NewsFantasy Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery climbs out of the hole to HIDIVE in 2027, with a Texas premiere first (anime news). HIDIVE will release Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery in 2027, with a North American premiere at Anime Frontier in Fort Worth on 5… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsComputers Salon closes after 31 years. SFcrowsnest, which got online four years earlier, raises a quiet glass (opinion). Salon, one of the web's first magazines, closes after 31 years. SFcrowsnest, online since 1991, on why genre readers keep us going. ColonelFrog / 9 Nov 2026
NewsComics Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home. Prime Video's first teaser for Criminal, the Brubaker and Phillips noir adaptation with Charlie Hunnam, Emilia Clarke and Luke Evans, arrives in two… ColonelFrog / 6 Nov 2026
ReviewBooks Futuristic: Rockets, Robots And Rayguns Of Space Age Pop Culture by Mark Voge (book review). This book, ‘Futuristic’ by Mark Voger, has a long sub-title, ‘Rockets, Robots And Rayguns Of Space Age Pop Culture’. What it really is… UncleGeoff / 10 Nov 2026
NewsFantasy Metaphor: ReFantazio takes its royal election to Switch 2 tomorrow, and the campaign is cheaper this time (games news). Atlus's award-winning fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on 12 November at £34.99, its first Nintendo release. ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsHorror The Body is out on Netflix, where the Devil gets a place on the dance team and the critics can’t agree whether to pray or flee (TV news). All eight episodes of Quinn Shephard's Catholic-school horror The Body are now on Netflix, and the first reviews range from brilliant to underwhelmed. ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsScifi One light-day from home: Voyager 1 crosses a line no machine has crossed, and unlike V’Ger, it isn’t coming back to look for its maker (science news). On 18 November 2026, Voyager 1 becomes the first human-made object one light-day from Earth. Say hello now, and expect a reply on… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Jurassic Park was right about the blood, wrong about the mosquito: scientists claim 115-million-year-old red blood cells in a Brazilian dinosaur (science news). A PNAS study claims traces of red blood cells in the bones of Aratasaurus, a 115-million-year-old Brazilian dinosaur. The scientist who found T.… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Darktide’s next class arrives with a crossbow bolt and a prayer, and the Sisters of Battle faithful are already lighting candles (games news). Fatshark has teased Darktide's next playable class, and fans reading a crossbow bolt and religious imagery are betting on the Sisters of Battle. ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsAnime/manga Spy x Family Season 4 and a second film: Operation Strix has its budget renewed for 2027 (anime news). Spy x Family is getting a fourth TV season and a second film, both in 2027, announced at Tokyo's Extra Mission II event… ColonelFrog / 9 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Jurassic Park was right about the blood, wrong about the mosquito: scientists claim 115-million-year-old red blood cells in a Brazilian dinosaur (science news). A PNAS study claims traces of red blood cells in the bones of Aratasaurus, a 115-million-year-old Brazilian dinosaur. The scientist who found T.… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsDoctor Who John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary). John Leeson, the actor who gave Doctor Who’s robot dog K9 his clipped, faintly pompous and thoroughly lovable voice, has died at the… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news). Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan on 3 November, Godzilla's 72nd birthday, and in North America via GKIDS on 6 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsOffworld Report Dragon Ball Z Goes To Court, Gorilla Grodd Stands Trial And Arkane Gets Suitors (Offworld Report, 1–5 November 2026). A Dragon Ball Z composer becomes Texas Attorney General, Gorilla Grodd gets a true-crime show, Arkane draws bidders and SETI turns to game… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsScifi One light-day from home: Voyager 1 crosses a line no machine has crossed, and unlike V’Ger, it isn’t coming back to look for its maker (science news). On 18 November 2026, Voyager 1 becomes the first human-made object one light-day from Earth. Say hello now, and expect a reply on… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
NewsComics Darth Vader meets Doctor Doom, and the cape budget doubles: Hope Assembles unveils new variant covers (comics news). Marvel's new variant covers for Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles #1 put Darth Vader face to face with Doctor Doom, ahead of… ColonelFrog / 7 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news). LeSean Thomas's six-part steampunk western Bass X Machina, with Brian Tyree Henry as lawman Bass Reeves, premieres on Netflix on 3 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
SF /ComicsIdeas worth exploring NewsComics With great power comes a 960-page paperback: Lee and Ditko’s entire Spider-Man run is set to become a Marvel Brick (comics news). Marvel's Brick line is reported to be collecting Lee and Ditko's complete Amazing Spider-Man run in a 960-page, $60 volume due in July… ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
