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Firefly Fans Make Joss Whedon Cry at SDCC
At the end of the intense, emotional Firefly panel, moderator Jeff Jensen said to Joss Whedon that “‘We’re still flying’ is a big mantra of the fan community”—what, he asked Joss, do the fans mean to...
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Science, Belief, and an Origami Crab: Dave McKean at SDCC
Comics fans might have been wondering: what’s Dave McKean been up to? He brought an update to SDCC on Friday with his panel “Dave McKean: My Two Years with Dawkins, Christ, and a Small Crab Called...
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Read an Excerpt From Chapter One of A Memory of Light
A few lucky fans at San Diego Comic Con got to hear Brandon Sanderson read from Chapter One of Robert Jordan’s A Memory of Light, the final book in the Wheel of Time series.In this short excerpt, a...
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How Books Can Become Batman: Scalzi at SDCC
John Scalzi’s Friday afternoon panel was a hilarious conversation between himself and Patrick Rothfuss, roaming over subjects from the principles behind Hollywood adaptations, how long it takes to...
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Robert Downey Jr. Surprises Little Girl Dressed as Iron Man at SDCC
The Marvel Avengers Facebook account has a bunch of pictures up from the Iron Man 3 panel at this year’s San Diego Comic Con and while they’re all pretty cool, this one of Robert Downey Jr. surprising...
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Karl Urban Releases Star Trek 2 Footage, Hates Us
Oh it is on, Karl Urban. Last week Urban maybe kind of sort of let slip which villainous character that Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in Star Trek 2. As recompense, he promised that he would release...
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Morning Roundup: All the Highlights From San Diego Comic Con
The San Diego Comic Con weekend may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t catch up on all that you missed. Check out our links below the cut for all the stories that may have flown under the radar....
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Friendly Neighborhood Speculation: Amazing Spider-Man Sequel Casting
Before The Amazing Spider-Man hit theaters, there was a lot of buzz regarding the recast of our friendly neighborhood wall-crawler. Tobey Maguire was out, replaced by The Social Network’s Andrew...
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Drawing Wire, Wikis, and Smiting: Epic Fantasy War at SDCC
The panel was called “Epic Fantasy War,” but it ended up being more about epic fantasy worldbuilding in general. Editor Betsy Mitchell led a discussion with a veritable who’s who of fantasy authors,...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass,...
“Cast your nets, wanderers! Try me with your questions, and let the contest begin.”—Blaine the Mono, to Roland and the Ka-Tet, at the end of The Waste LandsWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series....
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Daleks, Dinosaurs, and Westerns: Doctor Who at San Diego Comic Con
It took a Dalek to ask the question that was surely on everyone’s mind at the Doctor Who panel on Sunday morning. After the obligatory cries of “WE WILL EX-TER-MIN-ATE YOU AND ALL OF HALL H,” it came:...
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Did Marvel Reveal the Story for Avengers 2 at SDCC?
One of the hugest announcements at this year’s San Diego Comic Con was Marvel Studios’ revelation (and for the most part, confirmation) of what the movies leading up to 2015’s Avengers 2 will entail,...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Want, take, have. Pay, pay, pay.
Faith, in the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer S3, makes a strong impression without actually garnering much screen time. As an audience, we come to understand exactly who she is and how she...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: Supreme Part 1
Tor.com comics blogger Tim Callahan has dedicated the next twelve months more than a year to a reread of all of the major Alan Moore comics (and plenty of minor ones as well). Each week he will provide...
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2011 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners Announced
Yesterday, at Readercon 23, the winners for the Shirley Jackson Awards were announced. This occured at the Conference for Imaginative Literature with awards given in the catagories of best Novel,...
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No, Kickstarter is Not the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher
Over at Publishers Weekly, for the second year in a row, Todd Allen asked “Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel publisher?”And the answer is “No, it is not.”[Read more]Read the full article
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Ironskin (Excerpt)
Enjoy this excerpt from Tina Connolly’s Ironskin, out on October 2:Jane is an Ironskin, wearing half of an iron mask over her face to hold back a fey curse she obtained during the Great War. Her wound...
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Hellboy 3 Might Be Underway Thanks to One Boy’s Wish
For those who hadn’t heard yet, Ron Perlman recently donned his Hellboy makeup... but it wasn’t to walk onto a film set. It was to spend the day with a boy named Zachary, a six-year-old who had told...
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For $1000 Nathan Fillion Will Rock Your World (and Adam Baldwin Will Help)
Charity often brings out the best in people, and what could be sweeter than a fan using some hard-earned cash to make her fandom dreams come true. During Zachary Levi’s (of Chuck fame, and soon to be...
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Listen to Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Catch Him on Tour
This Tuesday, Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston release a new installment in the beloved Ender Universe. Earth Unaware takes place well before Ender Wiggin saved the human race by annihilating the...
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