Will the Mortal Instruments movie keep the gay hero from the books?

Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments books have a lot in common with other recent urban fantasies — but one thing they have that's different is a major character who's revealed to be gay. We caught up with the stars of the film at Wondercon, and asked whether that will remain the case on screen. Spoilers ahead...

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This is clearly the best moment from any Christmas episode of any TV…

The trick of juxtaposing extreme, crazy violence with sugary, happy music is as old as the hills — I would have said The Prisoner perfected it in the series finale — but last night's Vampire Diaries breathed new life into it, with this scene of Klaus ripping apart his rebellious hybrids to the strains of "O Holy…

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Detective tale Mockingbird pits a psychic against a serial killer

Miriam Black has returned, along with her unpleasant precognitive power to see the time and manner of death of any person she touches. She's trying to settle into a normal life, but when she discovers a group of girls will be brutally murdered by a serial killer, she can't stay on the sidelines.

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The Creepy, Sexy Drifter Who Knows When and How You'll Die

In Chuck Wendig's new novel Blackbirds, protagonist Miriam Black is a young woman with a superpower. Only, it's a terrible superpower – when she touches someone, she can see the exact date, time and method of their death, in a vivid and morbid vision. And there's nothing she can do about it.

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Phonogram, our fave comic about magicians channeling Madonna records,…

In artist Jamie McKelvie and author Kieron Gillen's Image Comics series Phonogram, a group of British magicians draw their supernatural powers from pop music LPs ranging from Pulp to Robyn to Dexys Midnight Runners. It's a sleek and clever comic with two volumes — Rue Britannia and The Singles Club — and has also been…

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An exclusive first look at Vertigo's next supernatural comic book

Supernaturally tinged comics like Sandman, Hellblazer, and Lucifer have long been staples of Vertigo's roster. Next month, the publisher will debut their newest ghostly series, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child by author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and artists Denys Cowan and John Floyd.

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Read an exclusive preview of Memorial, a new fantasy comic from the…

We really dug the debut of Chris Roberson (iZombie) and Rich Ellis' Memorial, a promising new series about an amnesiac young woman who suddenly becomes embroiled in magical weirdness. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive seven-page sneak peek at the upcoming second issue.

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At NYCC, urban fantasy authors explained why supernatural cities are…

Urban fantasy is famous for taking real cities and recreating them as paranormal landscapes. At the New York Comic Con panel "Demonic Hotspots, Infernal Pit Stops and the Badlands," six writers explained why and how.

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In Transient Man, only San Francisco’s homeless can prevent the…

Bob is homeless man living in San Francisco's Tenderloin District who regularly converses with monsters that only he can see. Is he crazy? Or is he the only person who stands between the human race and total destruction?

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