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Stuart Freeborn has passed away, at the age of 98. He was the “creature effects artist who brought Yoda, Chewbacca, the Ewoks and countless other Star Wars aliens to life.” May he rest in peace.

Robin Sachs' dogs are looking for a new home.

Massive search fraud botnet seized by Microsoft and Symantec

Siegel and Shuster attorney to court: It’s over

Comic Con International’s Tax Documents Reveal Organizations Assets, Cost of SDCC.

Warren Bernard’s Citations and Fredric Wertham Documents.

Abandoned Love: How Do We Get Wonder Woman Back From Being a Mod?

Neal Adams’ Amended Cover For The London Super Comic Con

Final Series Of Being Human Announced.

Being Human Series 5 Trailer

‘Merlin’ co-creator Julian Murphy on series’ emotional conclusion

Matt Smith to star in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut How To Catch A Monster.

Ann Nocenti Talks Katana, Kurasowa and the Changes She’s Seen in Comics

Hindi Superman: 1987.

What The End Of Death of the Family Could Bring To Batman Comics.

Alfred Pennyworth: Where Do I Start?

Great Moments In Comics History: World’s Finest #153.

The Bat Signal: Layman & Fabok Rule the Roost in Detective Comics

Greg Berlanti's Storyboard Pitch For Green Lantern.

Paradise Island Concept Art Surfaces For David E. Kelly’s Wonder Woman.

The Uncanny X-Men Revolution: Cyclops

Is Venom In The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Farscape Rewatch: Season Two Overview, Season Three Primer

Do zombies experience consciousness?

Bryan Cranston And Elizabeth Olsen In Talks To Join Legendary's Godzilla.

TV Legends Revealed: Ernie Hudson Lost The Ghostbusters Cartoon Role?

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Fridge Decal.

Super Mario Busters Perfectly Mixes SMB with Ghostbusters

Who Should Play Young Han Solo?

Who do you LEAST want to play Young Han Solo in the new Star Wars spinoff?

The Star Wars Sequel That Never (Quite) Was: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

Top 20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie WTF Moments.

How The Definitive Movie Scare Got Grossed Up Into A Tiresome Cliché

TR Interview: Jeffrey Combs.

New Star Trek: Into Darkness Images From Entertainment Weekly.

Here’s an Ask Me Anything from William Shatner.

It’s No Coincidence That Your Favorite Characters Are Now Winter Storms

Charles Band Vidcast 02.07.13 - Valentine's Day, Wizard Video VHS, Grindhouse, Etc…

Dark Shadows News: April California Shadows Events Announced.

10 Movies That Should Become Spinoff TV Series Right Now

Why Americans Became Obsessed With Ninjas.

Stargate SG-1: Unleashed Seeks to Revive SG-1 As An Interactive Adventure

Junk Food Dinner #146: Alien (1979), Not Of This Earth (1988), and I Come In Peace (1990). Skip to 36 minutes in, if you only want to hear the movie discussions.

Pulp Nightmare: Pulp Commentary—Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 78: Super Hero Taisen (Commentary)

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast:Volume 2, Episode 6: Happy Birthday Superman, Part 1

Smodcast: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Commentary Track With Kevin Smith And Marc Bernardin.

Mission Log Podcast #27: Episode 27—The Alternative Factor.

David R. Ellis has passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 60. He had been at work on his next film, Kite. May he rest in peace. He was a director who worked on Snakes On A Plane, Final Destination 2, and many others. He was also stunt coordinator for The Addams Family, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghost Dad, Warlock (1989), Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, The Beastmaster, and many other tv shows and movies.

Fandom Stockings are live. And another thank you to those that left well wishes, fanfic, or fanfic IOU’s.

Happy 66th Birthday, David Bowie.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been cast in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

Josh Brolin joins Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

10 Awesome Female Engineers From Science Fiction.

Fan Art: Ghostbusters 3 poster starring Andrew Garfield.

Amy Pond, The Girl Who Waited Under A Van Gogh Sky T-Shirt.

Guillermo del Toro Confirms DC Comics Project Dark Universe

100 Quotations Every Geek Should Know.

Comics You Should Own—Sandman.

Television Critics Association Winter Tour Part 1: 'Hannibal,' 'Bates Motel,' 'Mockingbird Lane', ‘Dracula.’

Honest Trailers: Inception.

Rachel Weisz Reveals Oz: The Great And Powerful Character Details.

The Ultimate Guide To 2013’s Science Fiction And Fantasy TV.

Bones Renewed For Ninth Season.

Adapt And Die: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1988)

Mark Romanek’s live action Cinderella movie is too dark for Disney.

Watch out: Someone is trying to scam science fiction authors.

An interview with Steven Moffat, conducted by his son Josh.

An interview with Tobe Hooper.

More DC Writer Changes To Come - Was Gail Simone Just The Beginning?

Zombie attack sheet set.

James Mangold Explains The Wolverine's Placement in the X-Men Film Universe

Trailer for Syfy’s Defiance.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 92: The Raven (2012).

Now Playing Podcast: Texas Chainsaw 3D (2012)

As a passing note as to how cluttered Nellie’s house was? Her daughter hired a cleaning crew. They’ve brought the back of a semi truck to cart things off, with extra dumpsters. They’ve been working almost non-stop (they took a break on Sunday afternoon) since Friday. They’ve hauled that thing away six times to the dump and back, and they’ve only made it into the living room. They get here at 7 AM every morning, and they don’t stop until 6 PM.

Two days to go before the Yuletide deadline.

Season’s Greetings From Satellite News.

University of Chicago’s Indiana Jones Mystery Solved.

Iron Man—Bad Days—Episode 11.

Steven Moffat on Radio 2, discussion The Snowmen.

Being Human (UK Version) DVD News: Box Art and Extras For Season 4 on DVD and Blu-Ray.

1958 The Blob Gets A Criterion Blu-Ray Release.

10 remarkable things about Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.

Terry Gilliam tribute on Fringe.

Skeletor’s Feliz Navidad.

Empire’s James Bond Travel Map.

Sherlock Holmes 3 Update From Producer Dan Lin.

Benedict Cumberbatch on the future of Sherlock.

From Cracked: 6 Mind-Blowing Archeological Discoveries Destroyed by Idiocy

Kyle Roberts Recreates Classic X-Men Cartoon Intro In Stop Motion.

There was almost a film version of Luke Cage directed by Quentin Tarantino with Laurence Fisburne starring.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #184: How does a favorite comic book character mark the winter holidays?

The Witch-King Rules This Swing Set.

Pulled Haven Episode Rescheduled For January.

Lost Bram Stoker Short Stories See The Light of Day.

Nobody is going to the funeral, because everyone is a little too sick to make it out there. Everyone has a massively bad cold that includes sore/scratchy throats in addition to the coughing (or inability to speak at all, if you’re Mom) in its bag of tricks. We don’t want to spread it, so we’re not going. We’re just trying to stay hydrated. Donna understands, since she has it, too.

Tomorrow, it’s the dentist for me.

Franco Urru has passed away. May he rest in peace. He is best known for his artwork on IDW’s Spike: Asylum, Spike: Shadow Puppets, and Angel: After The Fall, as well as working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the publisher. Whedonesque reacts to the news here. Guest Editorial: In Memoriam—Franco Urru.

Final Nintendo Power cover brings the magazine full circle.

Happy 60th Birthday, Keith Giffen.

Happy 62nd Birthday, Chris Claremont.

Happy 56th Birthday, Kevin Conroy.

Doctor Who: BBC confirms 50th anniversary special.

Sir Ian McKellen On Playing Magneto In X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Diabolique Magazine—Issue 13 To Feature Author Christopher Pike.

