Jack Kirby’s Art for the Fake Movie Argo Goes Up for Auction

Jim Lee originally wanted them simply because they were unique examples of Kirby’s work, and it wasn’t until he heard about the then-upcoming film Argo and read WIRED’s story on the covert op that he realized exactly what he had.

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Netflix Not Cannibalizing Traditional TV Viewing

Despite persistent concerns that streaming services like Netflix are leading to cord-cutting, a new study shows that subscribers are still watching the same amount of TV as people in households without Netflix subscriptions.

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Animator Abe Levitow's Work Donated to Academy

Levitow worked primarily as a member of the Chuck Jones unit, contributing to many of Jones’ films in the late 1940s and early '50s, including the Academy Award-winning animated short For Scent-imental Reasons (1949). He was elevated to director on several Warner Bros. cartoons before moving to UPA in the late '50s, where he served as animation director on the studio’s first feature, 1001 Arabian Nights.

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25 Years Later, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Returns With a Prequel

“There is one Sandman story that I never got to tell… what happened just before [the first bound collection] Preludes and Nocturnes began,” said Gaiman at Comic-Con International last weekend.

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Google Unveils Chromecast Internet TV Device

The fancier devices unveiled Wednesday in San Francisco will go on sale in the U.S. next Tuesday in Google's online store and numerous retailers with brick-and-mortar stores.

Among other things, the souped-up line of Nexus tablets will boast a higher-definition 7-inch display screen and a processor that promises to be nearly as twice as fast. Dual stereo speakers have been added for richer sound, and the device's battery duration has been extended to 10 hours for Web browsing, an increase of about an hour.

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VFX Artist to DGA: 'We Desperately Need Your Help'

Rand said that he is trying to "give back" by submitting these observations, which will be posted on several websites and which he plans to discuss on a Thursday panel at CG conference Siggraph.

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The One Last Thread Holding Apple and Google Together

Throughout 2010 and into 2011, the two companies publicly sparred over whose smartphone technology was the most “open” and whose would ultimately make life easier for humankind.

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