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‘Disco Elysium’: Riveting delirium

A scintillating RPG for anyone who can click a mouse or has a taste for the surreal.




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Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola bashed superhero movies, but why should we care what they say anyway?

Even two filmmaking legends can cast the wrong villains amid massive industry change.




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Five great comics that Martin Scorsese might actually enjoy adapting into ‘cinema’

The director of "The Irishman" has criticized "comic book movies," but these titles show that such adaptations might be a perfect fit for him.




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He wrote a graphic novel about losing his home to a wildfire. Now Kincade is threatening it again.

Eisner-winning cartoonist Brian Fies faces down another fire two years after losing his Northern California home. "I'm mostly numb," he says.




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These biting cartoons tell the story of the impeachment fight this week

Did Pelosi or Trump gain the upper hand?




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‘Death Stranding’ game review: A stunning achievement that requires effort to truly appreciate

“Death Stranding” is one of the oddest, and one of the best, games of 2019.




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Martin Scorsese is right: The real villain isn’t Marvel movies. It’s the broken system.

The director's New York Times op-ed reveals a longing for an age before tent-pole movies and streaming services.




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Superman’s secret identity won’t be secret anymore

Clark Kent won't be needing those non-prescription glasses.




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‘Far Sector’ introduces DC’s newest Green Lantern in an Afro-futuristic murder mystery

Written by N.K. Jemisin and illustrated by Jamal Campbell, the comic book's superhero is breaking barriers in secret.




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‘Superliminal’ review: A game where ‘perspective is everything’

The ways in which the game uses forced perspective and illusion to evoke the subconscious is thrilling.




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How political cartoonists deal — and thrive — with live coverage of the impeachment hearings

Pulitzer-winning editorial artists aim to find deadline satire in the televised inquiry.




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‘Eliza’ game review: An insightful visual novel with a vision for self-care’s future




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How MacArthur ‘genius’ Lynda Barry is exploring brain creativity with true artists: Preschoolers

The author of the new book “Making Comics” has a plan for her grant windfall: the study of the “split” in the human brain between writing and drawing.




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How ‘Frozen II’s’ new creatures are enchanting marvels of design

From the adorable to the powerful, here's what the sequel delivers that's new, and eye-popping, to fans.




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How the latest episode of ‘Watchmen’ took its superhero blackness to the next level

Showrunner Damon Lindelof and his writers and producers have finally solved the show's biggest mystery.




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The 11 superheroes who defined the decade onscreen, from Iron Man to one of the Watchmen

The past 10 years have shown superheroes in entertainment aren't going anywhere.




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‘Black Widow’ trailer gives us a fallen Avenger whose origin story is very much alive

Scarlett Johansson is back for a solo movie, coming out May 1, 2020.




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How cartoonists are satirizing the Trump impeachment hearings to ‘keep us sane’

Pulitzer-winning cartoonists use humor to peer behind all the political posturing.




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Republicans would have us going in circles on impeachment

There is no end to it.




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No one saw ‘Watchmen’s’ Doctor Manhattan reveal coming. Not even the actor playing him.

The HBO series' most powerful superhero is no longer hiding in plain sight.




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Brandon Routh thought his Superman days were over. Until he got a phone call.

Routh's return as Superman was as healing as it was unexpected: "It was almost more special than the first time."




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The latest in a series attuned to human shortcomings, ‘Life is Strange 2’ will stay with you for a while

The game doesn’t celebrate winners but those who persevere and endure.




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The definitive Batman voice finally gets his Dark Knight moment in front of the camera

Kevin Conroy made his live-action Batman debut in the CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover.




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‘Watchmen’ was the boldest, blackest superhero story ever told on-screen. But what comes next?

The black comics audience should be more demanding after seeing what the HBO series accomplished.




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The secrets to creating an irresistible Star Wars creature, from Chewie to Baby Yoda

As “The Rise of Skywalker” opens, here's a look back at how the series created so many memorable ones.




