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In addition to selling chintzy malformed plastic curios, supermarket vending machines also purvey a heady futurism — you can buy aliens, robots, and spy kits for a mere 25¢. Greg Rivera has captured the pop weirdness of these phantasmagoria dispensers. More »
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If certain retailers are to be believed, this week's new comic releases mark a peculiar milestone, as a certain troubled publisher finds its main rival mounting a serious attack on its real-estate of shelf space. But outside of what's either a bold grab for market share or a coincidental clusterfuck of shipping dates, it's another relatively quiet week for new releases in this week's comic stores as the industry begins to prepare in earnest for next month's San Diego Comic-Con. More about the conspiracy theory of release dates and what you may (or may not) find in your local store under the jump. More »
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Sylvester Stallone wants Viggo Mortensen to pick up the pen and cavort with ravens in a film he's directing about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Long known for his dark horror, fantasy and detective tales, Poe also created the first futuristic dystopia in fiction. More »
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