<![CDATA[io9: Ex Machina]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Ex Machina]]> http://io9.com/tag/ex machina http://io9.com/tag/ex machina <![CDATA[Wednesday's comics include new Batwoman, Alpha Flight, and Walking Dead]]> What's up with comics this week? There's a new Kathy Kane ongoing series, some of Steve Ditko's awesome Doctor Strange tales, and the final graphic novel of Ex Machina. Plenty o' reasons to be thankful. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5697362&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sam Raimi and Brian K. Vaughan co-creating a series about alien-hunters. Fox, please don't kill this show!]]> A documentary crew follows "working class heroes who exterminate alien threats in deep space." Smokers sounds like a dream TV series, even before you hear it's the brainchild of Brian K. Vaughan, co-produced by Sam Raimi. Too bad it's Fox. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5650687&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[We bid adieu to Cade Skywalker and Brian K. Vaughan's super-mayor]]> Three neat series are coming to an end this Wednesday, and we're sad to see them go. Let's have a moment of silence for Star Wars Legacy, Air, and Ex Machina. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5614933&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bid Adieu To Norman Osborn And His Brillo-Pad Haircut]]> Marvel wraps up Norman Osborn's Dark Reign in earnest tomorrow with end of Siege and its few remaining Avengers titles. Marvel's Heroic Age is upon us, but there's no Howard The Duck title on the stands. I call fowl! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5535823&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[How To Pick Which Bad Ideas Are Worth Writing About]]> "I usually dream up a dozen or so profoundly stupid 'high concepts' for stories every day. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106840&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Our Four-Color Picks For Vice President]]> With the Democratic and Republican Party conventions just a few weeks away, speculation is running wild about who each candidate is likely to pick as his running mate. But who could measure up to the impossible standards that both Obama and McCain will be looking for in their potential Vice Presidents? No real person could have the faultless moral character, good looks and ineffable belief in truth, justice and the American way necessary to win over the voters - which is why we're choosing from some of our favorite comic book politicians under the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035269&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Genderapocalypse Scifi Comic "Y The Last Man" Ends Gracefully]]> Anyone feeling that Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man wasn't quite science-fictiony enough will no doubt be happy with the book's sixtieth and final issue, released today. Featuring at least two sci-fi staples along with, you know, actually taking place in the future, the epilogue to the whole story didn't sacrifice character for last minute shock or spectacle. And even though it answered a few lingering questions, the issue still managed to provide a fitting conclusion to the popular series. Minor spoilers and thoughts on the end of Yorick's era after the jump. More »
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