Robotic insects! Catholic aliens! Soviet illustrations!

Captain America easter egg in Iron Man?

Jericho fans vs. Nielsen ratings.

Canada’s Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite will keep an eye out for meteors. It’s no Bruce Willis, but okay.

BAE Systems is making military insect, bug, and snake inspired robots. Here’s a promotional video of the little guys.

The Vatican gives aliens the OK.

So whatever happened to that Darth Vader with the trash bag cape guy who beat up on the Church of Jedi members?

In Hiroshima, August 7-26, the International Gundam Society will take a “socioeconomic view into the future” with Mobile Suit Gundam as its theme.

Now you can have Wikipedia (the Keeper of All Knowledge) right in your pocket.

Arthur C. Clarke reads 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Translation for the Cloverfield manga.

Wall-E making-of picture book.

Reynolds and Washburne in 2008!

Bob Kane’s personal copies of Batman #1-3. Even if you can’t afford the almost $70,000 price tag, their history makes for an interesting read.

Star Wars mixology.

Soviet black and white illustrations to Alexander Kazantsev books.