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There’s plenty to love about Star Trek: Prodigy, which is already living up to its name after just ten episodes. Between the return of our favorite Star Trek: Voyager characters, the introduction of an irresistible new cast, and a rich exploration of some of the themes and core concepts that are universal to all Trek shows, Prodigy has really hit the ground running. One example is the introduction of the concept of M-Class Planets in “Dreamcatcher,” and another is the exami

Katherine Locke and Nikolas Ilic's Godzilla Stomp! is out now from Penguin Young Readers, dropping Godzilla into a fairy-tale village.

Elon Musk showed off Grok Bot ordering Lego Star Wars sets. Then an X user canceled it through Lego's AI chat. Here's what we know.

Warren James Games and SpindleHorse team up for a tabletop trip through the Seven Rings of Hell.

Just like trans people IRL, the trans characters of Marvel have been here (and aren’t going anywhere) Recently, rumors have circulated that Gwen Stacy, AKA Spider-Gwen, is depicted as trans in the recent summer sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. As previously discussed, it is unlikely that Gwen was intended to be textually trans. Nevertheless, a trans superhero in the Marvel multiverse can indeed be considered a more-than-probable proposition. In fact, there already

Toho International, the U.S. arm of the Japanese studio behind Godzilla, has teamed up with Happy Color, one of the biggest color-by-number apps on the market, for an official collection celebrating the kaiju icon. Six images dropped in the app on September 17, 2026, and having seen the actual art, this isn't a lazy licensing cash-grab—it's a genuine tour through Godzilla's eras. The lineup ping-pongs across styles instead of settling on one look. Check them out below: There'

Another internet fake has me (once again) wishing that a product were real. Last week, a mock promotional image circulated on Bluesky, X, and TikTok that showed a Krispy Kreme-branded box with the Avengers: Doomsday logo, which contained six Marvel Cinematic Universe-themed doughnuts. It included a Mystique blueberry iced with sprinkles, a Doom double chocolate, a heart-shaped Wakanda Forever cookies-and-kreme, a Captain America stars-and-stripes glaze, and a shaggy, googly-e

Mental illnesses are often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misrepresented in mainstream media, and eating disorders are no exception. In 2024, however, one show broke the mold: Heartstopper, which, after hinting at a main character’s mental health struggles since Season 1, carefully dealt with how Charlie Spring’s disordered eating was impacting him, both medically and emotionally, and how it was impacting his loved ones, who did not know how to help. Netflix’s Heartstoppe

IDW Publishing confirmed this week that a delivery truck carrying a stack of upcoming releases was involved in an accident, scattering comics across a wooded roadside and pushing several high-profile titles past their original street date. "A truck carrying our comics was in an accident," the publisher wrote in a post on Bluesky. "No one was hurt, but the comics." The line did a lot of work — grim enough to acknowledge real wreckage, dry enough to signal that the publisher kn

Tilly Bridges, the trans screenwriter and Matrix historian behind Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of the Matrix, is teasing something new, and this time she's got some extra exciting backup.

Calling all Mofusand fans! Random House Worlds is officially bringing the viral Japanese kawaii cats, known collectively as Mofusand, to shelves this fall, with a trio of licensed books arriving September 1, 2026. Fans of the adorable cats will be able to preview the book series RHW’s booth (#1540) at Anime NYC 2026, taking place this weekend, August 20th to 23rd. For anyone just catching on, Mofusand first debuted in 2017 as illustrations posted online by Japanese artist Jun