happy mutants What living in a dictatorship feels like, and why it may be too late by the time you notice it Cory Doctorow

gadgets Doughnut-dunking machines: 1956 inventor's gadgets Ellsworth Toohey

Games Did you know there was a bad Double Dragon comic book? Rob Beschizza

photography Remember when digital cameras stored photos on floppy disks? Jason Weisberger

travel "Weird Al" Yankovic among the celebrities joining the Muppets on Disney World's upcoming Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ride Ruben Bolling

Comics Legendary comics artist Klaus Janson's first US gallery exhibition Gareth Branwyn

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

History How comic publishers tricked the trademark office with garbage comics Ellsworth Toohey

websites Well-made apps and sites Rob Beschizza

Games New Mario movie gives Yoshi an Avengers-esque dramatic reveal for some reason Grant St. Clair

books Denis Kitchen: Alternative comics' unsung hero Ruben Bolling

music Watch this marionette drummer rock out to Rush Jennifer Sandlin

france I didn't know I needed quite this much ironic French retrofuturism Rob Beschizza

travel Lake Clifton in Western Australia is home to living fossils called thrombolites Popkin

books A humorous survival guide for the Marvel Universe Ruben Bolling

music This artist builds musical robots from trash that "make dirt sing" Jennifer Sandlin

SAG-AFTRA slams AI "actor" Tilly Norwood as synthetic and soulless Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Original Marvel publisher Martin Goodman: Clueless suit, or progressive promoter of popular arts? Ruben Bolling

Funny Please do not whoop at the gibbons, nature's comedic geniuses Jennifer Sandlin

In new book, math professor reveals hidden math in Shakespeare, Radiohead, and Pixar Ellsworth Toohey