Infographic: Quick Guide To Choosing A Vampire Hunter.

Catching Up With Star Trek IV’s Catherine Hicks.

Bid at Ebay on a Wesley Crusher Trading Card Ruined By Wil Wheaton Himself.

Take Your First Look At New Carrie, Prometheus, And Gremlins Action Figures From NECA.

Win A Piece Of Original Alex Ross Painted Art.

New Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two Blu-Ray And DVD Package Art, Bonus Content

Trivia: Christopher Nolan Met With Heath Ledger For The Lead Role In Batman Begins.

Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing Gets June 2013 Release Date. Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey TV Spot #8.

TeeFury features new Ghostbusters/Star Wars design.

The 10 Biggest Changes of the Brian Bendis Avengers Era.

Details Revealed On The CW’s New Wonder Woman Series.

Man of Steel Movie Novelization Already Available For Pre-Order.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on Game of Death.

Samuel L. Jackson: No Nick Fury In Iron Man 3, Confirms Captain America Sequel Role.

Clarence Haynes: A Case For Comic Books, Part 1: A Woman Named Raven.

Merlin: details of two-part series five finale revealed.

White-Chocolate Baby Heads: The Cure For Chocoholics.

And Now, This Weatherman Will Read The Forecast In Elvish.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #395.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—That Time Gen13 Met Betty, Veronica, Archie, Katchoo, Wolverine, Hellboy, Madman…

ABC president on S.H.I.E.L.D.—‘It’s very Joss Whedon.’

Two Teaser TV Spots For A&E’s Psycho Series Bates Motel.

Interview: Dolph Lundgren, still a ‘Universal’ Action Star.

Arrow casts Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson.

Marvel Unveils Four Iron Man 3 Movie Stills.

12 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Are Just Pure Nonstop Fun. I would have added Back to the Future, The Mummy, Army of Darkness, and Ghostbusters to that list.

Massive collection of 1,950 Star Wars figures being auctioned off.

Movie Issues Podcast: Catwoman (2004)

Retroist Podcast. Episode 124: The Last Starfighter (1984).

The user icon issue at Insanejournal appears to be resolved.

The Pirate Bay ditches its servers, sets sail for the cloud.

TV Tango updates their list for Halloween on TV: 394 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials on TV In October 2012.

The Hub Announces Halloween Day Schedule.

31 Days of Horror: The Thing/The Deadly Spawn.

Rare Halloween Videos: 1927 Felix The Cat and 1931 Toby the Pup.

Halloween Shows Dot Net, Day 17: The Simpsons—Treehouse of Horror IV.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: Teen Wolf (1985)

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness—80’s Rerun: Monster In The Closet (1986)

Longbox of the Damned: xxxHolic Chapter 14.

Scream Debuts: 9 Big Stars Who Started In Horror.

Interview: Kim Newman Talks Anno Dracula: Cha Cha Cha.

Dracula’s Dog Plus 8 more WTF movies about the Prince of Darkness.

Vampires Take A Break And Fables Get Unwritten: Vertigo Comics At NYCC.

Exclusive: Concept Art of Spot from The Munsters Reboot, Mockingbird Lane.

Frankenstein TV Series Based on Dean Koontz’s Books In Development At TNT.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Amparo Cardenas (La Dama).

Dan DiDio Frankly Addresses Stephanie Brown.

DC Histories: Batwoman (Kathy Kane/Kate Kane)

Batman Zombie Mask.

Who wore the best Batman cosplay?

Return to the swingin’ 60’s with Bob Kane’s Batman paintings.

Stargate Wedding Ring.

Death proves no obstacle to Ernest riding again.

Cool Early Sketch of Harryhausen’s The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #65-61.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #60-56.

Check Out Five New Stills From The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

10 reasons we still love J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

IDW releases promo page for The New Ghostbusters.

Vigo The Carpathian Poster.

Ten Things You Don’t Know About Sherlock Holmes.

