At the heart of it is the Shimmer, a phenomenon, an influence, or just an alien entity that doesn't know it's experimenting all the time. To understand it the best, a meteorite-like thing crash-landed ...

But his allies unleashed vigilantes after a comic who called a politician a “traitor.” By Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi The joke was nothing too unusual for political comedy.

Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The makers of comic book heroes from Dennis the Menace to Judge Dredd are banding together to take on their biggest ...