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You might have seen the viral video of a finger painted photorealistic portrait of Morgan Freeman (12 million views in a few days). The artist’s name is

Courtesy of J Antonio Fraga, we can see that Titan Comics have acquired the English-language publishing rights to three graphic novel series originally published by Dargaud-Lombard. With a few familiar names too. World War X by Peter Snejbjerg and Jerry Frissen Re-Mind by Andrea Mutti and Alcante  And Under by Stefano Raffaele and Christophe Bec [...]

By Tommy Zimmer Legacy Comics of Windsor, Ontario in Canada has not changed from its original roots. As Tony Gray, co-owner and illustrator for both Legacy and now GlassMonkey Studios, said, they started receiving promotional and educational opportunities for pieces for different companies and the local college that produced current Detective Comics artist Jason Fabok. They were licensing[...]

And I wanted to start at the beginning, with a much younger version of Turok than you generally see in past comics. BC: You've got a Native American hero, dinosaurs and a whole new world to play with so what do you do with them? What are the driving themes and direction for the new series? GP:[...]

Timothy Carson writes: The unthinkable has happened – after nearly a month of worldwide domination, The Walking Dead has been dethroned. According to

  This is some of the missing artwork by Denys Cowan that was heading to the Milestones: African Americans in Comics, Pop Culture & Beyond exhibition at Geppi's Entertainment Museum in Baltimore by UPS. Only one page made it through The rest, either stolen or lost You can guess which Milestone's Michael Davis thinks it is. Here's[...]

I discovered Dan Goldman's Red Light Properties digitally through Monkeybrain Comics on ComiXology, and it was one of those moments where you realize, "This This is the sort of comic I want to read" For genre comics fans, it's a no brainer, but the series is such a mix of unusual elements that there's no[...]

As we hear Senior Editor Steve Wacker is heading to Marvel West, there are other staffing changes at the comics publisher Such as the promotion of Ellie Pyle from Assistant Editor to Associate Editor.. Well, @cracksh0t is no longer Junior Associate Editor Congrats, @ElliePyle! — Tom Brennan (@Brennanator) December 20, 2013 One other recent departure at Marvel was[...]

UPDATE: Cully Hamner called media bias on this little exchange being left out. We will rectify that immediately, Cully! Gay duck PORN is totally not what

These were some of the responses. Congratulations to @stephenwacker, one of the best editors in the business, on his new career move! — Gail Oakenpants (@GailSimone) December 19, 2013   Some of the best comics being published today are because of @StephenWacker — David Gallaher (@DavidGallaher) December 19, 2013   Each month, every month, @StephenWacker's edited @Marvel's most critically acclaimed[...]

Looks like Midtown Comics are showing their allegiances to the publisher staying in New York City, with their new delivery van. (UPDATE: No they're staying neutral! I'm told from a reader "the other side of the Midtown truck has Batman and Superman on it An image of Wonder Woman is on the back gate, and Archie,[...]

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode68.mp3] After last week's show featuring Mike Carey & Sean Phillips in conversation at Malta Comic Con 2013 (which you can listen to here) I'm pleased to bring you this very special interview with Pop Culture Hound's People of the Year … Chris Roberson & Allison Baker of Monkeybrain Comics. We talk about how they[...]

Last week, Madefire announced a partnership with Dark Horse comics to release a motion book of Hellboy in Hell with interactive features, and so right now the trend for Madefire is a big branching out into major publisher partnerships to extend the reach of digital reading experiences for mainstream properties. The motion book will "immerse readers[...]

By Alasdair Stuart: I really liked the first issue of Umbral. Antony Johnston, Christopher Mitten, John Rauch and Thomas Mauer’s new fantasy series is

The Joe Hill Effect maybe? Thanks @joe_hill! Your sharing about @TerryMoore's plea for more sales of #SaveRachelRising succeeded in moving more issues & trades today! — Arcadian Comics (@ArcadianComics) December 18, 2013 And it continued to spread. @TerryMoore's comic Rachel Rising needs support! Get to your shop and #SaveRachelRising No comic creator more deserving of your dough! — Cory Foster[...]