Day January 1, 2017

Ben Affleck has been taking his sweet time on the Batman solo flick, tentatively titled The Batman, but a recent interview suggests he might be losing interest in directing it…or, even worse, making it at all. Read more… Source: io9

Tyrus Wong, the artist who created Bambi’s iconic landscapes and design, passed away on Friday at the age of 106. He leaves behind a legacy as one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists in history, but his own story is…

2017 is bound to usher in an assortment of changes to our society. Most of them will be bad—we’re sure to suffer—but some will be good. For example, last night a Los Angeles-based hero vandalized, or rather modernized, the city’s…

Arizona’s largest comic convention has closed the doors to volunteers—except for those who are willing to pay for the privilege. Read more… Source: io9

All photos courtesy Kevin J. Walter It was a project eight years in the making—well, technically nine now. One LEGO fan has built his own Star Trek Klingon Bird of Prey using about 25,000 blocks, based on a virtual blueprint…

In ruling that Chinese film The Autobots was an illegal copy of Disney and Pixar Animation’s Cars, a Shanghai court fined the movie’s producing and distributing companies $190,000 and ordered them to cease the copyright infringement. But even now, The…

A deeply discounted elliptical trainer, Beats with Apple’s new W1 chip, and a $40 DualShock 4 lead off the year’s best deals. Read more… Source: io9