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Fox News Slams DC Comics Over Sex And Violence
"Graphic violence and sex, that's what you'll find in the pages of DC Comics today." That's how the Fox 5 News in Washington DC report began, taking on Catwoman, Red Hood and Detective Comics But see if you can find the disconnect here. "Today's superheroes would make Archie and Veronica blush" – Sherry Ly, Fox reporter. "They more[...]
Thursday Runaround – Kickstarter, Hipster, Barista, Lego
More on this later today. FranceWatch: Taiwan heads to the world's largest comic convention, Angouleme, as a featured comic creating nation. A delegation of 20 Taiwanese cartoonists will depart next week for the 2012 Festival International de la Bande Dessinee d'Angouleme in France, where Taiwan comics will be a featured attraction, according to the Government Information Office[...]
Wednesday Trending Topics: A Whole New World To Fight In
The Storm and Namor dialogue is possibly the very best in superhero comics right now And we have a new Savage Land, an area of the country isolated and taken forward in evolutionary time to create a whole new world to fight in. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: How Sherlock Did It  There are spoilers here, for the final[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks
Out next week, at comic shops supplied by Diamond Comic Distributors… followed by a preliminary list of what's out from Premier publishers in two weeks! Dark Horse ANGEL & FAITH #6 AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA #5 CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED TP VOL 03 CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 12 CREEPY COMICS[...]
Roger Langridge Writes New Popeye, Takes On Superman
With a first issue cover doing its best impersonation of Action Comics #1, starting from April with a new series from IDW written by Roger Langridge, and drawn by Bruce Ozella. Langridge's skill with The Muppets was to make the stories as good as you remember them – not as good as they were, the originals[...]
More Dynamite In April
And now for a look at some Dynamite comics coming out in April Bionic Goat and Navy Of Darkness will be along any day now. Actually I quite like the sound of both of them. UPDATE: Aside from Bionic Woman, there are no other Bionic titles planned by Dynamite Or, indeed, any Navy Of Darkness[...]
4Chan Liefeldizes The New 52
Thanks to the good folk at 4Chan/co who decided, on a whim, that Rob Liefeld should work on more books at the New 52. And considered what they might look
Uncanny X-Men #5 Gives Plaintive Foreshadowing Of Avengers Vs X-Men
The Storm and Namor dialogue is possibly the very best in superhero comics right now And we have a new Savage Land, an area of the country isolated and taken forward in evolutionary time to create a whole new world to fight in. But there's one scene… You see, as comic readers, we know what's coming[...]
Fox News Calls Catwoman "Fictionalised Playboy"
Washington DC TV Station Fox 5 is running a news report tonight that focusses on the evil that comics do They've been running the report below since the weekend, and it looks to be typical Fox fare. With one expert calling comics "fictionalised Playboy", the trailer for this Fox 5 report on how modern day comics[...]
A Comic Show – Owls Vs Bats
Aaron from A Comic Shop, Orlando on his own this week talking through today's comics –  Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Corps, X-Force, Morning Glories, Caligula, all out today… how William Christensen of Avatar models his publisher role on Caligula, and why Jim Lee is pro life Only Aaron can do this… only Aaron. Top Books BATMAN[...]