Talkin’ Rifftrax: Birdemic with Mike, Kevin and Bill.

The Dude Designs 80’s VHS Horror Art Inspired Poster.

One Trek Mind #45: Spock’s…Emotions.

Nana Visitor Interview.

Cocktails With Stan Lee: Roger Cross (Extended).

Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock: ‘Turn Your Phones Off.’

Neil Gaiman Explains All Hallow’s Read.

Doctor Who: Series 7: Part 2 Episode Line-Up Confirmed. We’ll be getting another episode written by Neil Gaiman.

Stolen From NYCC: Doctor Who Sketch Cover.

Tom Spurgeon Donates Foundational Gift To The Dylan Williams Collection.

10 Sequels That Should Have Been/Should Be Made. Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League ranks in at #1.

Watch: 45 Minute 1991 TV Profile On Terry Gilliam.

Another Batman Villain Is Coming To Arrow.

Silvestri and Hawkins on Two Decades of Top Cow, Part 1.

Library Director Responds To Seattle Manga Challenge.

Now Playing Podcast: A View To A Kill (1985)

The Forgotten Flix Podcast #83: Pet Sematary (1989)

Comic Issues Podcast #88—Going Green With TV.

Remembering Jeremy Brett.

Beware The Theater Ninjas.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Zinda Blake (Lady Blackhawk).

Gail Simone And Jim Calafiore Smash $100,000 On Kickstarter.

Teaser Poster For A&E’s Bates Motel.

Meet The Gunslinger: Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy teaser. Arrival: Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy teaser.

Whodini T-Shirt.

Lionsgate snaps up Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Joss Whedon Offers An Avengers Sequel Update.

Joss Whedon Gives Guided Tour of Cabin in the Woods’ ‘Black Room’.

The Five Best Professor X Stories.

The Many Deaths Of…

Frankenhooker to headline Chicago’s Terror In The Aisles 12.

The Justice League Movie: Facts, Rumors and Fiction.

Remember when Superman disarmed a bomb by disco dancing?

10 Plot Twists From DC’s Original Zero Month.

Six Developments From Batman #0.

The Line It Is Drawn #106—Comic Book Cover Homages. Personal favorite would have to be a tie between the one with Bane smashing the Batmobile into Batman while the Bat Family flees, in homage to Action Comics #1—and the Squirrel Girl homage to The Dark Knight Returns.

Science Fiction’s Greatest Failures (And How They Saved Us All)

Cosplay Round-Up: Baltimore Comic Con 2012.

Gates McFadden Interview, Part 1. Part 2.

Dragon Con cosplayers recreate Astonishing X-Men wedding cover.

Bravo is rebooting Heathers as a potential series.

Brave Little Toaster To Be Developed As CGI Reboot, All of Us Collectively Groan.

When Ewoks Attack.

Hand Painted Star Wars Cookies.

Bruce Campbell’s Cream Of Evil Soup T-Shirt.

Beaker was spotted at Dragon Con.

Alice In Wonderland Cake.

Awesome Dalek Cosplay At Dragon Con 2012.

Hero Complex: The Show interviews Nathan Fillion.

Vote For Your Favorite Classic Universal Monster.

10 Great Canadian Contributions To Nerd-Dom.

New poster for season 2 of Once Upon A Time.

We Are Overloaded With Season Four Images From The Vampire Diaries.

Viggo Mortevsen Will Not Be Dr. Strange.

42 Things We Learned From The Terminator 2: Judgment Day Commentary.

More Live Action Akira Storyboards Surface Care of Chris Weston.

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 1, Episode 9: Spider-Man.

Saturday B Movie Reel Podcast #79: Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit.

Mission Log Podcast #6: Episode 6—The Enemy Within.

Josepha Sherman has passed away, at the age of 65, as a complication of dementia according to a comment from someone who knew her in the first link. May she rest in peace. I’ve read her Buffyverse, Star Trek and Highlander tie-in novels in the past, and enjoyed them immensely, as well as her contribution to Sherlock Holmes In Orbit.

