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Science and superheroes invented the multiverse by mistake — they’re still fighting over it today
As Doctor Strange and The Flash enter the multiverse, scientists question what it means for the future of their study. In 1961, DC Comics published the 123rd issue of The Flash. In its pages was the story “Flash of Two Worlds,” where creator and writer Gardner Fox staged the historic meeting of two superheroes from parallel worlds.
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Nicolas Cage Says He Doesn’t ‘Understand the Conflict’ Over ‘Masterful’ Marvel Movies vs. Art Films
Nicolas Cage doesn’t see eye to eye with his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola. After Coppola again slammed comic book films as “one prototype movie that is made over and over and over and over and over again to look different,” Cage revealed in a March GQ interview that he doesn’t “understand the conflict” between Marvel and independent cinema. “Yeah, why do they do that?” Cage posited to GQ regarding directors like Coppola and Scorsese bashing comic book films. “I don’t understand the conflict. I don’t agree with them on that perception or opinion.”
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The Surprising History of the Comic Book
Since their initial popularity during World War II, comic books have always been a medium for American counterculture and for nativism and empire.
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American Vernacular: Chicago and the Birth of the Comic
A cartoonist discusses his new show about the development of an American art form.
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Tales of Pizza: Pizza Like the Old Days
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‘Lost universe’ comics find devoted following amongst collectors
While comic book fans obviously know DC Comics and Marvel, there are legions of other comics universes worth collecting.
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Marvel announces first gay Captain America
A teenager who “stands for the oppressed, and the forgotten” is to become the first LGBTQ+ character to take on the mantle of Captain America. Marvel Comics is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the US hero with the launch of a new series, The United States of Captain America, in which the incumbent Steve Rogers will team up with former Captain Americas when his shield goes missing.
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Campaigns & Companions Will Delight RPG Fans Obsessed With Their Pets
io9's got an exclusive look at Campaigns & Companions: The Complete Role-Playing Guide for Pets--an adorable, D&D-inspired book for fans of pets and RPGs from comics creators Andi Ewington, Rhianna Pratchett, Alex de Campi, and Calum Alexander Watt.
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The Coded Couture of Antique Lacework
All too often forgotten in dusty attics today, for centuries, lacework was all about how you flaunted your individuality. Lace helped you tell a story by weaving a veritable comic book strip of characters on the cuff of your sleeve.
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Comics: Old-School Distance-Learning Tools
How the often-maligned genre was used to train soldiers, explain the weather, and teach us about the modern world.
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Ownership of System Shock 3’s website has been transferred to Tencent
Both SystemShock3.com and SystemShock4.com had their ownership transferred from developer Otherside Entertainment to the Chinese corporation last week, analysis of the domains by VGC shows. Prior to this month, the domains were registered to Otherside Entertainment director Paul Neurath.
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Fan Film 'Doomsday vs. Superman' Holds Casting Call
"Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird...It's a Plane... It's Superman!" Actually it's an action-packed big budget fan film, and we at Your Money Geek couldn't be more excited. Titled Doomsday vs. Superman, the
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Sandman to Hark! A Vagrant: the best comics of the decade
Old names and ambitious first-timers produced great graphic novels on everything from teen friendship and time travel to horrifying murder mysteries
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Shadows Of The Empire
- A Star Wars Retrospective
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Ma and Pa Kent Are Superman of Smallville's Heroes
Superman is one of the DC Universe’s greatest heroes, but it’s sometimes easy to forget how he got there.
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Pandamodium: One Step to the Dragon’s Lair
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Herman Has Superpowers: The Clock is Ticking
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Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers To Fly Flag In Animated Series
Long-time underground comic favorites The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers will become an animated series, with contributions from creators behind "Rick & Morty," "Silicon Valley," and "Workaholics," among others.
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The Doctors of Time & Their Most Memorable Quotes
All the Doctors and all their memorable quotes
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Webcomics: an oral history
Featuring the artists behind XKCD, Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, and more.
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