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James continues his analysis of The Pitt with a deep dive into everyone's favorite mean, correct, cocky, pathetic lesbian: Trinity Santos www.thefandomentals.com/santos-is-th...

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It's not all about livestreams and podcasts! @ragepandapajamas.bsky.social reports in from a live performance of Murder By Moonlight, a monthly Blood On The Clocktower featuring local Austin comedians (with a surprisingly sophisticated lighting design). www.thefandomentals.com/austin-texas...

Get an early look at Jean Grey's return to Earth and the X-Men in a new preview of @jedmackay.bsky.social and @rogeantonio.bsky.social 's limited series hitting stores next month. www.thefandomentals.com/jean-grey-pr...

At NYCC, Marvel unveiled a whole slew of new Spider-Books from creators like Cody Ziglar and @alexsegura.com as well as an explosive crossover between Spider-Men. www.thefandomentals.com/spider-punk-...

The Master of Decompression meets the Master of Magnetism in a new series from Brian Michael Bendis. Magneto: End of Days hits shops in February www.thefandomentals.com/brian-michae...

The first actual play series from Stir The Plot Studios is set to stream every other Monday www.thefandomentals.com/stir-the-plo...

Russell Thorndike's swashbuckling scarecrow Dr. Syn is back in a new series coming in 2027 from @oni-press.bsky.social . www.thefandomentals.com/dr-syn-oni-p...

Remembering the time Kylie dug into the fact that Thanos has never been right. www.thefandomentals.com/thanos-infin...

Straight from the pages of The Avengers, @gwillow.me and @rachaelstott.bsky.social will take Captain Marvel to the skies once more in a new ongoing. www.thefandomentals.com/captain-marv...

Our latest @ragepandapajamas.bsky.social interview is a fascinating deep dive into all things Actual Play with @rahrah.bsky.social , editor and producer for shows like @theheartisadungeon.bsky.social, Tabletop Talespinners, and more! www.thefandomentals.com/the-heart-is...

You'd think with the last name of Spellman she'd be more careful...Get an early look at @corinnabechko.bsky.social 's Sabrina The Teenage Witch #2, out in November from @oni-press.bsky.social www.thefandomentals.com/sabrina-lear...

A new short film has TTRPG creators like @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social and our very good friend @vorpahlsword.bsky.social roll a six-foot tall, six-foot wide, 200-pound die down a hill in Calabasas. And it must be seen to believed. www.thefandomentals.com/the-big-roll...

Our reviewer @unstablebooks.bsky.social takes a look at Trad Wife by Sarah Langan, a novel exploring what happens when a picture perfect life begins to consume those living inside it, out TODAY from @atriabooks.bsky.social and @simonandschuster.bsky.social . www.thefandomentals.com/trad-wife/

This week, Dan gives a look (and listen) at The Darkness At The Brink Of Ohio, a solo journaling game from @bananachangames.bsky.social that creates a terrifying new way to approach tabletop horror. www.thefandomentals.com/darkness-at-...

An all-star group of creators pits Marvel Heroes from across the multiverse against each other in this November's Incursions series of one-shots. www.thefandomentals.com/marvel-incur...

Created in partnership with Orbital Blues publisher @soulmuppet.co.uk , Pennies, Parsecs, and Problems follows the R.A.T. Bastard crew as they dodge creditors, make friends, and get up to all sorts of "intergalactic hijinks." www.thefandomentals.com/bad-ideas-an...

Want to write about YOUR latest fandom obsession? Your tabletop theories? Your crack ships? Want to deep dive into things you can't fit into a Bluesky thread? Join us! www.thefandomentals.com/write-for-th...

Get a sneak peek at Yost and Daniel's Maximum X-Men, a new ongoing series set in the ashes of Avengers: Armageddon. www.thefandomentals.com/maximum-x-me...

Writer @georgenorthy.bsky.social and artist @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social turn Frankenstein's Monster into a gothic Sherlock Holmes in Prometheus Graft: The Slaying At Death's End, out this December from @oni-press.bsky.social www.thefandomentals.com/prometheus-g...

Bloody secrets from the lives of Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova are told in Marvel's next "Black, White, and Blood" miniseries, featuring new stories from @stephsmash.bsky.social , @gothamette.bsky.social , and @jeremywhitley.bsky.social ! www.thefandomentals.com/black-widow-...

Something of a Calling by Zoje Stage is such a heavyweight of a read, and also incredibly timely, despite its smaller size. Full review is live now @thefandomentals.bsky.social ! Thank you @blackstonepub.bsky.social for sending me a review copy 💜 www.thefandomentals.com/something-of...

The rather super @superdillin.bsky.social returns for a chat with @ragepandapajamas.bsky.social about The Last Train To Bremen, their musical improv one shot for @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social ! www.thefandomentals.com/dillin-apely...

Get a first look at the surreal new story from Shaky Kane and David Hine ahead of its release in January. @oni-press.bsky.social will also start collecting all the Bulletproof Coffin stories starting in 2028. www.thefandomentals.com/bulletproof-...

The series of one shots from @oni-press.bsky.social will begin in November with Charlie Adlard then follow in December with David Lapham. www.thefandomentals.com/ex-comics-ar...

Guest writer Daria digs into just what shows like Heated Rivalry and Off-Campus had that made them a phenomenon, and what the next big BookTok adaptation could be. www.thefandomentals.com/op-ed-bookto...

In the new mini from @hackintimseeley.bsky.social, Cable's disappearence puts Tabby Smith aka Boom-Boom aka Boomer aka Time Bomb aka Firecracker aka Meltdown aka Dr. Madame McSplode in the big chair for the first time ever. www.thefandomentals.com/fugitive-x-f...

ICYMI: Marvel gave us a first look at the chilling Midnight Universe as well as a peek at what comes next for Jonathan Hickman's Midnight X-Men, @benjaminpercy.bsky.social 's Midnight Fantastic Four, and @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social 's Midnight Spider-Man! www.thefandomentals.com/marvel-midni...

New interview featuring @ohheyitsgina.bsky.social! We talked a lot about intentionality of character creation for Actual Plays. www.thefandomentals.com/gina-susanna...

Our tabletop team @danarndtwrites.bsky.social and @ragepandapajamas.bsky.social got to chat with the lovely @felicia.day in a wide ranging chat about everything from The Guild to AI to the very origins of Critical Role. www.thefandomentals.com/felicia-day-...

The show will pit one player, @spunkytaylor.bsky.social as Winnie, against the GM, @helpactionneeded.bsky.social, in a surreal tale of loneliness, helplessness, and fear. www.thefandomentals.com/new-mothersh...

After 16 years of hopes, dreams, and delusions, Dark Sun is set to return to Dungeons & Dragons. Dan got a chance to find out how that happened in his latest interview. www.thefandomentals.com/greg-bilslan...

25 years after his landmark Wolverine: Origin series, @pauljenkins.bsky.social returns with a new exploration of a never before seen part of Logan's past. www.thefandomentals.com/wolverine-or...

Dan had another great chat with the mad men of @beadleandgrimms.com about Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall Platinum Edition, including a look at how they worked with D&D's highest level adventure yet. www.thefandomentals.com/beadle-and-g...

In the wake of DNX, Jean Grey will finally make her return to the X-Men as well as star in her own new limited series from @jedmackay.bsky.social and @rogeantonio.bsky.social. www.thefandomentals.com/jean-grey-so...