Viper’s New Kids’ Imprint

Viper Comics is launching Blinko Books, a new kids’ imprint, in June. .  http://tinyurl.com/yd7asa9

John Carter Starts Production

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that shooting on John Carter of Mars has begun in London.  http://tinyurl.com/y9mkb69

'Avatar' Goes Five for Five

Dropping only 17.9% over the three-day weekend, Avatar became the first film since 1999 to top the chart for 5 weeks. http://tinyurl.com/ya862lu

CBR Review: Dark X-Men , issue 3

Cleanly drawn, clearly told, and it's not so much about the Dark X-Men as it is about Nate Grey and the Dark Avengers. http://tinyurl.com/yezkeml

Sparta USA #2 Cover - helping you through a long weekend

It’s Sunday, kids. Bet you weren’t expecting to see me here, right?
I’ve spent a good chunk of the weekend watching a bunch of teams I hate battle it out in the NFL playoffs. This season has been a bust for me (sorry, Minnesota, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Jets fans!) and toughing it out through these [...] http://tinyurl.com/ye7wl4v

Kick-Ass Lobby Poster ? And Does Millar Hint At Scorsese For Nemesis?

Over at Millarworld, Mark is giving it his usual schtick.
Okay, am pretty drunk. I downed many Guinnesses as my gang re-watched Spidey 2 tonight (a master-piece, btw) and am now weirdly wide awake. But have ... http://tinyurl.com/ycomqeb

Five Questions For A Sunday Night

There has been a lot of hinting going on…
1) Marvel are publishing The Fallen in April. Does this indicate a major culling of the Marvel Universe? They mention a funeral… but “Fallen” is a bit ... http://tinyurl.com/yj8z36n

Movie Gallery to Close Another 1000 Stores?

Beleaguered video chain Movie Gallery is evaluating whether or not to close another 1000 stores. http://tinyurl.com/ycsvfym

Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Yaoi Sunday!

Today I review two recent yaoi releases which both chart the rocky road two friends take on their way to becoming sexually and romantically involved.


Dog x Cat by Yoshimi Amasaki (published under DMP's 801 Media imprint) is a fairly cute and frothy series of chapters about two college friends figuring out the parameters of the [...] http://tinyurl.com/ybg6tlq

i love Troubletown!!

Lloyd Dangle is nothing less than a masterful cartoonist, and Troubletown is his masterpiece! Read his most recent newsletter and support his awesome work.

• Eleanor Davis and Katherine Guillen at have a show coming up at GR2 in L.A. The show opened last night and runs through February 10. Learn more here.

• Feast your eyes on Jeffrey Brown's bitchin' wraparound cover for the new volume of his Incredible Change-Bots franchise! Shipping to a comics shop near you in August. Until recently i've never seen a single episode of the classic original Transformers cartoon. But now that i have a five-year old son, i'm pretty much swimming in Transformers. I enjoyed the heck out of Change-Bots volume one, and now it's making even more sense!

Oh, and speaking of Jeffrey Brown, here is (in no particular order) developmental and finished art for the Jeffrey Brown documentary, Drawing Between The Lines. (Directed by Bruce Parsons, and art-directed/designed/screenprinted by Austin Petito.)

• The comics team of writer Jeff Guarino and artist Dean Westerfield have a new website up. Check out their stuff! [This page is from their epic-length graphic novel, The Word.]

• And our awesome Top Shelf Submissions Editor Claire Siepser also has a new website!!

• Tom Spurgeon at the Comics Reporter interviews Ted Adams from iDW on The Sunday Interview. I really really like Ted and Robbie, and they put out some amazing work. Great to see Ted getting some well-deserved props.

