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ABLAZE to Publish the 2026 Eisner Award-Nominated Horror Series The Lycan By Thomas Jane, Mike Carey, and Artist Diego Yapur: “ABLAZE will publish the Eisner Award-nominated horror series The Lycan, in print for the first time. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the news that The Lycan has been nominated for the 2026 Eisner Award for “Best Digital Comic.” With The Lycan, the first comic from Thomas Jane’s Production Label Renegade Entertainment, Jane has taken on a new role as creator and editor, assembling a remarkable group of talent to bring his vision to reality. The Lycan is based on a story by Jane and…

It’s June, and many cafes, bars, shops, restaurants, schools and other businesses, including therapy spaces, are awash with multicoloured flags and banners in overt displays of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) communities. Or so they claim. June is Pride month, and an important reminder, if one were needed, to acknowledge diversity and celebrate and welcome all members of our communities. But many corporations seem guilty of what has become known as “rainbow-washing” in June when, for the rest of the year, they’re ambivalent at best and un-LGBTQ-friendly at worst. I am a year-round LGBTQ+ and TNBGQ (transgender,…

Fight For Your Life is an obscure, late ’70s home invasion thriller with a VERY timely message   We’re always looking for the next cult hit Halloween movie — and Fight For Your Life might be it.It’s kind of a cyclical pattern. For a few years the du jour holiday movie was The Nightmare Before Christmas, then it was Hocus Pocus, then it was Trick ‘r Treat, etc. The horror-loving masses are always on the prowl for that next retroactive classic, that somewhat forgotten gem from the past that gains new life a couple of decades after the fact due to some…

As a psychodynamic therapist, I have spent much of my career studying and treating personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder. Yet in recent years, another topic has increasingly captured my attention: mood temperament. Much of the credit belongs to my friend and colleague, psychiatrist Nassir Ghaemi of Tufts University and Harvard Medical School. Through our many conversations about mood disorders, bipolar illness, and psychiatric diagnosis, he introduced me to a concept that receives surprisingly little attention in contemporary psychiatry and psychotherapy: hyperthymic temperament. Most mental health professionals are familiar with depression and mania. Far fewer are familiar with the idea…

The red band trailer for Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man dropped this week and the horror internet has not calmed down since. The premise is straightforward and deeply wrong. A mysterious ice cream man rolls into Bayleen Bay, a sun drenched seaside town that looks like it was designed by someone who wanted to make a suburb feel like a threat, and he starts serving his customers something with a little extra. What that extra ingredient does is turn children into killers. Enthusiastic, focused, committed killers. The adults of Bayleen Bay are not having a good summer. Ari Millen stars…

When a child is struggling emotionally, parents will do almost anything to help. They search online late into the night. They sit on waiting lists. They read books and articles. They attend appointments, rearrange work schedules, and worry constantly about whether they are doing enough. Yet many parents discover something unexpected once treatment begins. They find themselves on the sidelines. While professionals focus on assessing, diagnosing, and treating their child, parents are often left with little understanding of how they can contribute to recovery. This arrangement has become so normal that we rarely question it. Yet it raises an important…

There are many reasons to reboot a franchise. Frequently, it’s financial gain. Sometimes, it’s a resurgence of nostalgia. But with 2026’s Scary Movie, it’s personal.  The Wayans brothers were effectively booted from their own franchise after Scary Movie 2, citing pay disputes with nightmare producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Their baby, their comedic labors, were hijacked by monstrous suits who handed the reins to David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun, Baseketball). It’s been over two decades since Hollywood robbed the Wayans boys, but they’re back now, with a horror satire driven by spoofy Ghostface hijinks and barbed vengeance—cocked, locked, and ready…

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. I’m HBR Executive Editor Alison Beard. On this show, we share case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. We carefully curate this feed from across the HBR portfolio, aiming to help you unlock your next level of leadership. I hope you enjoy the episode. ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. We all know the stereotypes of leaders who use charisma, manipulation, domineering behavior, or their status in the hierarchy to…

It’s a true David vs. Goliath matchup: Victor Wembanyama vs. Jalen Brunson. This year’s NBA Finals is a rematch of the last time the Knicks made it to the championship series, way back at the conclusion of the 1998-99 season. In that Finals, the Spurs defeated the Knicks in five games. Now, New York gets a shot to get its lick back, nearly 30 years later. Regardless, whichever team wins this series will need huge performances from its star players. Let’s check out the odds for NBA Finals MVP as of June 4 at FanDuel Sportsbook. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports…

SKYBOUND GAMES TAKES ON PUBLISHING OF ZOMBIE SURVIVAL FPS SKER RITUAL: “Skybound Entertainment – the creator-first, multiplatform entertainment studio behind globally recognized franchises including Invincible™, The Walking Dead™, Impact Winter™ and Stillwater™ is now publishing Sker Ritual through Skybound Games, in partnership with 5th Planet Games. The zombie-survival first-person shooter from award-winning development studio Wales Interactive is the spiritual successor to the survival horror game Maid of Sker. Sker Ritual was first released in 2024 and has since gained a significant global audience and notable acclaim, most recently receiving multiple nominations for the 2026 MCV Awards to be held in London later this month. Under the new publishing agreement,…