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How Carrie Fisher’s role was woven into ‘Rise of Skywalker’

It was "heartbreaking" not to have Fisher on set for the new Star Wars film, says director J.J. Abrams.




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Don’t like ‘The Rise of Skywalker’? ‘The Mandalorian’ shows the Force is still strong with Star Wars.

The brand will live on, thanks to Jon Favreau and Baby Yoda.




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Why Keri Russell leaped at the chance to join J.J. Abrams’s ‘Rise of Skywalker’

The "Americans" actress dived into the change of place to play "hidden" spice smuggler Zorii Bliss.




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Many Star Wars fans are upset the new movie sidelines Kelly Marie Tran’s character. The writer is trying to explain.

Writer Chris Terrio has responded to the controversy in interviews, pointing to issues over cut scenes between Rose Tico (Tran) and Leia (Carrie Fisher).




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‘Mosaic’: Terrible days at work, one after another

A game that punctures a hole in the noxious ideology that work gives meaning to our lives.




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Will ‘Avengers: Endgame’ get a best picture Oscar nom? Here are four reasons it’ll probably get snubbed.

DC's "Joker" may have the edge on Marvel.




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‘Joker,’ explained: How the movie went from divisive debut to Oscars darling

The Joaquin Phoenix movie earned 11 Academy Award nominations Monday, distancing itself from the doubters.




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Hank Azaria reportedly quitting role as voice of Apu on ‘The Simpsons’

The actor has long voiced by the character, who had come under scrutiny for propagating stereotypes.




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Cartoonists are having a tougher time with Trump’s impeachment than with Clinton’s. Except when it’s easier.

Cartoonists who have lampooned both administrations take aim differently now.




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Sketch artists at the impeachment trial are capturing scenes that the cameras cannot

The scenes they draw include a senator seemingly falling asleep.




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The VR experience in ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ prevents it from being just a zombie cliche

It's difficult to count the number of video games in which someone is standing around a corner clutching a weapon and waiting for their mortal enemy to pass. But until recently it wasn't possible to physically experience that scenario.




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He endured 20 surgeries after the Charlie Hebdo shooting — and is still trying to reckon with his survival

“I can’t go back,” says Philippe Lançon, who wrote a memoir about his recovery from the massacre.




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Cathy Yan’s rapid rise from journalist to ‘Birds of Prey’ director: ‘I didn’t think you could do this professionally’

Yan guided Margot Robbie's return to her character Harley Quinn, and is the first woman of Asian descent to direct a major Hollywood superhero movie.




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Harley Quinn’s flailing ‘Birds of Prey’ suddenly changes its title

The film grossed only $33 million in its domestic debut.




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‘7th Sector’: An inspired sci-fi game from the point of view of a spark




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Cartoonists share their secrets to drawing the Democratic candidates, from Bernie’s hair to Klobuchar’s smile

“People who have the most exaggerated features tend to make the worst caricature subjects, and in that sense, I hate drawing Bernie,” says one.




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‘The Suicide of Rachel Foster’: A disappointing ode to ‘The Shining’

'The Suicide of Rachel Foster's' allusions to one of cinema’s great horror classics leave much to be desired.




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Trump finally sees a threat from coronavirus

And, of course, an opportunity.




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Beautiful visuals and dreamy puzzles make ‘Luna The Shadow Dust’ an unusually enchanting game

The beautiful hand-drawn visuals, dreamlike puzzles, and mysterious story line of 'Luna The Shadow Dust' -- which unfolds without a word of dialogue -- will draw you in and hold your interest from start to finish.




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New Yorker coronavirus cover shows Trump with a mask over his eyes

A Newsday cartoon also uses the same image to satirize Trump's response to the virus.




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Pete Buttigieg, comic-book hero: How one company is bringing the Democratic candidates’ stories to life in pictures

TidalWave Productions is releasing Buttigieg and Bloomberg comic books to sit alongside its Warren biography.




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Bloomberg insulted Trump with a Darth Vader tweet. Here are six other times Star Wars converged with politics.

From Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" to Mark Hamill battling Ivanka Trump.