Colossal’s Favorite Books of 2021

Before we (eagerly) say goodbye to 2021, we’re taking a look back at the year, starting with the books we covered on Colossal. Throughout the past 12 months, we published dozens of articles centered on new artist monographs and tomes surveying broader topics that range from art and design to science and history. We’ve gathered our top 10 below, although you can browse nearly every title we mentioned on the site on Bookshop. Continue reading

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Was Almost a Kraven the Hunter Movie

At this point, we don’t know all the secrets Spider-Man: No Way Home has in store, but we know a good amount of them, which includes a mashing together of multiverses to bring back characters from both Sam Raimi‘s Spidey series (Willem Dafoe‘s Green Goblin, Alfred Molina‘s Doctor Octopus, Thomas Haden Church‘s Sandman) and the Amazing Spider-Man two-piece (Jamie Foxx’s Electro, Rhys Ifan‘s Lizard). And while there’s no official word on whether former Peters Parker Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield will appear, the unofficial consensus is, basically, come onnnnnn. The point being, that’s a whole lot of logistical deal-making for Marvel and Sony, and a ton of secret-keeping for No Way Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon. When Collider’s Steve Weintraub sat down with the trio to discuss the new MCU film, we learned that not only did they know about Marvel’s multiverse plans for “at least a couple years,” but it often looked like those massive plans wouldn’t pan out. During those shaky times, director Jon Watts had a pretty good backup plan for his third Spider-Man movie: Kraven the Hunter. Continue reading

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