All the Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering News Conjured Up Today

Inset of Evyn Fong’s Chapter 2 art from the Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen sourcebook.Image: Wizards of the CoastWizards of the Coast staged a live, post-San Diego Comic-Con level panel for fans earlier today, and it didn’t skimp on the announcements. A ton of new announcements, releases, and surprises concerning Dungeons & Dragons and...

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I Hate Fairyland Is Back and Looks Fully Bananas

Gert is not messing around in I Hate Fairyland #1.Image: Image ComicsThe long wait for Gert’s return is almost over. This November, Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland is back after four years away—and, from the looks of these covers and pages exclusive to io9, it’s as energetic, violent, and funny as ever.“If you liked the first 20 issues of I Hate Fairyland,...

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House of the Dragon's Cast and Crew on HBO's Return to Westeros

Screenshot: HBO MaxThere will be more fire (yay, dragons!) and blood (those family feuds) when Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon arrives to dig into the history of House Targaryen. Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood, the HBO Original drama will expand on Westeros’ past and the battle for the Iron Throne 200 years before the events...

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She-Hulk Deals With Some MCU Taboos

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The Exhaustive History of Every George R.R. Martin Winds of Winter Update

George R.R. Martin with an Emmy, a thing he has, and a copy of The Winds of Winter, a thing he does not.Photo: Rich Polk (Getty Images)It’s been over a decade since the last book in the A Song of Ice and Fire saga, Dance of Dragons, hit shelves. Game of Thrones has started and ended. House of the Dragon, the first of multiple planned spinoffs, is about...

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No, She-Hulk Wasn't Lying About Captain America's Sex Life

Captain America does what?Screenshot: Disney+Yes, what you heard in the credits scene of She-Hulk is true. And it came from the mind of Kevin Feige.The first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law quickly establishes itself as something new and different in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among the innovations are the fact it deals with or at least discusses...

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10 Important Life Lessons From Rick and Morty Season 5

Screenshot: Adult SwimRick and Morty season six is nearly here—so now feels like the perfect time to look back on season five and recall the most important life lessons conveyed by the Adult Swim hit’s previous installment, be they raunchy, sly, clever, thoughtful, or plainly obvious... sometimes all at the same time.Avoid the OceanScreenshot: Adult...

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She-Hulk Is Here With an MCU-Heavy Origin Story

Bruce Banner plays a big role on She-Hulk.Image: Marvel StudiosThree years ago this week, Marvel announced that it was making a series based on the popular character She-Hulk. The wait has been long, but now that show is finally here. Episode one of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is finally on Disney+; it introduces Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), a...

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Lord of the Rings' Rights Just Got Even More Chaotic

Us, trying to figure this all out.Image: Warner Bros.The world of Middle-earth and its adaptive iterations has had a long history of strange and peculiar owners, even before Peter Jackson’s iconic movie trilogies came along and made that even more complicated. Now, a huge sea-change in the rights to Tolkien’s work has made things even more complex......

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Infinity Train and More Are the Latest Victims of the HBO Bloodbath

Screenshot: Warner Bros. DiscoveryAnother day, another round of the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery boss finding some way to make HBO Max subscribers unhappy. This time, beloved animated series Infinity Train, OK K.O.!—Let’s Be Heroes, Summer Camp Island, and much more.Variety says the cuts—which include several Sesame Street Elmo specials, for...

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