What new issues are on the stands tomorrow? There's a standalone issue of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke and Key ("Grindhouse"). DC Comics releases new takes on the charactersPhantom Lady and Looker. Mike Mignola and John Arcudi tag-team the script of BPRD: Hell On Earth - Return Of The Master, and Mark Waid pens the Avengers series Steed and Mrs. Peel.
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Sgt. Rock and Easy Company are saluting comic book legend Joe Kubert, who passed away today at the age of 85.
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DC Comics has been publishing titles on the iPad for a while now, both inthe official DC Comics app and in the Comixology app (which, as you may know, actually produces the official app anyway). But DC is now finally turning to iBooks to sell comics as well, with an iBooks version of the Batman: Earth One story that passed through the official Batman lines recently. This is DC's first title on the iBookstore, and it joins a slew of Marvel titles, as well as quite a few independent titles already selling comics in this way.
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Summertime is pretty much the perfect time to indulge in reading your favorite genre or category of books. One popular these days is comic books, which make perfect sense to enjoy during your free days this summer as they are fun, addicting (for which you’ll have the time now!) and plentiful. In case you wanted any, we have plenty of recommendations for fantastic comics, including Saikat’s list of impressive HTML5 comics and comic blogs, as well as Angela’s roundup of worthwhile web comics. via make use of
Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, is being reintroduced into DC Comics in a big way: as the main superhero of the parallel-world Earth 2, and as a gay man. via usa today
Marvel Comics has a new character with a unique inspiration—a little boy. Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith was born without a right ear and only partial hearing in his left. He needs the help of a hearing aid. But one morning he woke up and told his mom he didn't want to wear it anymore. Why? Because superheroes don't wear hearing aids, he declared. via gizmodo
Comics are an often under-appreciated form of fiction. Some of the graphic novels I’ve read rank right up there with my favorite fantasy books. But this article is not meant to recruit new comic book lovers. Rather it’s to cater to my fellow enthusiasts.
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We may have mentioned a few times how comic books have mastered the art of finding new and creative ways of making sex bizarrely unappealing, even to people who read comic books. Here are some instances of superhero stories aspiring for romance but failing horrifically, like Cupid aiming his bow at a young couple but missing and hitting a choleraic orphan in the face. via cracked
The first issue of Marvel's new Infinite Comics format comes out on the iPad tomorrow. It's a technological step forward—it allows artists to pace the storytelling by shifting focus within a single drawing, or staggering the appearance of text bubbles in dialogue. Yet, as Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada told Gizmodo, the new format retains what makes a comic a comic. via gizmodo
Hellboy's been in a rough patch lately. It was only in last year's miniseries The Fury that one of Big Red's supernatural nemeses tore out his heart and killed him. Now that Hellboy's dead, his final destination should be pretty obvious. via io9
If you're disturbed by the empty stare of puppets, that's normal. Ventriloquist dummies have had more murderer fingers inside them than JonBenet Ramsey. The most well-known dummy of all time is Charlie McCarthy, a fancy corpse-faced block of wood that starred in several films and TV shows with its puppet master, Edgar Bergen.via cracked
Marvel announced today that every one of its $4 superhero comics is now going to come with a code to download the digital version to the Marvel app, which is available on every major platform. via gizmodo
Recently I had the opportunity to go to Megacon 2012. I was super excited to see that DC Comics was going to be there and made a point to sniff them out.
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A 345-piece comic book collection discovered when Michael Rorrer was cleaning the house of his recently deceased aunt was discovered to contain 44 of the top 100 golden-age comics including Action Comics #1 (Superman's first appearance), Detective Comics #27 (Batman's first appearance) and Captain America #2 (Captain America's, get this -- SECOND appearance) via geekologie
This week, io9 is hosting a week of posts about the science of sex, starting off with a post that focuses more on the sexy stuff than the science. We've rounded up eight of the steamiest and raunchiest webcomics this side of a paywall. Enjoy them when you have a little time to yourself.
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This much is certain: Gary Friedrich created the Marvel comics character Ghost Rider. Freidrich sued Marvel (and its new owners, Disney) because he claims that he never signed away the rights to his character, and thus the feature film based on the comic was illegal. Freidrich also apparently launched his own, rival line of authorized Ghost Rider merchandise.
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New identity designed to showcase DC Entertainment's rich portfolio of brands, stories and characters across all media platforms.
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In the midst of preparing our review of the recent Superman game for posting this week, we couldn't help but think of the myriad other comic-based superhero games available on the App Store. They're not all as spectacular as the characters they're based on, unfortunately, but there are a few stellar picks in the bunch, plus many of the top heroes are represented in largely inexpensive experiences. Looking for a new way to interact with your favorite comic characters?
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Because besides Geek Love and Kevin Smith's upcoming Comic Book Men show, the Travel Channel is airing Toy Hunters this Sunday at 11pm. I've seen the pilot episode (which is all there'll be if people don't watch on Sunday), and it's part Pawn Stars and part Storage Wars, as collectible store owner Jordan Hembrough (that's him on the right) goes around looking for cool and/or classic merchandise to buy off people and then sell at New York Comic Con.
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