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From Co.Create's excellent article about the controversy over the Watchmen prequels, Alan Moore explains everything to you: More »
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Over the weekend, Alan Moore engaged in a 2.5-hour webchat as a fundraiser for Cleveland's Harvey Pekar Library Statue. During this frank conversation, the Bearded Master addressed questions about his feud with Grant Morrison (short answer: there isn't one), why he wrote Neonomicon ("Because I had a massive, massive tax debt."), and the difference between DC resurrecting Watchmen and Moore appropriating literary characters for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: More »
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As you might've noticed, new Watchmen prequels — which will be published under the banner Before Watchmen — were officially announced yesterday by DC Comics. More »
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We've heard murmurs of the so-called Watchmen 2 project, and even an image or two mysteriously traipsed into the internet wilds a few weeks back. More »
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DC Comics finally unveiled their new logo today. Even though the uncolored, leaked versions of the logo made it look like a sinister law firm, the official design can be delightfully tailored to each and every individual character. For example, there could theoretically be a Spider Jerusalem logo barking blue language at would-be consumers: More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5877727&view=rss&microfeed=true But a week after illustrations of Nite Owl and The Comedian hit the net, we're now looking at what appears to be artist Amanda Conner's take on the second Silk Spectre (Laurie Juspeczyk) from the upcoming Watchmen prequels. Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston claims to have received this artwork from a shadowy tipster (who really should've quoted Rorschach for theatricality's sake). More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5872299&view=rss&microfeed=true You heard that Watchmen prequels were in the pipeline; now take a look at some of the reputed artwork. Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston has gotten his hands on Joe and Andy Kubert's designs for Nite Owl and JG Jones' Comedian from the Watchmen prequel miniseries, which are being developed under the moniker "Panic Room." More »
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When you call for a doctor in the 31st century, you have a wide choice of physicians. Hell, you can call up multiple versions of Neil Patrick Harris depending on whether you need a high school MD or a PhD in horribleness. Hopefully, you just want them for their minds. More »
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DC Comics is really going forward with the Watchmen tie-in project that everybody's calling Watchmen 2, as we warned a while back. Bleeding Cool's inside sources tell them that Andy Kubert will draw one of four prequel miniseries, each of which tells a story about a different character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' masterpiece. And Andy "may not be the only Kubert getting involved with this," writes Rich Johnston. More »
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No prison can hold a truly awesome hero. To a great explorer of the unknown, a cell is just a puzzle to be unlocked, and guards are just obstacles to be eluded. Many of our favorite science fiction and fantasy stories include prison breaks, in which our hero proves that no cell can hold him or her. More »
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Every few years or so, the internet hears whispers of DC Comics' plans to exhume Watchmen so that everyone can sleep on futons made of woven sapphire and topaz. More »
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It's hard to believe the director of Watchmen and Sucker Punch didn't craft this post-apocalyptic S&M fetishwear superhero ad campaign. This is the Snyder aesthetic, dumbed down and turned into a mass retail campaign. With a weird 1960s cartoon "WHAM!" on top, just so you know it's actually campy.

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Doctor Who's River Song has got a tough time ahead of her — she's joining the biggest science fiction team of them all: the Legion of Formerly Mysterious Characters. Along with Darth Vader, the Man in Black and the Cigarette-Smoking Man, she'll dwell in a place where almost everybody knows all about her. More »
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Until laser pistols are invented — or trebuchets come back in fashion — bullets will remain the uncreative weapon of choice for individuals in regrettable situations everywhere. More »
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In January 1985 — well over a year and a half before the first issue of Watchmen would hit stands — Alan Moore had a short interview (click to enlarge) in Amazing Heroes #65 in which he gave a quick and dirty synopsis of the comic. More »
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Play this trailer for Shark Night 3-D on top volume. At about 0:57, put your ear next to your PC speaker for about a minute. Congratulations! You are now deaf in one ear! (Note: Don't really do that.) More »
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For his "Paper Cuts" series, designer Olly Moss created 19th century paper cutouts of some of speculative fiction's most esteemed heroes and villains. Here's a dozen or so characters done up as old timey portraits. More »
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Artist Thurston Roscoe began to suspect his toys were committing acts of mischief while he was away. So he set up a hidden camera to figure out what He-Man, the Ewoks, and his Ninja Turtle toys are getting up to. More »
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You've seen the video of how to make a Rorschach mask. (If you haven't, it's under the cut.) How does the paint change color? More »
