special effects Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder
trumpism Watch 1958's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" a sci-fi horror allegory for ideological fanaticism Mark Frauenfelder
books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro
Comics Ed Brubaker's crime comic masterpiece Criminal is getting a live-action adaptation Devin Nealy
happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn
HDSF What is an "inhuman"? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower
Comics Comic legend Alex Ross takes Marvel's first family into uncharted territory in "Fantastic Four: Full Circle" Devin Nealy
tabloids 100 reasons to love America (and several reasons to hate it) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan