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  1. close reads
    Ang Lee’s Hulk Is a Bad Movie, Except for This One Amazing ThingIn praise of the panels.
  2. the swag
    Rick and Morty’s Creators on the Show’s Best and Weirdest MerchSome are fan-made, others are official, and none of them will make any sense to those uninitiated.
  3. What Do Ayn Rand Fans Think of The Incredibles?Critics have long noted Objectivist themes.
  4. Legion Creator Noah Hawley on David’s Shocking Betrayal in the Season-Two Finale“My hope is that you’re beginning to realize that David may not be the protagonist.”
  5. trailer mix
    New Luke Cage Trailer Declares ‘Black Women Have Always Had Superpowers’The Fugees provide the soundtrack.
  6. DC Entertainment President Geoff Johns Stepping Down, Doing Green Lantern MovieThis comes just days after its other president, Diane Nelson, announced her departure.
  7. Before He Wanted to Be a Chef, Anthony Bourdain Wanted to Draw Comic BooksKaren Berger, who edited his comics writing, remembers him fondly.
  8. best of 2018 so far
    The Best Comics of 2018 (So Far)From a lovey-dovey Batman to a cross-dressing prince.
  9. Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Stars Had a Very Unusual Audition“We were in tears by the end of the scene.”
  10. We Can’t Trust Hollywood to Fix Toxic FandomStar Wars: The Last Jedi’s Kelly Marie Tran appears to have quit Instagram over racist trolling. How do we solve this?
  11. Noah Hawley’s Doctor Doom Movie Is Written, But Don’t Expect to See It SoonThe possible Disney/Fox merger and a different Hawley movie are getting in the way.
  12. The 8 Best Comics to Read This JuneFrom Deadpool to Snagglepuss and beyond.
  13. summer tv preview
    Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger Is the Superhero Show of the SummerIt’s an unparalleled blend of the naturalistic and the surreal.
  14. Netflix in Talks to Pick Up Joe Hill’s Locke & KeyIt had previously been rejected by Hulu and Fox.
  15. Jamie Foxx Will Play Lethal Superhero SpawnBlumhouse is producing the horror-superhero mash-up.
  16. Solo’s Easter Eggs Are Actually GoodThey mostly fly under the radar, which is a virtue.
  17. Let’s Talk About That Crazy Solo: A Star Wars Story CameoIt’s not as canonically implausible as you might think.
  18. Jake Gyllenhaal Reportedly in Talks to Join Next Spider-Man Movie As VillainBut who is this “Mysterio”?
  19. Did You Catch These 3 Cameos in Deadpool 2?One of them lasts about a millisecond.
  20. Deadpool 2 Writers Defend Treatment of Female Characters“That was maybe our mistake, not to think about it.”
  21. The Deadpool Moment: The Inside Story of Marvel’s Boom BrandHe went from comic-book zero to cinema hero.
  22. Charles Soule Reveals the Secrets Behind The Oracle YearThe novel stars a man with 108 very specific predictions about the future.
  23. sequential art
    Looking for a Deadpool Deep Dive? Here Are 5 of His Classic Comic-Book StoriesJust in time for the new flick.
  24. Riz Ahmed Wants to Write a Ms. Marvel Movie With Mindy KalingGiven that Marvel Studios is looking to make one anyway, is it such a crazy idea?
  25. Deadpool 2 Writers Would ‘Absolutely’ Do a Marvel Cinematic Universe MovieRhett Reese and Paul Wernick are bullish on superheroes.
  26. Zombieland 2 on Track for October 2019 Release, Original Cast to ReturnRhett Reese and Paul Wernick have good news for fans.
  27. Westworld’s Shannon Woodward Reveals Who Elsie Is Based OnAnd hey, what was Elsie up to since the last time we saw her?
  28. chat room
    Westworld’s Peter Mullan Originally Had a Totally Different RoleAnd he got to watch Jimmi Simpson take notes on Ed Harris.
  29. Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer: Meet Bushmaster, Your New VillainHe’s a relatively minor Marvel figure poised to go big.
  30. The 8 Best Comics to Read in MayFrom office drones to Vietnamese exits.
  31. What We Did and Didn’t Learn From the Ant-Man and the Wasp TrailerBut does it reveal whether it takes place before or after Infinity War?
  32. Michael B. Jordan May Do Netflix Cyberpunk Tale Failsafe with Joe Robert ColeIt’s based on an obscure, unfinished comics story.
  33. Avengers: Infinity War’s Children of Thanos, ExplainedThey’re also known as the Black Order.
  34. Avengers: Infinity War’s Post-Credits Scene, ExplainedIf you’re not a superfan, the last image is a stumper.
  35. Art Spiegelman on Lynd Ward, the Forgotten Comics Pioneer Who Inspired HimThe Maus creator looks back on a man who was doing graphic novels before there were such things.
  36. The Story of Trina Robbins, the Controversial Feminist Who Revolutionized ComicsShe’s led a bizarre and trailblazing life.
  37. Green Lantern No. 76 Was the Moment Superhero Comics Got WokeA particular page from Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams was a sensation when it was published in 1970.
  38. How Frank Miller Built This Amazing Dark Knight Returns PageHe looked to overlooked comics genius Bernard Krigstein for inspiration.
  39. vulture lists
    The 100 Most Influential Pages in Comic Book HistoryFrom Superman to Smile, Mickey to Maus: Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the pictures, panels, and text that brought them to life.
  40. Can Rabbi Rick Jacobs Save Liberal Zionism in the Age of Netanyahu?The senior official in America’s largest Jewish denomination has become an outspoken critic of the Israeli Establishment.
  41. The 5 Best Comics to Read About Thanos Before Avengers: Infinity WarFrom his earliest days of evildoing to his present of pugnacity.
  42. Why Frank Miller Is Revisiting the World of 300 With His New XerxesIf he doesn’t have a T-shirt that says ‘Athenian Ninja’ by the end of the week, we’ve all failed.
  43. How Legion Made That Freaky Chattering-Teeth Sound Effect“I’m sure my dentist didn’t love me slamming my teeth together that hard, but it didn’t break anything, thank God.”
  44. The 8 Best Comics to Read in AprilFrom a suicidal superhero to Walt Disney in rehab.
  45. Here Are All the References in Ready Player OneLet us know if we missed any.
  46. 9 Things We Learned From the Deadpool 2 TrailerThe movie will feature … Rob Delaney?
  47. I Kill Giants’ Rocky, Emotional Road to the ScreenThe comic it was based on came from joy and sorrow.
  48. Breaking Down the New Avengers: Infinity War TrailerWait, how many Infinity Stones does Thanos have?
  49. Death Awaits Our Heroes in New Avengers: Infinity War TrailerFeaturing not one but two quippy Peters!
  50. Ava DuVernay Reportedly Directing The New Gods for DC and Warner Bros.Bam!
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