lawrence says Netflix's BioShock film is still in the works, though the streamer's "regime changes" have complicated matters.
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7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news).
Fumiya Yomigishi's daily Japanese webcomic Baneusagi to Kamepan has reached 7,350 consecutive days, passing Schlock Mercenary's completed run.
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Matt Howarth dies aged 72: farewell to the creator of Those Annoying Post Bros. and Savage Henry.
Matt Howarth, the self-taught creator of Those Annoying Post Bros., Savage Henry and Bugtown, has died aged 72. Michael Swanwick says he deserved…
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Jeff Lemire is assembling the Absolute Teen Titans, and Cyborg was found in somebody’s laboratory (comics news).
Jeff Lemire says the Absolute Teen Titans will debut in Absolute Flash #25, after Absolute Cyborg's arrival in issue #20. Mild spoilers for…
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