Futurama

We're living in pretty grim times these days, what with explosive volcanoes, massive oil spills and an impending Gundam uprising. But sometimes, there are still things in this world that are positively filled with win. This illustration from Gotta Be Carl combining the cast of Futurama with the various characters in the X-Men universe is one such victory...

Comedy Central's begun its countdown to all-new "Futurama" episodes and the initial results are wonderfully disturbing. Starting yesterday CC announced that it would be debuting new stills and other previews daily at its CCInsider blog until the show's June 24 premiere...

In an apparent attempt to alienate everyone ever, Fox is bringing back "Futurama" without its original voice talent after all. Comicvine confirms fans' worst fears with a link to Killerfilm's voice actor audition information. To be fair, there was plenty of warning ...

The original panel for "Futurama" was billed as an event where we would "join executive producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Maurice LaMarche for high-stakes thrills as a top-ranking FOX executive decides live, on stage, whether 'Futurama' will make yet another triumphant return or whether it is gone forever...

-- Comics are always enchanting to us, but Need Coffee has picked out the "Top 5 Comics That Get Magic Right." -- Replacing the original voices of "Futurama" would be blasphemy, and lots of other fans think so too. Sign the petition to keep the original cast of characters on the upcoming new season of "Futurama...

Matt Groening's space comedy "Futurama" has long been mourned as a show taken from us too soon, cancelled by Fox in 2003 largely for not being "The Simpsons." And though it rose again for reruns on Comedy Central's "Adult Swim" late night programming, we believed that it was only a wonderful zombie, lurching about with no hope of new life...

Simpsons Comics #138by Wein and Valenti$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor When a torrential rainstorm threatens to raise the level of Springfield River and destroy Springfield's crumbling levees, only one outspoken environmental advocate, only one eco-aware tree-hugging activist, only one global-warming truth–telling second grader can save the town from disaster...Li

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