Thomas Edison Archives

Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology.  On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Shannon) who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Hoult), have a superior idea for how[...]

The Rough Riders split up to take their various paths to solve the problem of the rising undead army while Harry Houdini enters the realm of the dead to investigate. Is it a good read?

Roosevelt and Houdini meet up with Lovecraft, and the rest of the Rough Riders find themselves under attack from supernatural forces. Is it a good read?

This comic brings a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-esque tale of Teddy Roosevelt and a band of turn-of-the-century heroes like Thomas Edison, Annie Oakley, and Harry Houdini fighting supernatural threats on behalf of the free world. This is one that Eliot could get his hands, so we could have a back and forth about this comic[...]

The only reference that confused me personally is something about Thomas Edison knowing what Annie Oakley "really is." Rough Riders: Ride or Die #1 art by Patrick Olliffe and Gabe Eltaeb The art is quite good too Patrick Olliffe brings a similarly utilitarian approach to the framing and scenes The characters are shown well, detailed, and are[...]

  The first image from Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's upcoming film The Current War was released this weekend, showing off Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison I'd say the make-up crew almost nailed the look The movie will focus on the rivalry between Edison and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) in the late 1880's, as both try to come up with[...]