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Disney Writers Seeking Royalties Throw Their Support Behind Scarlett Johansson
Earlier this year, a group of people working with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and other writing guilds formed the “Disney Must Pay Task Force.” This was the result of a public disagreement between the studio and Star Wars and Alien tie-in novelist Alan Dean Foster over Disney holding back on royalty…
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The Umbrella Academy Card Game Is Punishing
The Umbrella Academy has already jumped from the comic book panel to the small screen, with season two of Netflix’s show now streaming. Now, it’s The Umbrella Academy Game thanks to Studio 71 Games. We had a chance to test out an early version of the card game and it’s off to a promising start, but…
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The Umbrella Academy’s Second Season Is Tackling 1960s Anti-Black Racism Head On
By centring a plot in which its main characters are transported into the past, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is joining the ranks of other sci-fi series where Black characters are forced to deal with the overt, public examples of anti-Black racism and violence that define both America’s history and its present.
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Gerard Way Is Bringing My Chemical Romance’s Post-Apocalyptic Outlaws Back for a New Comic
This year was meant to see the long-awaited reunion tour for novel coronavirus pandemic, which put a stop to MCR’s tour. But… at least we’re getting a new comic?