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L'arroseur Arrosé is the first comedy film.  It is the first fictional story on film. Directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc

CapWatch: The Daily Mail bring us shots of the slightly bpodgy Captain America stuntman in costume, with shield, on an Indian Army motorbike. MoneyWatch:

His name is Terry Wiley. He is a small unassuming British man living in the Chicago area, with an engaging smile, unassaible wit and is cripplingly

The cover to IDW's new The Cape comic book for December, based on a short story by Locke & Key's Joe Hill, and the classic Dan Jurgens cover for

And yes, that is George Perez, artist of the cover, in the posed photo... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some

Wisconsin's Capitol Pride event this weekend had a headline act - and a headline-grabbing act too. Representative Tammy Baldwin dancing to the theme of

At Baltimore, CBR reported that Mark Waid commented on the publication of Boom's 2008 comic series High Rollers. Waid was asked what has been the biggest

It's just the best superhero comic on the stands at the moment isn't it? Achingly gorgeous, it's a natural companion to All Star Superman rather than the

It has a mighty reputation in the comics industry. A graphic novel created on whatever the creator, Ronald Russell Roach, had to hand telling a mighty

Mike McMahon's Judge Dredd has been admired by many - and copied by some. On the left, McMahon art from "Umpty Candy", 1979 and on the right, Ian

Or at least the worst looking one that's been featured in a major newspaper article? A&M Comics has had a big splash in the Miami New Times as one of

SoThat'sWhyTheyTargetedHTMLComicsWatch: All these publishers have partnered with OverDrive, a Cleveland, OH-based company that supplies eBooks,

The other day, the BBC ran a TV cut of the Doctor Who At The Proms 2010. The Proms are a series of popular classical musical concerts that run during the

Aaron and Mike from A Geek Easy/A Comic Shop bemoan the fact that they don't have the week's comics because of holidays - and wonder why that is. And why

Ahhhh, isn't he sweet? Who would have thought such a cherubish young face could grow up and turn into this? Not to mention turning into this? In other

Terrance Terich from Treblezine writes for Bleeding Cool; I'd imagine that if one made a Venn diagram of fans of independent music and comic book

Okay I'm not just trawling through eBay today. It's just that for some its one of the most perfect comic books ever made. To others they wonder how Paul

It's not in very good condition. But only the most humorless amongst you could not raise a smile at this cover of this sixties comic, an innuendo as funny

In an interview timed for the release of the trade paperback of his Spider-Man: Fever series, Brendan McCarthy seems to have a few plans. Some of which

Issue 1 of CLiNT featured a three-page story by Manuel Bracchi at the back, part of Mark Millar's talent search, intriguingly "presented" by BBC News

As comic book-to-movie translations go, Tamara Drewe just reeks of class. And at London's premiere last night, it reeked of grass aswell, the English

Shat! JossWatch: Whedon talks about the comic book Buffy. JOSS WHEDON: it’s also been a question of planning our footing in terms of what do people expect

Brian Bolland has had an interesting time of it, fighting the artist Erro, initially exposed by this website, as a high art swiper. Well, Brian, here's

According to un purge petit (that's poor French for a Little Bleeder), Terry Gilliam has announced at the Deauville Film Festival that he will be

In March next year, Abu Dhabi’s National Exhibition Centre will be the first in the region to hold its own comic convention, for an expected audience of

He auctioned the lead character of Kick-Ass, both leads in Nemesis and now its time the lead in the upcoming comic with Leinil Francis Yu, Superior. Mark

This was the week that CLiNT Magazine launched and found its natural home on the newsagent shelf - in between the railway mags and gay lifestyle

Or, the world of visual novels, part 4 The current buzzword in the media business is ‘Transmedia’. Producers, Hollywood studios, comics publishers are all

Guessing on sharp rises in the value of comic books is a mug's game. So lets all be mugs for a second. One recent trend in comics speculation is the

When Darren Aronofsky collaborated with Frank Miller to pitch a Batman Year One movie based on the Miller/Mazzucchelli mini-series, he quoted Taxi Driver