Paul Dano brought a haunting and disturbing edge to Edward Nashton, better known as the Riddler, in this year’s movie The Batman. Now the actor is taking his talents to the comics page and filling in the character’s backstory for Riddler: Year One with art by Stevan Subic for DC. Dano spoke with us about
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Bestselling novelist Kami Garcia has become a powerhouse force in comics thanks to her work at DC. Her Teen Titans graphic novel series with fan favorite artist Gabriel Picolo has hit multiple bestseller charts and her darkly brilliant true-crime inspired tale Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity has quickly become a cult smash in comic book circles. She’s
In the DC pantheon there is no shadow that looms larger than that of Superman. Since his debut in Action Comics #1, the publisher’s original superhero has become the pillar that the rest of the company was built around. That’s why cartoonist Sina Grace hadn’t considered writing or even pitching for the most famous hero
If you know anything about Wolverine, you know this: he’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. And if you know anything about Hugh Jackman, you know this: he’s (among the) best at what he does, and what he does is very crowdpleasing. So it’s great that he’s back
We’re delighted to exclusively reveal the cover above for Mary Robinette Kowal’s new sci-fi The Spare Man and we have to say… look how cool it is! We’re getting major Tomorrowlands vibe from it. In fact, we’re feeling it would look pretty awesome adorning the walls of SciFiTowers… Out this October, The Spare Man follows
If you’ve read my work, you probably know that I love speculating about different types of consciousness and architectures of sentience. I’m fascinated by the potential for minds that might compare with or surpass our own. Often, when people think about other forms of consciousness, it’s all lumped into “AI”, however there are a plethora
The Jedi Order has both risen and fallen multiple times in the history of the galaxy far, far away, but the Star Wars franchise continues to be dominated by these lightsaber-wielding warrior monks nonetheless. Virtually every Star Wars fan has a favorite Jedi and what would the series be without them? But what actually makes
While the wolves of the Green Creek series are strong, capable killing machines (when the situation calls for it), they are also angsty, a little dumb about a lot of things, and tend to snap and snarl when things don’t go their way. So, what better way to celebrate my werewolves than to talk about
Author: A.G Riddle Publisher: AdAstra Released: Out now Price: £16.99 (hardcover) If you like this, try… Project Hail Mary When an amateur astronomer discovers that the sun is getting dimmer, forecasting the next ice age and the end of all life on Earth, the world’s scientists are put to work to understand why in Andy
Publisher: Titan Released: Out now Writer: David Quantick Price: £18.99 If you like this, try… Mickey 7 Mickey has been created specifically for suicide missions. But what if he doesn’t want to do that anymore? Author Edward Ashton delivers an intelligent and heartfelt bittersweet existential body-horror-comedy Perhaps best known for his political comedy screenwriting credits
Next month, writers Tom King and Phil Hester are teaming up to bring back one of Gotham City’s oldest protectors. No, not Batman. Heck, I’m not even talking about the original Green Lantern and his cabbie sidekick Doiby Dickles. I mean Slam Bradley, the hard-drinking, hard-talking PI. Originally a lead character in Detective Comics, Bradley
Writing Science Fiction is a six-week online course from Curtis Brown Creative – the renowned writing school led by the major literary agency. Since launching in 2011, over 170 students have become commercially published authors. Join prolific science fiction author Adam Roberts for a six-week voyage into the genre. Adam shares wisdom acquired from writing
“I can quote it,” Nubia: Queen of the Amazons writer Stephanie Williams says of the first Nubia story ever published. “That’s how much I read it.” First created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck in the pages of 1973’s Wonder Woman #204, Nubia marked a historic moment for DC Comics at the time. This was
I’ve been asked to tell you about my favorite time travel novels, films, and TV shows. You likely know my favorites. I’m not going to come at you with Terminator. Or Back To The Future. Or Groundhog Day. Or Planet Of The Apes (either the Heston or Wahlberg installment will do). Or even 12 Monkeys.