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Kick-Ass wasn't a box-office sensation, but it may have helped superhero films break out of their same old boring mold, the Guardian suggests. Here are eight other superhero films that Hollywood can study, which helped avoid the same old cliches. More »
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Watchmen's masked men in WWI Germany. Spider-Man in military garb. General MacArthur in a Stormtrooper helmet. The Avengers driving a super dairy truck. Danil Polevoy's photo collages place heroes and villains in unlikely eras. More »
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What's the perfect fashion item to be wearing when disaster strikes? A big sign that says "The End is Near." So we rounded up our favorite signs that forewarn the end of days — or at least made us laugh. More »
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In the dystopian future Community, Christianity is outlawed, promiscuity and homosexuality are pretty much required by law, and almost everyone has a mind-controlling implant. Only the Comedian himself, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, can stand against the ultimate triumph of secular values. More »
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"Baby Doll" Riley was a stunt-double in Watchmen, Serenity and Catwoman. ActionFlickChick interviews her about skimpy superhero-outfits and the head-injury she sustained as River Tam. Saddest bit: her memory's bad because "I've been hit in the head quite a bit." More »
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You're already a fan of Jeffrey Combs. Maybe you've seen him play a slew of all-too-human aliens on Star Trek, maybe you've watched him go too far in Re-Animator. But we bet you haven't seen all his great genre roles. More »
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Brickcon 2010 invaded Seattle this weekend, and intrepid Lego enthusiasts crafted oodles of science fiction out of plastic brick. Check out Legofied renditions of the Watchmen, the mysterious corpse from Alien, and a cult of Stephen Hawking worshippers. More »
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The new movie Legend of the Guardians presents owls as heroic warriors fighting rival owl eugenicists. (Really.) But the owls of Ga'Hoole are just the latest in a proud tradition of fantastical owls that are alternately wise, creepy, mysterious...and awesome. More »
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The new Superman movie is roaring ahead — The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who's producing, reportedly has five potential directors in mind, and he's meeting with them now. So who's in line to revamp the Man Of Tomorrow? More »
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As part of DC's Multiversity project, All-Star Superman team Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely will be helming a comic entitled Pax Americana, a tribute to Alan Moore's Watchmen that uses analogues to Alan Moore's characters in modern times. More »
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Before Zack Snyder put his stamp on Watchmen, both Terry Gilliam and Paul Greengrass had taken a pass at translating Alan Moore's work. Concept art from Greengrass' version has come out, showing how he'd planned to update the story. More »
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Yesterday, we showed you how the corporate websites for science fiction companies might look. But what about their business cards? Designer Fernando Reza has imagined Rolodex fodder for starship researchers, henchmen, and the folks who sweep up zombie guts. More »
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In a recent interview with Wired to promote his spoken word set Unearthing, Moore claimed that DC offered him the rights to Watchmen this week, albeit with certain unsavory stipulations. More »
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Looking at all the fan-made poster for The Avengers last night, a thought struck me: Maybe the best way to film the sprawling ensemble piece that is Alan Moore's Watchmen would have been to borrow from Marvel's approach? More »
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Would you want to live in a world where human civilization was destroyed, then rebuilt by a computer that only had pop culture as a reference? Probably not. Would you want to play a board game there? Hell yes. More »
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Nothing says retro-cool quite like an expertly rendered homage to classic paperback cover design. And it's even cooler if the covers are for characters like Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and The Incredible Hulk. More »
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The superheroes in Kick-Ass don't have super-powers or fantastical technology, but they're not regular people. They're psychopaths, severely damaged and mentally shredded. The same, Kick-Ass suggests, goes for the whole superhero genre and those who love it. Minor spoilers below. More »
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To celebrate the season of egg-dyeing and bonnet-wearing, we decided to pull together all of our favorite movie Easter Eggs for your holiday enjoyment. Here's hoping the Easter Bunny brings you a Sumatran Rat Monkey in your basket. More »
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Venerable creator Dick Giordano has passed away at 77. A longtime inker, editor, and illustrator for DC Comics, Giordano worked on such projects as Neal Adams' Batman and helmed DC editorial initiatives such as Watchmen and Crisis on Infinite Earths. More »
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What if all your favorite blue characters came together to star in a sappy coming-of-age romantic comedy? You'd get Blue People. So let's all be thankful we've dodged this bullet... so far. Check out the trailer. Did they forget anyone? More »
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