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Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch, wrote Steve Gerber. But what lights up Man Thing? Marvel are going one more time to their

Alan Moore has been talking to Kurt Amacker about Before Watchmen, Watchmen, DC Comics and League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Now, Alan has said a lot of this before, sometimes to me, but not all in the same place, in such a concise fashion and so directed Here are a few snippets, to encourage you to[...]

Big mainstream names in serious action comics. But I understand that at Wondercon, IDW are to announce a major diversion from that And it's one that's surprising – but makes a whole lot of sense Sergio Aragones' Groo The Wanderer A parody of Conan and sword'n'sorcery stories that embody both slapstick and satire in short, multi-layered bite-sized[...]

A while ago, I had some fun with Avengers Vs X-Men covers, pretending to interpret all their macho posturing, gritted teeth and grappling as if it were

PunisherMAX has ended. The final issue of this series, telling far harsher and more real-world Punisher stories than the regularMarvel Universe title,

Vaughan signs Saga #1 at Midtown Comics Downtown in Manhattan on Thursday from 6pm… This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online One day I will rule Until that day, read on. They say I am a work in progress[...]

There's been a whole lotta Marvel going on over the course of comics history Rich put it succinctly for today's top topic: "Captain Marvel is a name claimed by many The DC character now known as Shazam! Captain-Marvell of the Kree Photon Marvel Boy It seems to go around And we know now that Marvel[...]

Their first YouTube ad for Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga went over well. But now it's time for Famous Funnies of West Melbourne, Florida to

Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury, this week satirising certain American state legislation for invasive "shaming" procedures that aren't medically necessary

In May, DC Comics are launching DC Nation Super Spectacular, based on the block of programming on the Cartoon Network on Saturday Mornings, promising three comic book stories and a bunch of behind the scenes features, 64 pages for $4.99 It's launched as a one shot, but no doubt if it's successful, there will be[...]

The game freezes and there are more than its share of bugs and bad attempts at combat, but what of the plot? Is it compelling enough to make us overlook the negative? What about the ties that it has to things OUTSIDE the videogame universe? Tom Waltz, writer of the past two Silent Hill comics at[...]

Is this another one of those Pride And Prejudice And Zombies stories? Sadly not, it's just some teething troubles in the brand spanking new DC website.

I think it's a very effective tool in the modern era of comics, in which a omniscient author's voice is frowned upon stylistically In this case it's a virtual letter… the letter Jurgens never writes down, but has composed in his head. I didn't realize it until after this issue was complete, but our story here[...]

This could be a way to sneak the character past the institutionalised sexism in superhero comics. Here's what Ms Marvel looks like right now…   Captain Marvel is a name claimed by many The DC character now known as Shazam! Captain-Marvell of the Kree Photon Marvel Boy It seems to go around And we know now that[...]

And Marvel announced a new dedication to comics created for digital devices, exploiting the medium's potential I sometimes think Jen Giraud was born too soon, he'd have loved digital possibilities I ran a video with Giraud sketching on a tablet – it was the first time he'd seen one and wanted to have a go[...]