'Mad Max' comic artist has the worst response to complaints about rape scenes
We probably should have known this high was too good to last. One of the principle creators of Mad Max: Fury Road has responded to criticisms of sexism with the kind of comments that have us...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling insists her Harry Potter play isn't a prequel
Last week Muggles around the world celebrated the announcement that the planned stage play from the Harry Potter universe had a title and a production date. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child isn't...
View ArticleOlivia Munn shows off her killer katana skills for X-Men movie
Famed geek girl Olivia Munn is gearing up for her role as X-Men's Psylocke and she wants you to know she's pulling all her own stunts.The former Daily Show correspondent took to Instagram on Sunday to...
View ArticleAnother black church on fire in South Carolina
Barely a day after officials declared that a recent string of fires at black churches throughout the South were not hate crimes, a black church that was previously burned to the ground by the Ku Klux...
View ArticleR-rated 'Harry Potter' parody imagines an even worse life for Harry and friends
As Harry Potter fans often like to point out, the series isn't exactly a happy children's tale. In the first book alone, we find out that our hero has lived the entire first decade of his life in a...
View ArticleBatman villains parody One Direction's 'Night Changes'
The fan parodists who brought you the Dark Lord Funk are back, and this time they've invaded Gotham.Utah-based KFaceTV is a relative newcomer to the YouTube nerd scene, but their painstaking...
View ArticleDudes build huge real-life gundam so the U.S. can fight Japan in a giant...
The makers of a giant, real-life, human-powered robot have challenged their Japanese counterparts to a giant robot duel. Anime fans, it gets no better than this.Megabots is a company founded by Matt...
View ArticleWomen's nonprofit Ada Initiative cancels tech series amid internal chaos
If you were one of the many women looking forward to attending future rounds of AdaCamp, the popular empowering "unconference" series for women in tech, you're out of luck: The Ada Iniatiative, a...
View ArticleMondo rolls out 'Ant-Man,' 'Hellboy,' TMNT exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con
Comic-Con fans who love Mondo, your magic number is #835.That's the booth the beloved art gallery turned poster, fashion, and collectible icon will be at once again for this year's convention. Fans...
View ArticleSee the awesome first-issue covers for Marvel's All-New, All-Different fall...
Marvel may have bowed out of this year's Comic-Con, but it still delivered an announcement worthy of the main stage in the infamously packed Hall H. On Wednesday, after weeks of teasing, the comics...
View ArticlePixiv is playing host to a fanart contest for popular manga 'Rose of Versailles'
Rose of Versailles is more than just a manga—it's a truly international cultural icon. So it makes sense that the culture-straddling Japanese art community Pixiv is hosting a fanart contest for the...
View ArticleSee how superhero suits change over time with these awesome GIFs
Onscreen superheroes haven't just gotten less dorky over time—they've gone manly and minimalist, at least if this series of GIFs from Halloween Express is any indication.The costume company created a...
View ArticleNew Image Comics lineup has 'Saga' writer Brian K. Vaughan taking on 'The...
Image Comics held its second Image Expo of the year today, and with it came a slew of exciting announcements for fans of independent comics. Following in the footsteps of Marvel, Image announced a wave...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2 breaks flight record by traveling 5 days without refueling
The Solar Impulse 2 had already broken three records by the time it touched down in Hawaii yesterday after spending a history-making five days in the air.Three days into its journey from Nagoya,...
View ArticleJames Earl Jones and Frederick Douglass remind us July 4th isn't everyone's...
If you believe that the best exercise of freedom of speech is resistance, then nothing is more patriotic than James Earl Jones reading Frederick Douglass's scathing abolitionist Fourth of July speech.A...
View ArticleHillary Clinton responds to Humans of New York's heartbreaking photo of a gay...
A scared boy who worried no one would like him because of his sexuality has gone viral after sharing his story with Humans of New York.Among the many people who've responded with messages of hope?...
View ArticleThis WikiLeaks cosplay might actually be the nerdiest thing ever
If you're one of the many fans gearing up for events at Comic-Con, Otakon, Dragon Con or any of the other many cosplay-heavy conventions this summer, you might be struggling to come up with an...
View ArticleIs Reddit's relocation policy to blame for dismissals?
Although some of yesterday's darkened subreddits have been restored to public access after the (Second) Great Reddit Meltdown of 2015, something is still rotten in the state of Internet forums. The...
View Article5 directors Marvel should consider for 'Black Panther'
Marvel fans, brace yourselves: The director of our dreams won't be helming Black Panther after all.Selma director Ava DuVernay, who has spent months rumored to be the only choice for the 2017 Marvel...
View ArticleJapan accepts U.S. giant-robot battle challenge
Last week, a U.S. giant-robot company summoned a Japanese giant-robot company to fight them in a giant-robot duel. In their challenge video, U.S.-based Megabots gave Japan's Suidobashi Heavy...
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