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Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Black Hammer is quietly one of the most successful new superhero universes of the past decade. What started in 2016 as an eerie little fable about superheroes trapped in a strange domestic limbo grew into a…

For people who follow the massive annual barrage of news out of the Comic-Con International trade expo — popularly known as San Diego Comic-Con, or SDCC — part of the big news in 2024 is that the con won’t have a corresponding…

Every superhero comic book character, even the most obscure, is somebody’s favorite. There are no boring or bad characters, just ones who haven’t found the right story for you yet. To that point: If your favorite comic book character is…

Being a Deadpool defender can be difficult. In just about any media where he appears, the character is exactly what his strongest critics think he is: an anti-hero with a strong affinity for irreverent violence, and a juvenile, obnoxious…

In the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants season 13, which wrapped last November, Mr. Krabs faces a familiar dilemma. The Krusty Krab is inundated with people bringing their pets to dine with them, which is a major health code violation.…

As Daemon Targaryen suffers from nightmares week to week in the dark, dank rooms of Harrenhal, many House of the Dragon fans have had one question on their minds: “When will this be over?” But as Game of Thrones fans shout “Filler!” and…

There’s something a little off-putting about the title of Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Max’s new animated series spinning off Harley Quinn. That title is a singular, tragicomic running gag that’s been mutated through adaptation into broad…

Image: Trigger/Netflix, CD Projekt Red The latest on Tekken 8, Guilty Gear, MultiVersus, KOF 15, and more Evo 2024 brings the best fighting game players to Las Vegas this weekend for a three-day tournament. This…

A recurring theme in discussions around House of the Dragon — and Game of Thrones before it — concerns morality. George R.R. Martin’s world is so grimly amoral, just about every character is a bad person on some level. So who do you root…

Following a brief tease, House of the Dragon season 2, episode 5 confirms that King Aegon II Targaryen survived the Battle at Rook’s Rest. Yet the middling monarch is still badly hurt, nursing the kind of gnarly injuries you’d expect…