The Cinefiles: Terry Gilliam, Part 2.

Rifftrax Live: Birdemic Announcement. If there isn’t a horrific storm, and the power doesn’t then go out at the theater on the night in question, I plan to go see this on October 25th.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #381. One involves Kitty Pryde this week.

Fan Art Friday: Catwoman.

Vortexx: Expectations? Low.

Now Official: Ed Brubaker No Longer Working For Marvel.

Jason Latour takes on Winter Soldier after Ed Brubaker.

Judd Winick Leaves Batwing.

How To Reboot Batman With John Blake. Mild spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises.

Life Outside The TARDIS: David Tennant (Part 1).

Why do foreigners like Japanese manga so much?

Tales From The Code: How Much Did Things Change After The Enactment Of The Comics Code of 1954?

Vintage 1982 Action Figures of John Carpenter’s The Thing.

Newsarama interviews Kieron Gillen.

Awesome Art Picks: Deadpool, Batman, Black Bolt, And More.

Jake Wyatt Mashes X-Men With Peanuts And Plays With Preppy Mutants, Minotaurs and Moebius.

No Justice League Movie For Ben Affleck. Pretty much what I expected, when those rumors were going around.

A new trailer for Asylum of the Daleks. It will premiere next Saturday.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Dragon Con, But Were Afraid To Ask.

Cerebus High Society Negatives Destroyed By Fire.

Weekend Discussion Thread: What Do Characters In MSTed Movies Read?

Comic Issues: Cosplaying Around At SDCC 2012.

Movie Issues Podcast: Time After Time (1979)

Nerdist Podcast: Joel Hodgson.

Schlock Treatment 90: Deathsport (1978).

Hewlett-Packard is preparing to cut around 30,000 jobs.

US “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed.

Due to being distraught over the death of Arthur Lieberman, a friend of his at POW, Stan Lee has chosen to cut back on appearances promoting The Avengers, as well as cancel his appearance at Dallas Comic Con. Condolences to him.

The Marvel Universe’s 10 Worst Summer Vacation Spots. Genosha is #6 on their list. (I’d have placed it at #1, but there’s a high probability that is all because of x_project).

Release Date Set For Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

Angie Harmon as She-Hulk, Dianna Agron as The Invisible Woman, and Bianca Lawson as Storm?

If you purchased the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure from MattyCollector.com, and it’s turning yellow, they are offering a refund.

Ghostbusters Ongoing #9 has been delayed for release until May 30th.

The Telegraph interviews Christopher Eccleston.

The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 15 years on.

Juno Temple has been cast as a pixie named Thistlewit in Maleficent.

Design You Own Superhero Costume For Laidback Luke And Stan Lee.

Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain Cast In L.A.’s The Exorcist Play.

New Blade Runner Movie Will Be A Sequel: Confirmed.

The 5 Best (And 5 Worst) Torchwood Episodes.

Which science fiction and fantasy writers should be on Earth’s “first contact” team?

The SFX Factor: Greatest TV Title Sequences, Round 2.

The First 10 Minutes of Teen Wolf Season 2.

The Lawnmower Man: The Series In Development.

Solar System Ring.

The Infinity Gauntlet Is The Best Selling Graphic Novel On Amazon.

The Doctor Puppet.

Computer Icons That Don’t Make Sense Anymore.

Every single new sci-fi and fantasy show announced for next season.

Another trailer for Arrow.

Sideshow Collectibles’ Frankenstein VFX Head Prop Replica.

New clip from Brave.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #367.

Terry Gilliam, 1970, explaining his stop-motion animation.

The Best Liam Neeson Films You Probably Haven’t Seen. I would add High Spirits to that list.

Neil Gaiman delivers the Commencement Address to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia’s Class of 2012. “Leg crushed and eaten by a mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art.”