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How Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic Comic Will Show New Sides of the Jedi
Lucasfilm’s bold new transmedia initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic, promises to give us a look back into the galaxy, far, far away at the peak of the Jedi Order’s luminescence. Champions of an expansionist Republic, masters of the Force, they are a vision for the galaxy. But how heavy does that image hang on…
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My Hero Academia’s Biggest Rivals Look Back on Heroes Rising’s Wild Journey
You might be forgiven for thinking that we last saw the heroes of UA’s legendary Class 1-A on the big screen a few years ago at this point. But no: it just feels like it. The release of Funimation’s My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising was one of the last Normal Things to happen before 2020…
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The Indie Team Behind Beast Heart! Strikers Tells Us About Bringing the Tokusatsu Spirit to Comics
Tokusatsu is, by its very nature, a practical medium. It’s people in Spandex and rubbery monster suits, it’s special effects, it’s models of cities being blown the hell up by Kaiju. But despite being a genre ripe with superheroic figures — from Super Sentai teams, to Kamen Riders, to Ultraman — it’s never really been…
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Creators of Combat Wheelchair Miniatures on the Challenges of Pushing RPGs to a More Inclusive Future
There’s a popular saying in the cosplay community: “Cosplay is for everyone.” This expands to nerd culture as a whole, but sometimes fandoms need a boost. This is where designer Sara Thompson’s The Combat Wheelchair Dungeons & Dragons mod comes into play. Gizmodo has an exclusive look at two miniatures created in tribute to her…