When I started writing my book, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, I was determined to set my story in Ireland. A few people have asked me why, and my answer was that Irish mythology has inspired so many well-known fantasy stories that it felt only right Ireland should be used as the actual
Ever since three of its key members died or retired in Avengers: Endgame, MCU fans have all had the same question: who even are the Avengers anymore? MCU chief Kevin Feige has been pretty tight-lipped about when we’ll see the next lineup or who’s in consideration, but a mainstay of the comic book team will
This article contains spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. There’s a terrific little scene at the end of Episode 3 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law when Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany), is walking through a deserted parking lot at night and is suddenly attacked by a quartet of extremely rough-looking customers. It’s a scenario
Wolfsong is the first book in the Green Creek series by bestselling author TJ Klune and follows the vibrant Bennett werewolf pack, as they fall in and out of love – and fight those who would take everything from them. To celebrate the publication of Wolfsong we have three copies of the novel to give
This article contains spoilers for episode one of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. She-Hulk, aka Jennifer Walters, made her entrance in the pages of Marvel Comics in February 1980, when her debut book, The Savage She-Hulk, hit the stands. In the book, Walters is a criminal defense attorney who runs afoul of a crime boss with
Some 42 years after she made her debut in the pages of Marvel Comics, She-Hulk has arrived in the MCU. The latest Disney+ series from Marvel Studios, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, stars Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, an ambitious young attorney and single woman whose career and life take a turn for the strange when
This post contains spoilers for The Sandman season one and beyond. “Ideas in abundance.” Believe it or not, that’s a curse pronounced by Morpheus in “Calliope,” one of the best stories in The Sandman. “Ideas in abundance” sounds like a particularly strange curse for The Sandman, the seminal Neil Gaiman comic book series so rich
Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor are back with an explosive sequel to River of Ashes with River of Wrath and we’re delighted to not only reveal its stunning cover above, we’re also giving you lucky SciFiNow readers a sneak peek into the novel with an excerpt! But first here’s what’s in store for Leslie Moore
The Riddler is truly having a moment. One could argue that the character hasn’t truly held the imagination of the public since 1966, when the first season of the Batman TV series premiered, and the nation was gripped by a wave of what was dubbed “Batmania.” A character who had, to that point, only appeared
This post contains light spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Loki season one. After much speculation, we finally know the name of the next two Avengers movies! Scheduled for release in 2025, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will cap off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which
A new graphic novel project is heading our way this September from artist Joe Currie and writer Ben Wheatley. Said to be ‘a melting pot of 2000ad, Metal Hurlant, Kirby tech, psychedelic 60s art, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Kraut Rock, Star Trek and Star Wars’ their graphic novel, Kosmik Musik also has a musical accompaniment from
Rebecca Roanhorse’s forthcoming novella, Tread of Angels is out this November but if you’re anything like us and can’t wait until then, well, we have the perfect thing for you! Not only are we exclusively revealing the cover above, we are unveiling chapter one of the novel right here at SciFiNow! But first, here is the
This article CONTAINS SPOILERS for the end of The Sandman season 1 and the comic. The first season of the Netflix adaptation of The Sandman, arguably one of the greatest and most important comics of all time, is complete, and can be considered a rousing success. But it leaves several questions open when it ended,
This The Sandman review contains NO SPOILERS and is based on all 10 episodes of the first season of the show. After decades of failed or blocked film adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Netflix has finally broken through with a new 10-episode series, released on Aug. 5. And it was all worth the wait.
This article is presented by: Lucifer Morningstar is a frequent dark guest of Western culture, with depictions of the fallen angel stretching back to Biblical times and even before that in elemental forms. In Neil Gaiman’s hallowed comic The Sandman, however, Lucifer is a little different from his usual representation. The Sandman‘s Lucifer is bored
Hungry ghosts, vampiric babies, shapeshifting fox spirits to the avenging White Lady of urban legend… Unquiet Spirits has them all! We’re not only delighted to reveal the striking cover for the upcoming book above, but we’re giving you a sneak peek by revealing a foreword sampler from award-winning writer Lisa Kröger. Here is the official
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