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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year and will be held on October 8th and 9th. For the past few years, a “Fall Prime Day” of sorts has served as an unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for online retailers.Most of the sales are expected to be Prime exclusive items. This means you must be an active Prime subscriber to receive the discount. However, it’s worth perusing Amazon’s site even if you don’t pay for Prime, as there are always some deals available to everyone. And with plenty of solid early Prime Day deals already on offer,…
Physical books are heavy, and given the other things young people have to carry around in their backpacks, who needs to deal with them too? E-book readers can help ease the burden And right now, there are great deals on options for kids. Ahead of October’s Prime Day, Amazon has slashed the price of the Kindle Paperwhite Kids by $55, bringing the price down to $115. This is close to the lowest price ever.This bundle includes a Kindle Paperwhite with 16 GB of storage, plus 1 year of Amazon Kids+ access, kid-friendly coverage, and a 2-year worry-free warranty. If your…
Two Chosen Ones. Two merboys whose fates have been tightly intertwined by a prophecy where one has been chosen to be the guiding light for his people and the other was chosen to kill said guiding light to save his people. This is the plot to Wendy Martin‘s CASTLE SWIMMER, which launched on January 5, 2019, on WEBTOON and has reached close to 330 million views. Here’s its premise: When Siren, the shark prince, comes face to face with Kappa, the Beacon whose death will free his people from a terrible curse, he finds himself unable to kill him. As the…
Now, OpenAI is becoming a for-profit company, making a sizable profit in the process. The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion in new funding from investors, nearly doubling its value to $157 billion. The new funding makes this the largest venture capital deal in history.New investors pounced on the artificial intelligence startup as it planned to transform from a charitable nonprofit to a for-profit, product-focused company. Axios said investors have the right to withdraw their funds if OpenAI fails to become a commercial company.Thrive Capital, the venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner, the youngest son…
Can you hear the soft, angelic voices of corporate executives singing in unison? It can only mean one thing. They have come up with new ways to squeeze money out of our eyes. According to a report in the Financial Times, Amazon is adding more ads to Prime Video. This increase in corporate sponsorship luxury is scheduled to go into effect early next year.This comes less than a year after Amazon forced advertising on its streaming video platform, something all major streamers now do. We pay to see ads. That’s really cool. In any case, it remains unclear how many…
Initially, I was skeptical about the return of the Ultimate Universe. While the modernized title has certainly brought in new readers and allowed the writers to craft stories untethered to decades-long canon, I think the arc veers toward a darker, moodier version of the iconic character. I’ve noticed a trend. This is rare for my taste. But when the new Ultimates line was announced recently, I was surprised by the variety and tonal playfulness present in many of the titles. In this way, Ultimate Black Panther found a remarkable way to rework T’Challa and Wakanda, exploring modern themes surrounding faith…
The first issue of Ultraman But the real question is whether Ultraman X Avengers #2 lives up to that high standard. The answer is yes. Not only does the action continue to be intense, but the creative team of Kyle Higgins, Matt Groom, Francesco Manna, Matt Milla, and Ariana Maher have fun exploring the connections between the Avengers and Ultra Squad.These connections are forged during a mission to gather resources to stop Galactus. Captain America leads his group in an attack on the USP, but encounters its malevolent director, Moreheim. Captain Marvel and Ultraman battle a pair of monsters terrorizing…
“So read comics. Watch superhero movies and TV. Because while you’re soaking in your sad little elixir, you can imagine yourself being the chosen one.”DC All In has finally begun. Among the first batch of books to be dropped in this effort is Shazam! #16 boasts a stunning main cover by Gleb Melkinov that heralds the beginning of a new era. ‘Neil Before Zod’ artist Dan McDade joins Josie Campbell and Trish Mulvihill in the first issue of an all-new arc that finds Billy in a new rivalry with his brother Freddy. Freddy has recently acquired all-new Shazam powers, which…
There was a moment when I was reading an interview with David Dastmalchian that made me laugh. Dustmartian was about to tell one of his closest friends, James Gunn, that he was writing DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos, but Gunn told him about the upcoming Creature Commandos. He told me about the animated series. Although both projects are different, DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos #1 is definitely a great introduction to the storied team of monsters.Dustmartian stays true to its Creature Commando origins. They are a black ops force formed under “Project M” to participate in covert missions. What differentiates…
Oni Press continues to release more graphic novels this summer, and their latest hit has been announced as ESPADA: THE WILL OF THE BLADE. The upcoming translation of the Spanish hit graphic novel by Anabel Collazo (No Miles Atlas, Encuentros Cercanos), which has already been published in French and German, This is the first time that it has been published in English. The story follows the story of a young princess and her quest to forge her own destiny within a line of power. The synopsis from the publisher is as follows. There was a time when everyone had access…