<![CDATA[io9: Inferno]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Inferno]]> http://io9.com/tag/inferno http://io9.com/tag/inferno <![CDATA[Punisher visits a massage parlor and Judge Dredd strikes a pose]]> This Wednesday is a grab bag of pulp weirdness. There's a Frank Castle story that takes place in a house of illicit relaxation, a compilation of 1980s Marvel heroes versus a demonically possessed NYC, and Judge Dredd looking burly. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5620706&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When Keeping It Skeptical In Science Fiction Goes Wrong]]> A defining thread of modern scientific thought is skepticism, the tendency to question accepted ideas until evidence is found to confirm or reject them. But what do skeptics do in worlds of magic, aliens, and other matters fantastic? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5500381&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hell is Other Teddy Bears]]> Luke Chueh is best known for his bizarre and often bloody paintings of otherwise adorable bears and bunny rabbits. In his latest series, he reinterprets Dante's Inferno, casting his cute critters as the eternally damned. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5360031&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Screw Volleyball, We're Waiting For Olympic Aeroball]]> Yeah, yeah, I admit it; I got sucked into the Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball just like everyone else; the promise of women sweating and grunting a lot gave way to actually being completely into the whole thing. I cheered when Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh spiked and high-fived their way to victory, and it got me thinking: If they can rule the world in Beach Volleyball, how would they fare in the ultimate ballgame of the future... Aeroball?!? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040715&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Marvel's X-Men Panel Uncovers New Circle of Hell at SDCC]]> If you remember Inferno, the giant Marvel Comics storyline that dragged Manhattan to hell in the 1980s, then you may be excited to hear that the X-Men will suffer through a sequel, called X Infernus, in which Colossus' evil sister Magik will strut her stuff again. But will Marvel remember to include the carnivorous mailboxes that made the original so great? More »
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