google Google admits Nest security product has a secret mic, insists it wasn't supposed to be a secret Cory Doctorow

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Technology Japanese users prefer dense, busy websites Ellsworth Toohey

Copy of Superman #1 nets $9.12m at auction Rob Beschizza

auctions Christopher Reeve's Superman costume is up for auction Gail Sherman

art Gallery Edition of Elfquest's Hidden Years Rob Beschizza

Famous Monsters magazine's disturbing fly portrait could be yours Ellsworth Toohey

books Elfquest creators donate $500k to Columbia University Comics Archive Rob Beschizza

Technology Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now Mark Frauenfelder

lifehacks 23 customer service hacks and tricks shared by Redditors Ellsworth Toohey

Games Micropolis: the original Sim City on the web Rob Beschizza

vladimir putin New Age conspiracy theorist praises Putin and Tucker Carlson's charge against the Satanic Cabal Jennifer Sandlin

kickstarter Sneak Peek at the new Dracula prequel comic from Grendel creator Matt Wagner and Batman artist Kelley Jones Thom Dunn

"Dig Where Your Stand", Swedish rallying cry for workers, translated into English for the first time Elías Villoro

happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

Comics Finds at Short Run, Seattle's comix and arts festival Bob Knetzger

Funny How to make comics the Chip Zdarsky way Thom Dunn

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder