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What was once "impossible" has now become "possible over the last many years of working really hard to do this," the cartoon creator tells EW
A Holy Grail in the Library of Congress: Visiting Steve Ditko's Amazing Fantasy #15 Original Artwork - The Comics Journal
A visit to the Library of Congress to see Steve Dikto's original art for Amazing Fantasy #15, which includes the first appearance of Spider-Man, which Ditko co-created with writer Stan Lee. The pages were anonymously donated in 2008.
It’s Stan Lee’s Universe
He built Marvel Comics and laid the foundation for today’s blockbuster superhero movies, and has changed pop culture as we know it. Here’s how.
Cartoons & Cereal: How Adult Swim Has Held It Down For Hip-Hop On TV
The after-dark animation entity has done more than its fair share for hip-hop culture for over a decade.
Sloppelgängers
Superhuman’s CEO sat for an interview about the AI feature that used writers’ names without permission. What he revealed was worse than the feature itself.
Why Tech Needs More Designers With Disabilities
A life-threatening encounter with AI technology convinced me that the needs of people with disabilities need to be engineered into our autonomous future.
Comics Lexicons
Hello! I posted an early preview of a Webtoons but AT Protocol app I’ve been working on earlier today. Just some of the creator dashboard pages. @tynanpurdy.com suggested I post here for some feedback. I’ve uploaded the lexicons I have so far to this Github repo (sorry not tangled). I’m not really a data model person or a comic creator so I feel like I’m the worst person to define these things. And frankly, my indecision may be holding back the actual development of the AppView. It feels wron...
The End Of Independent Publishing And Giant Freakin Robot
After relaunching GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT in 2019, the site grew to a readership of more than 20 million a month, … Continue reading "The End Of Independent Publishing And Giant Freakin Robot"
Animation vs. Physics
"Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud", 2025.05.26 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Because Sam Altman hates opening his laptop, OpenAI is merging with iPhone guy Jony Ive's design firm in the name of some mysterious new ChatGPT-enabled consumer products: Alex and Emily go full Mystery Science Theater and dissect the announcement video. Plus how tech billionaires like Sam Altman mythologize San Francisco while their money makes it less livable for everyone else.References:Sam Altman and Jony Ive are merging (Video)Emplacedness, real estate, and gentrification in San FranciscoAnthropic? More like anthropomorphicKaren Hao on her new book
Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, ‘The Marvels’ Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed
Marvel has enjoyed a nearly uninterrupted string of hits ever since it started independently producing its movies with 2008’s “Iron Man.”
The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and you., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction
Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from the rigorous constraints of designing for real users, sci-fi production designers develop blue-sky interfaces that are inspiring, humorous, and even instructive. By carefully studying these “outsider” user interfaces, designers can derive lessons that make their real-world designs more cutting edge and successful
Interview With 'The Witness' Creator Jonathan Blow
The video game creator on the nature of science, language and design
Twilight of the Spielberg Image
Steven Spielberg's career wrestles with the power and meaning of image-making, and his sci-fi "Disclosure Day" makes this its very subject.
Greg Madisᯅn on Twitter / X
New follower? I’m Greg Madison. I’ve been pioneering tangible interfaces in XR for decades: making digital illusions part of the physical world, keeping us grounded in it.A thread on the ideas behind my work. 🧵Here’s an early exploration from 2009.https://t.co/6tNPYwHQsH pic.twitter.com/omqnFSSh4c— Greg Madisᯅn (@GregMadison) October 12, 2026
AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy
Artificial intelligence (AI)–synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable—and more trustworthy—than real faces.
