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  From the 1954 Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, concentrating on the effects of comic books on children, especially horror and crime

Ryan Lindsay and Eric Zawadzki's early page for Headspace #1 from 2014. Brian Wood and David Gianfelice's opening page for Northlanders #1 from 2007.

This is a Prometheus poster, licenced published by Mondo by artist Marko Manev. Or at least it was. Until some folk pointed out its similarity to Tim

Appearing in this week's Original Sin #2... Exterminatrix. And appearing from IDW some years ago, courtesy of Gene Simmons...   But from Marvel Boy

This is a photo of actress and martial artist Gina Carano taken by sports photographer Tom Casino that appeared in the US edition of Maxim. And below that

Jeff Koons has created a six-and-a-half foot, two thousand pound, stainless steel statue of Popeye, auctioned for $28,200,000 by Sothebys to casino owner

This is Dustin Nguyen's Catwoman on a motorcycle. Which has been defined further for a statue. And has given us this. But does the final version trigger

This article used to host a swipe file showing two images, one by Tom Bryski, exhibiting at Wondercon, and another by Josh Ellingson created in 2008, that

One Soul is a graphic novel from Ray Fawkes published by Oni Press, It's really, really good. And it has the unique narrative trick of giving eighteen

All credit to SeqArt for putting this together, with a little help from Alan Moore... ‘the origin of capes and masks as ubiquitous superhero accessories

This is the artwork for the upcoming British Library exhibition Comics Unmasked, by Jamie Hewlett. But did anyone get this kind of vibe? I do hope The

Sex Criminals is the smash hit sex comedy from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, published by Image Comics. In which a couple meet, who both have the power

Accomplished cartoonist J Bone (currently seen drawing Saviors from Image) is currently fighting a certain Uncle Deadward (or Edward Wihnan) over what

  These are the variant covers to the upcoming Original Sin Marvel event series running through the summer.   #1 by Steve McNiven, #2 by Agustin Alessio,

It's not often that a Swipe File makes a comic book in and of itself. But if you combine this T-shirt design from Threadless... With this Strange Tales

This is how the world ends, with the final page of Forever Evil #5. And this is that bit from Christmas' Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor. In Swipe File

This is the poster that has been making the news in Nottinghamshire, deemed rather offensive in its "bags a slag, grab a hag" promise for an "alternative"

Marat Mychaels is working on a new issue of his comic, Blindside. Working on Blindside #2 pic.twitter.com/QZJJaVJ4 — Marat_Mychaels (@MaratMychaels)

The vatican Twitter account shows grafitti featuring Pope Francisco in an iconographic superhero pose, holding a briefcase with the word "Valores"

Here are a couple of screengrabs from the inexplicably popular Bingo Bash app from BitRymes Inc. And Supergirl by Michael Turner. Yes, she doesn't need

A classic opening Silver Surfer splash by John Buscema, courtesy of Mile High Comics. And Burne Hogarth's Tarzan, soon to be re-released. In Swipe File we

From Papercutz artist Rick Parker (also former Marvel letterer and artist on Marvel's Beavis and Butt-head), we have Weird Zombie-Fantasy... And from

This week saw the publication of X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters from IDW which saw the Lone Gunmen of the X-Files franchise investigating the mystery

The Phantom Zone variant cover of Twilight Zone #1... Cover to the Kickstartered EC Comics tribute comic, Haunting Tales Of Horrorbles. In Swipe File we

Crossed Badlands... ...and Axe Chick, internet meme. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be

  Uncanny Avengers by John Cassaday... And Judge Dredd: The Child's Quest by Mike McMahon. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble

Avengers World #1 is expected to be a somewhat political comic book, following the events of Infinity and the Avengers titles in creating an Avengers for

This is Justin M Damiano by Dan Clowes. Read the whole thing here. This is a teaser to HowardCantour.com by Shia LaBeouf. http://vimeo.com/44601849 From

From Marko Manev's series of iconic superhero posters from February this year. And from the March solicitations for Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer, by Dan

Above, Francesco Francavilla's illustration for Bee Vixens From Mars, part of Alex De Campi's Grindhouse comic book from Dark Horse... and below, the