Stephens

Last night, for an evening hosted by StrictlyVC, this editor sat down with Trae Stephens, a former government intelligence analyst turned early Palantir employee turned investor at Founders Fund, where Stephens has cofounded two companies. One of these is Anduril, the buzzy defense tech company that is now valued at $8.4 billion by its investors. The other is Sol, which makes a single-purpose, $350 headset that weighs about the same as a pair of sunglasses and that is focused squarely on reading, a bit like a…

Twenty years ago, Oni Press was the home of many fast-rising stars in the comics world ... now, one of them is back: Jay Stephens.Twenty years ago, Oni Press was the home of many fast-rising stars in the comics world … Kevin Smith, Mike Allred, Duncan Fegredo, Judd Winick, Greg Rucka, Cullen Bunn, Joelle Jones, and many others with formative titles. Now, one of them is back: Jay Stephens, the Eisner Award-winning Canadian cartoonist-animator behind animated series like The Secret Saturdays and Tutenstein, who produced…

Image via Disney Disney Plus has plenty of original series set to stun over the next few years, yet none perhaps are more anticipated than Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Based on the legendary fantasy-adventure novel of the same name, the story follows its title character Percy Jackson as he navigates the trials young adulthood — all while being the son of the Greek god Poseidon. Earlier this afternoon, new cast information was released that seemed to shake the literal heavens. Toby Stephens and Lance…

This image gives me hives.Photo: Richard Drew/Associated Press | Screenshot: New York TimesBret Stephens, the New York Times columnist with a long history of bad conservative takes—the same man who decided to quit Twitter after he threw a fit over being called a bedbug—says he’s changed. In an essay for the Times opinion section published Friday, Stephens claims that a visit to Greenland changed his mind on climate change, but the uniquely infuriating essay is still full of Stephens-style bullshit, horrible design choices…