We io9 editors were just debating this point — about whether this article is misogynist or not. I was really fascinated by the fact that the article revealed how a single, small change to a person's eyes could make them basically unrecognizable. So I thought of this as a story about the science of facial recognition…

Holy shit that looks cool!!!!

Tried using the Allen key. Didn't work.

From now on, every time those two go out to find and interrogate the usual suspects, they should play the theme music to "The Odd Couple."

I haven't scrolled through all the replies yet, but I had never seen anything quite like this when it came out in '88 - I was a junior in college and saw it at our local art film theater and it was hypnotizing:

I laughed out loud.

Batman: The Animated Series

Best line in the ep goes to Det. Bullock: "What's altruism?!"

Besides graphic novels (top to bottom: Moonshadow, Locke & Key, Stray Toasters, M), most of the short stories I read are weird fiction or horror, so that's where most of my "holy crap" moments come in—not so much with science fiction and fantasy (in traditional written short story form, anyway).

Watchman, the comic book that some people believe ushered in the Dark Age of Comics. It takes the basic concept of superheroes and tries to see how they would influence the real wold and the consequences. It talks about the threat of nuclear war throughout the clock motif, ever closer approaching midnight. It's one of…

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World opened my eyes to what storytelling could be. It didn't have to be rational, realistic, or "serious." It could be insane, and glory in its insanity. It's inspired my writing in so many ways.

Sandman

Bought this when it first came out. I knew it was the greatest Joker story I'd ever read, but at the time, it was just a one-off, possibly not even set in the canon DC universe. Little did we know the impact it would have, leading to the creation of Oracle and defining how the Joker and Batman see each other. It…

Only the original worked.