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Tuesday Trending Topics: Non-Reboot Edition (Or: The Week Is Just Getting Started)

Published Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:59:17 -0500

Last updated Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:12:37 -0500

It was actually a pretty eventful day even before Rich set this fateful news chain reaction into motion here about 14 hours ago. And there are Things Happening in Marvel's Fear Itself. And X-Men: First Class opens in the US on Friday. What could possibly happen next?

Most-Read Comic Stories Not Involving DC Reboot Today:

Flashpoint Vs Fear Itself Tomorrow

Both Marvel and DC bring out the heavy guns

Chicago's Comic Vault Stores To Close

With a heavy heart I must announce that due to a personal family matter the Comic Vault is closing and this is the last week of new books. I appreciate everyone's support of the past 5 years and apologize to the people that have just signed up for membership at our downtown store.

Comic Book Ink, Washington, In Danger Of Closing

Through no one's fault but an economy that is being slow to recover, we are on the verge of closing our doors by as soon as this August…if not possibly sooner.

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

Unlikely Big Spoiler Casting For Doctor Who Finale On IMDB

Well, right now, IMDB has a listing for the final episode of Doctor Who this year.

Interview: Jane Goldman, Co-Writer Of X-Men: First Class

Jane Goldman has co-written, with Matthew Vaughn, the screenplays for his films Stardust, Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class, as well as The Debt, an upcoming film that Vaughn passed over to director John Madden. We got to sit down for a good long chat about First Class, as well as a little about some other, upcoming projects. Here are Five Things that Jane told me:

First Image Of Merida From Pixar's Brave

Here she is, in all her glory – the heroine of Pixar's first female-led narrative, the Scotland-set folktale, Brave. This is the Princess Merida, as voiced by Kelly MacDonald.

Most-Clicked Pics Today:

Trending Topics on #comicmarket Tuesday

#comicmarket is an ongoing but mostly tuesday twitter hashtag for comic retailers, pros, and interested fans. Below are just a handful of highlights. Of course, it was largely about DC Reboot today but the conversation is too wide-ranging to summarize here. So follow all the talk on that and other inside-baseball scuttlebutt right here.

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/taqholic/statuses/75793362187325440"]

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/Kanalz/statuses/75769015301181441"]

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/Samuraigodzilla/statuses/75759309564280833"]

[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/616Earth/statuses/75736773644394496"]

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