<![CDATA[io9: Astro City]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Astro City]]> http://io9.com/tag/astro city http://io9.com/tag/astro city <![CDATA[The motherlode of hi-res Harry Potter pics! Plus Zooey Deschanel could be another Spidey love interest.]]> The new Spider-Man film could feature another of Peter Parker's ex-girlfriends...plus his parents. Find your next desktop wallpaper, with tons of high-resolution Harry Potter photos. Captain America's director explains why they found the perfect villain. Plus the Astro City movie! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5687074&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kurt Busiek's Astro City soars towards the big screen]]> Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films have made a deal to adapt Kurt Busiek's critically acclaimed metropolis—full-of-superheroes comic Astro City for film. The deal allows Busiek to pen the film's script. We approve. [Deadline] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5594236&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5477274&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Look Out Honey - This Week's Comics Are Using Technology]]> Fans of technological adventure will find much to cheer about in this week's releases: New Iron Man, new Transformers, the complete World War Robot and even brand new Robocop. If you ask nicely, your retailer will even do the robot. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5456710&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When Science Fiction Fans Go Bad]]> Most fans of science fiction and comic books just want to enjoy their hobby in peace, or maybe one day don a costume and save the world. But every now and then, a fan turns to the Dark Side instead. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5330751&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Science Fiction's Scariest Priests and Preachers]]> Click to view More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5327496&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why Do Aliens Among Us Always Go Native?]]> It never fails: an alien comes to Earth to study us, or spy on us, or hide from other aliens. And he/she always goes native. Just once, I'd like to see an unassimilated alien. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5116035&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Comics Epic Astro City Will End With Super-Pets Playing Poker]]> A big reason why the character names and designs are so cool in Kurt Busiek's Astro City is because Busiek reaches beyond comics for his retro characters. He pretends that Astro City Comics is a publisher that's operated since the 1940s, and reaches into broader trends in popular culture, from Liz Taylor's Cleopatra to Evel Knievel, to create characters who seem like they belong to a bygone era. More secrets of Astro City, from today's panel at Wondercon, after the jump. More »
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