The latest dispatches Monday, 2 November 2026
News Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOZx6fkvB2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpbcoTqBtto The uploader has now removed the original version featuring Elisabeth Sladen’s AI likeness. DigitalogMedia says the version now online is the reworked edition, with the role recast. There is a…
ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
News Illustration
Starship Sloane's relaunched Worlds of IF reaches issue #180, nearly 300 pages, with cover art by Ninja Jo and a Bruce Pennington back…
ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
News Scifi
Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study…
ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
News Fantasy
Queen's Domain, a first-person retro fantasy RPG in the King's Field mould from a two-person indie studio, is out now on PC and…
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Anime/manga
Toei unveils Kamen Rider Valtz, the horse of MY-TH's zodiac alliance and the first Rider built on a horse motif, with Bandai's toys…
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Fantasy
Glitch marked Halloween by promising that The Smiling Dead return in March 2027, two years after The Gaslight District's pilot.
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Anime/manga
TMS Entertainment is adapting Esu Omori's manga about a dog-wary horror fan and the Shiba Inu ghost haunting her cheap flat, for summer…
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Cons
Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display.
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Scifi
The pitch trailer for Escape from Jurassic Park, Universal's cancelled prime-time cartoon of 1993, has surfaced after 33 years of private circulation.
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
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UncleGeoff / 1 Nov 2026
News Books
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Review Books
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News Horror
HBO Max's surprise Derry special turns out to star not the clown but Maturin, Stephen King's cosmic turtle, on screen at last after…
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
News Fantasy
Basket makers say Alexander Skarsgård's Wicker Husband is plaited rather than woven, and not made of willow. Wētā Workshop defends the material.
ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
Review Comics
‘Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey’ isn’t just stories from their own title but others like ‘Millennium’ and ‘Secret Origins’, with a lot of…
UncleGeoff / 1 Nov 2026
News Comics
Spoilers: in Captain America #16, Doctor Doom takes over Hell and declares Mephisto's deals void, which has Spider-Man fans wondering about One More…
ColonelFrog / 30 Oct 2026
News Horror
BOOM! Studios' Hellraiser Legacy: Pinhead collects the six-issue 1993 Pinhead comic for the first time since its original run. It is due on…
ColonelFrog / 29 Oct 2026
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