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King City Free At Last

Having his publisher cancel his book and refuse to give him the rights to take it to another publisher hasn't stopped cartoonist Brandon Graham from releasing the second book in his King City series. He's just decided to bootleg it online. More »

8:00 AM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,984 views, 6 comments

Latest by pheagan: Yeah, startup comic book companies: DO NOT WANT. I had the same thing happen to me. Scripted a six-issue run into a series, had it stolen and branded the intellectual property of the company. I would consider it a lesson more »

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A Board Game Even Cthulhu Could Love

Finally, a board game that we would want to play, courtesy of cool comic book creator Brandon Graham, whose critically-acclaimed King City is the tale of boy and his super-cat trying to steal things in a futuristic underground city. Now Graham's made a geeked-out version of Monopoly where "Community Chest" and "Chance" have been replaced by events like "Bitten by a Radioactive Spider" and "Portal to Space Monster's Mouth." Check out the board under the jump. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,555 views, 8 comments

Latest by Annalee Newitz: @ratlas: You are so right! io9 does tend to be a bit humancentric. more »

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Your Pussy Is Underperforming

Sure, your cat may be cute and can do that thing with the string, but can she autopsy a corpse or become a periscope for you to look through, on demand? Those are just two of the talents of the supercat in Brandon Graham's graphic novel King City — and that's not the only science fiction pet that can put yours to shame. Click through for our roundup of super-pets who would make Toula, America's official Most Talented Pet growl with envy. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,805 views, 19 comments

Latest by Grey_Area: Does Olaf Stapeldon's "Sirius" count? Now there was a girl who really loved her dog. @regis: Yikes! Someone else remembers Trypto! Did Mumy and Larry Hama ever do another issue or was it just a one-shot? I suppose turning it into more »