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Next Monday the mad dash for free Avatar preview tickets begins. Should James Cameron's preview endeavor be a success, it will most likely change the way we discover big-budget movies forever. More »
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Jailbait psychopaths and government organizations offering secret deals? It can only be the latest ploy from Marvel Comics to make sure that you'll pick up the first issue of Captain America: Reborn. More »
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Wondering where to get all of tomorrow's free comics that we listed earlier, because you don't know where your nearest comic store is? Don't worry. Now there's an iPhone app for that. More »
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Science fiction writer Rudy "Postsingular" Rucker has just posted issue #5 of his speculative fiction webzine FLURB, which is always full of bizarro delights. In this issue, Terry Bisson writes about a superhero called Captain Ordinary who teleports around the world via hidden portals in Starbucks outlets, triggered if you order the right kind of soy latte. John Shirley gives us a tasty excerpt from his dark new cyberpunk novel Black Glass Samples, and Nathaniel Hellerstein takes on the persona of the entire Web to humbly request that people stop accusing it of trying to end the world. Plus, there's a lot more, including a new story from Rucker and plenty of Rucker's art too. [FLURB] More »
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Graphic novel Channel Zero was a turn-of-the-millennium, visually-groundbreaking entry in the "corporate-dystopian America" genre, winning awards and making a name for its creator, writer/designer Brian Wood. Such was its success that a collection of sketches, mini-comics and preparatory design work for the graphic novel were released, called Public Domain. Now that the publishing rights have reverted to Wood, he's decided to make the collection live up to its name. He's put the entire 145-page book up on his website as a free download. Want to know what the cutting-edge near-future looked like, ten years ago? It's all in here. Public Domain: Free Book Download [Brian Wood] More »
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It's Wednesday! Also known as New Comics Day. If you're not up for the weekly trek to pick up the latest issues, but you've been wanting to jump in on this whole comic book thing, we'll get you set up with some freebie comic books for your downloading pleasure, in an effort to further decrease your work productivity. Find out where to get the goods, including women-rule-the-world apocalypse tale Y the Last Man and super anti-hero series Doom Patrol. More »
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