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Oni Press releases an original graphic novel called SOMA written by Fernando Llor and illustrated by Carles Dalmau. Originally announced in July of this year, this comic features very distinctive art with great coloring. Mr. Rolle is the author of Ojos Grises and Subnormal: Una Historia de Acoso Ascolar, which has been nominated for various awards, including the 2019 José Sanchis Grau Award for Best Spanish Author. I am. SOMA is the author’s debut work in English. Meanwhile, Dalmau designed characters for the hit video game “Cult of the Lamb” and wrote and illustrated his first webcomic, “Lucid Lucy.” Comic…
The creative teams behind Americus and Wild Weather: Storms, Meterology, Climate are teaming up again for another series. Written by MK Reed, illustrated by Jonathan Hill, and colored by Allie Drake, Budding Crisis was announced as part of the Comixology Originals slate at NYCC 2024. This is the first of five books to be released in just a few weeks this month. Published by Flavin, Volume 1 contains 29 pages. The magical seeds obtained from the Onamante plant have the power to make any wish of the user come true. It seems too good to be true, and when a…
Most comic book fans have a solid idea of what they buy each week when they go to their local comic book store. That said, there’s still a lot of fun to be had in skimming through the week’s new releases and trying out books that look promising, interesting, or scary. That’s where the cover comes in. Great images make a difference. You can either try something new or you can say, “No, I’m not going to do it this week.”In that spirit, we present the covers that caught our attention this week, along with an entry by comics editor…
Welcome, X-Fans, to another uncanny edition of X-Men Monday at AIPT!And as this is our first installment of 2025, Happy New Year! This week, I’m honored to host a very special guest whose voice you know well: Actress Alison Sealy-Smith! Alison, of course, became the voice many of us hear when reading comic book appearances of Ororo Munroe thanks to her portrayal of Storm in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men ’97. Most recently, she voiced a variant of the character in What If…? who also happened to wield Mjölnir — no big deal.As 2025 is Storm’s 50th birthday, there’s…
Samsung’s 32-inch smart monitor M8 (M80D, updated 2024) can function not only as a monitor with a webcam, but also as a smart TV, with built-in speakers and support for cloud gaming and streaming platforms. Normally $700, it’s down to an all-time low of nearly $400 on Amazon, effectively saving you $300 (43%).samsungSamsung’s 2024 smart monitor M8 has fallen to an all-time low of nearly $400. $400 on AmazonThe refreshed Smart Monitor M8 has the same features as past models, but does require a computer or console, including video calling via a detachable webcam and streaming content from providers like…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is ready for launch. The space company owned by Jeff Bezos says its $2.5 billion reusable rocket, which has been in development for nearly 13 years, will make its first appearance by Monday, January 13 at the latest, after some delays caused by weather over the weekend. announced that it is aiming to launch. – The time launch window begins at 1 a.m. ET. The webcast will begin one hour before launch, and you can watch New Glenn’s flight on Blue Origin’s website, X, or the company’s YouTube channel.New Glenn’s first mission (NG-1) will be…
Awesome Games Done Quick 2025, a week-long speedrunning marathon, ended early Sunday morning, and organizers announced they raised a total of $2,556,305 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.As expected, the event in Pittsburgh was a great mix of skill and silliness. There was a speedrun of Crazy Taxi featuring a live band. FunkopotamusWes played the piano during a run of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and used his head and feet to control the game via motion controls. And Dr. Doot did a speedrun of Elden Ring bosses using an electric saxophone. Yes, the saxophone made a much smaller doo-doo-doo sound.The…
Welcome to the AIPT Comics Podcast. We’ll bring you episode 309 summary news, comic reviews, and more.This week, writer Charles Soule and artist Ryan Braun join the show to introduce their new series, “Lucky Devils.” Having created such an incredibly original series, what are we trying to do with this diabolical, hellish series? How did it come about? Learn what is expected of you.Stream the AIPT Comics Podcast below or find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.AIPT Comics Podcast This week’s top picks:Dave:Cruel Kingdom #1 (Oni Press)Zootopia #1 (Jeff Parker, Alessandro Ranaldi)Nathan:Absolute Batman…
Amazon will end its “Try Before You Buy Prime” program at the end of January. The move, first reported by The Information, was announced in a notice at the top of the Prime Try Before You Buy page, which ends on January 31st. This service has been available to members since 2018. It was first launched as Prime Wardrobe. With this, you can choose up to six items to try on, and if you don’t like them, you can return them for free within a week. You only pay for the items you decide to keep, and you can choose…
CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) is the biggest technology convention of the year. This will help you prepare for all the great gadgets that are coming in the next 12 months. But among all the quadcopters, not-so-benevolent robots, and gaudy flexible-screen devices, there are plenty of little touches that make CES an event like no other. To highlight some of the silly, silly, and sometimes wholesome things we encountered at this year’s show, we humbly present CES 2025’s very unofficial Dumb Fun Awards.The cutest digger – Komatsu PC01E-2 Sam Rutherford of EngadgetKomatsu’s PC01E-2 looks like a child’s playground toy,…