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The latest issue of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic book grapples with some unusually serious subject matter — even for the often-controversial Buffy series. But instead of glossing over the difficult decision making process that comes along with this topic, Joss Whedon and his writers dove into the mind of Buffy Summers. More »
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It was Joss Whedon versus the fans at his Comic-Con panel, where the writer and director talked Buffy Season Nine, Buffy's impending crossovers with Angel & Faith, and Whedon's desire to write a strong gay male character. More »
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Dark Horse is bringing Russ Manning's classic man vs. robots tale back to comics this August with a new series from writer Jim Shooter and artist Bill Reinhold, and here's an exclusive look. More »
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Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black is adapting Matt Kindt's somber, moving graphic novel 3 Story — about a man who can't stop growing, told by the three women in his life — for Warner Bros. More »
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More than a decade after 300 — the story of Leonidas' doomed stand against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae — the writer-artist reveals a first look at the prequel, Xerxes, named after the power-mad god-king. More »
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Float Out is actor-comedian-bon vivant Patton Oswalt's comic book tribute to Serenity's throttle jockey, Hoban Washburne. It hits stores on June 2 — but here are the first few pages to whet your Firefly appetite. More »
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Riley Finn, the white-bread soldier boy who stole college-girl Buffy Summers' heart, is back in a new Dark Horse one-shot written by Jane Espenson. More »
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Sometimes, sharing doesn't always work out easily, as has been revealed in the public fallout over the revelation of the identity of the Big Bad in the current Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic. Spoilers ahead. More »
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The Predator civil war is reaching its bloody climax, and we've got a sneak peek at how crazy it's going to get. Dark Horse has slipped us three exclusive pages from the new Predator #4 comic, coming in January. More »
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If Disney's purchase of Marvel earlier this week highlights the company's desire to expand through buyouts instead of new ideas, should we be wondering who could be next on their shopping list? More »
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Looking for a science fiction movie that won't skimp on action, adventure and politically incorrect action heroes who may have a drinking problem while they save the world? Universal may have just the thing you're looking for with Fear Agent. More »
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Superhero fans worried about child endangerment are about to become very conflicted about the next big comic book movie on the horizon, as Universal announce plans to adapt The Umbrella Academy for the big screen. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5202720&view=rss&microfeed=true Murdered Mexican wrestlers are lurching out of their graves for a feature movie. Dark Horse comic El Zombo Fantasma is getting a big-screen release, thanks to Death Ray Films and Maya Entertainment. Kevin Munroe is writing and directing, with ChrisPatton and Kellvin Sanchez (from Latino Review) producing. The deadly wrestler comes back from hell to be the guardian angel for a little teenager, who is more than she seems. Sounds pretty fantastic — break a zombie leg, fellas! [The Hollywood Reporter] More »
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Indie comic publishers aren't relying on Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy alone to break into Hollywood; as publisher Mike Richardson told SciFi Wire, the company is looking to turn a number of their books into movie - and they're starting with a story about dead cops that return to the streets as repo men for God. More »
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If you're confused by the dueling television and movie Terminator sagas, just wait until the wave of comics hits. Not only are IDW and Dynamite both publishing their own competing Terminator comic books, but now Dark Horse has announced a new series of Terminator tales as well. How much time-travel and robot mayhem can you stand? More »
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Comics writer/My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way recently let slip that Universal Pictures has optioned his Dark Horse Comics series, Umbrella Academy, for the big screen. The series is about a group of estranged misfit superheroes who reunite after their mentor's untimely demise and a global menace's dastardly ascent. Is this the hipper Justice League alternative we've been waiting for? We contacted a few folks associated with the Umbrella movie for more details. More »
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It's a week of classic comics arriving in your local stores - and none of them featuring underage girls being called jailbait anything, never mind words that we really shouldn't be using on the front page of a tasteful website like this one. But if you're looking to rediscover classic manga, mourn the end of a classic icon, or just want to find out how badly a classic character can be treated, then there's only one place to be this week, and it isn't in front of your television watching Smallville. Well, apart from that "how badly a character can be treated" one, perhaps. More »
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If you've been spending the last few weeks hoping to give all of your money to DC Comics, then this is definitely the week to hit your local comic store. While other publishers drift quietly along, waiting for August to finish and fall to begin, DC is putting out book after book that you really should think about checking out. Let me elucidate for you. More »
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The TV series may have been cancelled far too early and the movie didn't exactly set the box office on fire, but that doesn't mean that the crew of the Serenity aren't having new adventures out there somewhere in this vast universe of ours. In fact, their latest heist is already in progress (and already going wrong) literally only a click of the mouse away. More »
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This cover image from the comic-book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull looks way cooler than the teaser poster we've been seeing. And it gives you more of a flavor of the movie, both good and bad. Good: Karen Allen, Dominatrix Cate Blanchett, and a whip-swinging Indy. Plus there's that pesky extraterrestrial-looking crystal skull staring at you, asking you why you stopped reading Whitley Streiber novels. Bad: Ray Winstone looks like Jack Black with his Nacho Libre mustache, and the image of Shia LaBoeuf driving Indy in his "I'm a teacher!" suit makes us cringe a bit. Click through for more info. More »
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