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more about #planetary more comments → Roklimber: Just like the moon is made of cheese, mars is covered with red wine, and that's why it's red. It's all about planetary gastronomy, I'm telling ya! more » Dirk Anger: Because they have a health care system that actually works? more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Maybe it is red due to a planet wide red-light district? Roxanne, you don't have to turn on the red light, turn on the red light, turn on the red l... more » Yamato: mars is red cause god used up all the crayons coloring earth, so he used a red crayon for mars more » Grey_Area: The Martian Proletariat threw off the chains of their oppressors and put the means of production in the tentacles of the Workers. GLORY TO THE REVOLU... more » John ya ya: Sunburn? more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Yeah, you guys can say it's due to embarrassment or whatever. I say it's due to all the blood that's been spilled there. more » Mathmos: spontaneous political symmetry breaking? more » MargaretMoony: And now we know! more » Pope John Peeps II: It's just blushing. Oh Mars.... *WINK*. more » lazyeight: It's red due to the embarassment of having lost its magnetic field. more » Grey_Area: I honestly thought that was the last issue when Elijah sends the smushed-up 4 to the posthuman Earth with a warning. Wow. more » Plague: This news brings me joy, but I am saddened by the fact that Warren Ellis "twitters". more » RRich: There are already several collected volumes and the final one is scheduled for July. [www.amazon.com] Planetary is a great series and (almost) worth w... more » Rasselas: Great concept, pretty good story, terrific art, gorgeous covers, tolerable-to-mediocre signal-to-Ellis ratio, hand-wringing publication schedule. more » -
#mars
Why Is Mars Red?
Scientists have long believed that Mars' distinctive hue comes from iron particles being rusted... but by what? A new study suggests that it wasn't water that turned the Red Planet red, but wind. More » -
#planetary
Ellis' Planetary May Actually Finish This Year
They said it would never happen, but Warren Ellis Twittered it today: Artist John Cassaday has finished the art for the final issue of DC's Planetary after almost two years. Expect the long-awaited issue sometime in the second half of the year. -
#triviagasm
22 Cases of Sherlock Holmes in Science Fiction
He may already be the most iconic character in detective fiction, but who says Sherlock Holmes doesn't have a place in science fiction as well? We explore some of the Victorian sleuth's most fantastic adventures. More »
