Zen Pencils takes on "Ozymandis."

io9 picks their winners and losers from Comic Con 2014.

(I was honestly impressed with that Mad Max trailer.)

As a reminder: three of the top ten movies at the box office so far this year are comic book movies, including the #1 slot, and that's not including this weekend's offering, which is easily the most anticipated movie of the year. Furthermore, three big budget live-action TV shows premiering this fall are also comic book shows, which isn't including ( Read more... )

SOME NEWS:
* What can either side gain in the Gaza-Israel conflict? Also, looking at the online propaganda war.
* Rich get richer: "The goal of anti-IRS jihads is always to reduce funding for enforcement."
* Nice: O’Malley frames immigration as a question of morality and human dignity.
* Time to really understand the placenta* Listing all the other ( Read more... )

SATURDAY NEWS:
* Four conservateive lies about inequality.
* "The first principle of any American intelligence official is not an oath to secrecy but a duty to the public, a commitment to speak truth to power."
* Explaining how remote islands create giants.
* Good read: examining the legacy of Hill Street Blues.
* Tina from Bob's Burgers as a ( Read more... )

SOME NEWS:
* They don't mean 'Constitutional conservative,' they mean 'Christian fundamentalist.'
* Remember how the Cold War ended? "Invading Crimea may have cost Russia $200 billion so far."
* Visualizing how your tax dollar is spent.
* Ooh. What will happen when the planet's magnetic poles flip.
* Surprisingly good interview with director Zac ( Read more... )

SATURDAY NEWS:
* "How Republicans rationalize voter suppression."
* Interesting read: what the Republican platform gets right, and how they are missing the mark on it.
* Why Boehner is likely to keep his job.
* Describing the massive asteroid impact that reshaped the Earth.
* The Mary Sue gives us a nice history of Moon Knight and his various ( Read more... )

FRIDAY FIVE:
* Yes, Obamacare is going along just fine. That will be a fitting legacy for Sebelius.
* Pragmatism: how the Democrats should frame the November elections.
* Ugh: will demographic changes create a more partisan America in the future?
* I don't go on about the Koch brothers too much here, but reading David Koch's platform from when he ( Read more... )

SATURDAY SIX:
* Fear of more abrupt climate change.
* It was the banks that ruined Detroit, not labor.
* Reruns already: a balanced budget amendment is still a bad idea.
* The problem with police interrogations and the power of false confessions.
* What lead to the human 'intelligence explosion'?
* Good news: Drew Goddard signs on for the Daredevil ( Read more... )

FRIDAY FIVE:
* Rethinking Mexican drug cartels. "They aren't just about Mexico or drugs anymore."
* Nice! On saying 'ax' instead of 'ask'.
* On payola at Politico.
* No, superheroes aren't fascist by nature.
* Surprisingly good read: "An unexpected celebrity death is the greatest single betrayal of the entire system upon which movie stardom is ( Read more... )