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COMMITTED: Byrne's Superman

COMICS SHOULD BE GOOD's newest contributor, Sonia Harris, debuted her new column COMMITTED this week, taking a nostalgic look at writer/artist John Byrne's reinvention of DC Comics' Superman back in the mid-eighties. http://tinyurl.com/y8erjub

Uplift The Positivicals UPDATE 01/17/2010

Tim Hall updated Uplift The Positivicals. http://tinyurl.com/yjhjw9d

Advance Ultimate Comics Solicitations, April 2010

Marvel has released solicitation information for Ultimate Comics shipping in April 2010, including "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #9, "Ultimate X" #2 and "Ultimate Comics Avengers 2" #1 by Millar and Yu. http://tinyurl.com/yeypjb7

Every week ROBOT 6 showcases a different fan's comic-filled shelves

Every week ROBOT 6 showcases a different fan's comic-filled shelves. This week Dan Bru shares pictures from his "man-cave," featuring graphic novels, action figures, robots and a "decopaged mural" of comics. http://tinyurl.com/ycguhdl

BOOM! Studios Titles On Sale January 20, 2010

BOOM! Studios has provided CBR with advance looks at new comics on sale January 20, including "Farscape" #3, "Incorruptible" #2, "Muppet Peter Pan" #4, "Nola" #3, and "Uncle Scrooge" 387! http://tinyurl.com/yalfl9y

Dynamite Titles On Sale January 20, 2010

Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment, CBR brings you previews of "Project Superpowers: Chapter 2" #6 and Garth Ennis's "Battlefields: Happy Valley" #2, both on sale this week. http://tinyurl.com/ydaesqz

Exclusive Zenescope 3-View: MERC, PINOCCHIO, STINGERS

Take a look at Merc #1, Pinocchio Collection, & Stingers #4, all shipping Jan 20, 2010 from Zenescope Entertainment http://tinyurl.com/ylgzqza

Doctor Who ? The Readers? Turn

Some of you share my love of Doctor Who. Some of you don’t. Some just like certain aspects. Some wonder if I write too much about the show on BleedingCool.com
For those, I hope you’ll spare ... http://tinyurl.com/ya9plqz

Weird Bit in the What If...? One-Shots

After reading the various What If...? one-shots from Marvel I was a bit puzzled.
Having jokes in the back of What If...? issues is a time-honored tradition. I'm totally down with that (heck, John Rozum practically made his comics debut at Marvel doing those little back of the book gags).
But making multiple pages of jokes all [...] http://tinyurl.com/ybqvvzo

Fear and Loathing in a Comic Store: The Incentive War (Blog@Newsarama)

Dear DC, I can imagine Marvel’s “Blackest Night for The Siege variant cover exchange” press release didn’t sit too well with you folks at 1700 Broadway. All the same, I bet you’ve probably thought it over, sent out a few interoffice emails, and maybe called a meeting or two to discuss how you would respond to [...] http://tinyurl.com/yax65wo

Marvel X-Men 3-View: WEAPON X, UNCANNY, DEAPOOL: MERC

Take a look at Wolverine Weapon X #9, Uncanny X-Men 520, & Deadpool: Merc w/ a Mouth #7, all shipping Jan 20, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/yzmapr7

2000AD, The USA, Diamond And Bill Schanes

Recently at the Comics Reporter website, Grant Goggans talked about recent issues that he believes have caused problems with the distriubution of the British weekly sci-fi comic 2000AD in American comic stores.
There’d be a six-week ... http://tinyurl.com/y9bsasn

S.W.O.R.D. Cancelled, Campaign Starts?

The Astonishing X-Men spinoff book S.W.O.R.D. by Kieron Gillen and Steven Sanders has been cancelled from #5 by Marvel. Sorry, folks, I’ve been enjoying it too.
But as we know in this game, and cancellation isn’t ... http://tinyurl.com/yzjhhmg

Sunday Runaround ? Bissette To Banerjee To Ballet To Batman

BissetteWatch: Why not read Steve Bissette’s new webcomic King Of Monster Isle? The first five pages are up, so here are the first two…

BalletWatch: Apparently The Time Traveller’s Wife’s Audrey Niffeneger has been approached about ... http://tinyurl.com/y9gtmhg

A Year of Cool Comics - Day 16

Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today [...] http://tinyurl.com/yemsnwm