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Here's our exclusive first look at the last issue of IDW Publishing's Spike. In this issue, everyone's favorite rakish bleached blond vampire (and his insectoid friends) run afoul of Wolfram and Hart's security forces. More »
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James Marsters fans rejoice — your favorite too-cool-for-school, towheaded vamp this side of Eric Northman appears in two comics this week. Also, quirky graphic novels out the wazoo! More »
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If you're not watching Spike TV's military pseudo-science show — which pits combatants from different eras against each other using recreations, weapons experts, and computers — then next Tuesday's the time to tune in: it's vamp-daddy against strategy-daddy! More »
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Sometimes, sharing doesn't always work out easily, as has been revealed in the public fallout over the revelation of the identity of the Big Bad in the current Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic. Spoilers ahead. More »
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You can tell that we're getting closer to Hallowe'en, just by looking at this week's new comic releases: Vampires! Zombie plagues! Frankenstein's Monster! Nikolai Tesla! Okay, maybe not that last one. But these are still Comics We Crave. More »
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In Templar, Arizona, Spike Trotman fills a fictional city with bizarre subcultures, TV shows, and tourists attractions from another universe. We talk to her about Templar's real and fictional inspirations, and why you won't see cell phones in her Arizona. More »
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In Templar, Arizona, Charlie "Spike" Troutman takes on a tour through her alternate Arizona, a world slightly and bizarrely askew from our own. It's a tumultuous universe, stocked with extreme subcultures, terrifying public artwork, and the legal consumption of panda. More »
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Convinced that the idea of Buffy's vamp beaus, Spike and Angel, getting it on was forever condemned to your slash fic folder? Joss Whedon's new online Buffy comic proves you wrong... Well, kind of. More »
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A new poster and a few stills from Spike Jonze's magical live-action retelling of the beloved children's book Where The Wild Things Are have surfaced, and they're arrestingly lovely. More »
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Battlestar Galactica's final episode left one crucial question unanswered, and it's got the two vampires with souls all worked up, in this clip from Angel. More »
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Genre workhorse James Masters is getting back into harness one more time. Our beloved vampire and gay time traveler will be killing big fat alien bugs out West amongst the coyotes and dirt roads in a new Sci Fi Channel original movie. Marsters plays an outlaw who escapes death thanks to some dangerous aliens, but mostly the whole business seems like an excuse to have the awesomeness of Spike in a cowboy hat. Details and spoilers below. More »
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This clip shows everything that's great — and everything that's awful — about Torchwood, the naughtiest Doctor Who spinoff. First it serves up outlandish sexual innuendo mixed liberally with alien creepiness. And then it suddenly veers into drama and jealous bickering, which is really just the grotty barnacle-covered underside of campiness. Don't watch the clip or read below the fold unless you want spoilers for the latest Torchwood episode. More »
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