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the martian confederacy

io9 Talks to Jason McNamara About Martian Outlaws and Pop Culture Gods

In the year 3535, Mars is in pretty bad shape. Its proud past as a vacation spot for the rich and famous long forgotten, stripped of its natural resources, the red planet has become a home for - as Cher would say - gypsies, tramps and thieves who think that our pop culture is their real history. That's the background to forthcoming graphic novel The Martian Confederacy, by Jason McNamara and Paige Braddock, which shows what happens when outlaws have to save the day from corporations trying to clean up the air... for a price. We spoke to writer McNamara about the book, as well as the seductive lure of writing SF.
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10:00 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Graeme McMillan
1,292 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: I hope that the "feedback" means we'll be getting Paige Braddock's wacky sense of humor. I discovered her "Jane" quite by accident at the Toronto Comic-con three years ago where she was signing her books. I laughed and laughed and laughed, more »

black hole

David Fincher Catches Mutant STD From Charles Burns

Director David Fincher is going to direct Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole, based on a screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, which is a creepy quartet in itself. If you haven't picked it up by now, Burns' black-ink heavy story deals with a group of teenagers who catch a bizarre STD called The Bug, which causes extreme physical mutations. Eventually the kids become outcasts, creating their own small societies at the fringes of cities and towns. This sounds intriguing, although hopefully the end result will fare a bit better than Beowulf, which Avary and Gaiman also collaborated on the script for. We're also interested to see what The Finch does with Rendezvous with Rama, which he's also directing. [Hollywood Reporter]

11:00 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
933 views, 17 comments

Latest by rogerniner: I spit milk out my nose when reading this, and I wasn't even drinking any! The tone of "Zodiac" makes me believe that the muted creepiness of "Black Hole" could not be in better hands. And the fact that Gaiman more »

free comics online

"Public Domain" Now Public Domain

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]

9:30 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By grae
909 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: why is this not available in a cbr format? Lame. more »

watchmen

io9 Analyzes Three Leaked Scripts for Watchmen

While Director Zack Snyder is working away feverishly to complete his live-action adaptation of Alan Moore's seminal Watchmen graphic novel, we decided to take a look at the three versions of the film's script floating around on the etherwebs. This project has had several stalled-out development attempts since 1986, and reading through some of these it's easy to see why. Check out the breakdown of the top three below. More »

10:45 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,591 views, 22 comments

Latest by lhl: Reading drafts of all three, I'd have to agree that Hamm's script is a complete trainwreck and that Hayter and Tse's versions are actually pretty good. Hayter did the seemingly impossible by creating a structure that is actually both more »

v for vendetta

Must Read: V For Vendetta

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: V For Vendetta
Date: 1982-1988

Vitals: It's fascist future England time! Only a carnival-masked psychopath can save us from the heavy hand of an Orwellian uber-state. But can terrorism, however jolly, ever be justified? (Answer: yes.)

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12:10 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By charliejane
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y: the last man

Must Read: Y: The Last Man

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: Y: The Last Man
Date: 2002-2008

Vitals: A mysterious plague wipes out every single male on Earth — except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand. As you'd expect, the first thought that enters their minds is... ROAD TRIP!

Famous names: Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra

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12:08 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By charliejane
295 views, Comment

watchmen

Must Read: Watchmen

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: Watchmen
Date: 1986-1987

Vitals: Possibly the most famous graphic novel that's not about mice and genocide. Someone is wiping out the last of the superheroes as the cold war starts to sizzle. The story deconstructs superhero cliches even as the characters tear themselves apart.

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12:02 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By charliejane
230 views, Comment