February 10, 2012 – A while back, comedian/erstwhile Four Loko taste-tester John Hodgman saw a photo of actor Maurice Evans in full Dr. Zaius make-up on the set of The Planet of The Apes reading a biography of Mark Twain. More »
A Doctor Who/Star Trek comic is coming!
February 10, 2012 – Speaking of completely improbable comic book crossovers, here's something completely different. This May, IDW Publishing will release an Eleventh Doctor/The Next Generation mash-up comic book starring The Doctor, Rory, Amy, Picard, Worf, Data, Geordi, Troi, and Riker. More »
The creepiest video of coral you’ll ever watch
February 9, 2012 – Imagine that you're coral at the bottom of the sea — a thrilling fantasy, we know. You're minding your own coral business when suddenly some obnoxious scuba diver ungraciously dumps sediment on you. More »
Samurai Star Wars characters, out of a movie too awesome to exist
February 9, 2012 – Artist Clinton Felker has given some of the Star Wars universe's most iconic characters a bushido makeover. Check out his takes on Darth Vader, Yoda, the stormtroopers, and that notorious ronin Boba Fett. More »
This baby wolf and grizzly bear cub became lifelong best friends
February 9, 2012 – Animals strike up plenty of strange interspecies friendships, but this one in particular is DEFCON 1 adorable. At the Woodland Zoo in Farmington, Pennsylvania, Lil' Bear the grizzly and Tala the wolf have struck up a friendship that has lasted six years. More »
Smallville is back from the dead as a comic book, cue sad trombones
February 9, 2012 – It's been a fairly depressing morning, what with all that incurable gonorrhea and feline mind control. Here's some more toe-tapping news. This spring, Smallville will take a cue from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and resurrect itself as a comic by former story editor and Batgirl scribe Bryan Q. More »
Behold, Wonder Woman beating the crud out of an octopus god!
February 8, 2012 – Author Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman has been one of our favorite books of the DC Comics relaunch, what with its profoundly creepy take on Greek mythology and the Olympic pantheon's political machinations. And in the latest issue of Wonder Woman, the heroine is caught between the blubbery,... More »
The 1902 adaptation of The Wizard of Oz looked extremely unsettling
February 8, 2012 – When you mention The Wizard of Oz, your average moviegoer's mind turns to such disparate topics as Judy Garland, ruby slippers, and apocryphal hanging munchkins. But there were several Oz adaptations that preceded the 1939 film, such as the 1902 musical penned by L. More »
Full Iron Sky trailer pits Sarah Palin against Nazis from the Moon
February 8, 2012 – We saw a glimpse of this indie flick several weeks back — now revel in the full trailer for the lunar Reich picture Iron Sky. As much as I'm loving the spaceship designs, I'm hoping the hamfisted political humor plays second fiddle to the insane orbital Nazi-smashing.
The 10 Most Unnecessary Giant Monster Movies Of All Time
February 8, 2012 – Not every scifi film can star a Brobdingnagian shark or lizard. Some movies must make due with giant livestock, vermin, and apes who aren't named King Kong. More »
Guess who’s coming back for Avengers Vs. X-Men?
February 8, 2012 – In Marvel Comics' forthcoming Avengers Vs. X-Men miniseries, we're promised some heavyweight superhero duels and the return of the Phoenix Force to Earth. But in author Rick Remender's Secret Avengers, it appears as if another cosmic personage is getting a resurrection. More »
Purple squirrel running rampant through Pennsylvania
February 8, 2012 – Last Sunday, Percy and Connie Emert of the lamentably named Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania discovered a purple squirrel in their backyard. The couple found the fuchsia beast in a squirrel trap that they'd left out to prevent the rodents from stealing food from bird feeders. More »
The Secret Satanic Conspiracy Behind Madonna’s Halftime Show
February 8, 2012 – Sure, M.I.A.'s waggling middle finger caused a grand mal kerfuffle among the 37 Super Bowl viewers who were still sober enough to notice it. But far more insidious symbolism was at play during the 2012 halftime show. More »
In 60-second Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort is an evil balloon
February 8, 2012 – If someone forced you at gunpoint to condense the Harry Potter series into a minute, you could do way worse than this yell-happy rendition of the Boy Who Lived's foibles.
Your favorite manga about farting cyborg zombie sharks is becoming a movie!
February 7, 2012 – Oh, this looks fun. Junji Ito — who you may know from such horrific manga tales as The Thing That Drifted Ashore and The Enigma Of Amigara Fault — More »
These Avengers and Spider-Man costumes have already ruined Halloween
February 7, 2012 – This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie's name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. It's not the fault of the designers. More »
This Optimus Prime snowman is the size of an apartment building
February 7, 2012 – Since early January, a crew at Hokkaido, Japan's Asahikawa Winter Festival has been carving out this 53-foot-tall bust of Optimus Prime peering over a wall. More »
An exclusive first look at Vertigo’s next supernatural comic book
February 7, 2012 – Supernaturally tinged comics like Sandman, Hellblazer, and Lucifer have long been staples of Vertigo's roster. Next month, the publisher will debut their newest ghostly series, Dominique Laveau: More »
Zany X-Men fashions turn Magneto into a preening popinjay
February 7, 2012 – We've been enjoying the heck out of Kevin Wada and Max Wittert's X-Men clothing line (previously: 1, 2) — these drawings transform Marvel Comics' strangest superteam into a collective of blasé performance artists who blow Xavier's endowment on smart drinks imported from the farthest reaches... More »
