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Last year at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Graphic season, he put on a performance called 9 Lives, consisting of nine short films to which he and a small orchestra would perform the words and music And each was stylistically so different, a combination of animation and live action and a Dave-McKeany-somewhere-in-betweeny. It[...]

Well last night we dove into the stellar artwork of J.H. Williams III ( Sandman: Overture, Promethea, Bat Woman) for the new Blondie album, Ghosts of

Running since 2004, each week the show focuses on a different subgenre, band, movement, country or theme in metal, punk or heavy rock. This week they focus on the connection between Heavy Metal and Comic Books. Heavy metal is often considered the comic book of the music world by ill-informed clods, reveling in common themes like violent[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdCyXeJf844 We knew this was coming. And here it is. WordBurgler's hip hop tribute to GI Joe. Cobra propaganda. Because

In the eighties, DC Comics published a Batman comic called The Killing Joke. By Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. You may have heard of it. Controversial,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Q9KRvYjyk Thank you Patrick. And thank you Kieron!

Here's the original Daily Mail article, here's the Guardian article and here's the music response as filmed many a time And yes, nudity is involved It's partially, but not entirely, the point. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8qkJSQJ8M[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgNfzD76qGM[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPDWEjjN3Q[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L1sOeYjOVw[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d_Fa8PAn3g[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAcI2b21eXM[/youtube] So far, as predicted by Amanda Palmer, the Daily Mail has not yet responded in any form. [...]

San Diego Comic Con Cosplayers, with just the right amount of slo-mo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-I3h15VgyE Can you see yourself? Let me know if

Kirby Krackle, the self-proclaimed nerd-rockers and leaders of the geek-driven musical inspiration movement have just released their fourth studio album Physical copies are available as well as downloads from Itunes and Bandcamp.   The band started by former Image PR director and founder of the Emerald City Con, Jim Demonakos and singer/songwriter Kyle Stevens have built a[...]

Pete G talked to Vivek Tiwary at C2E2; I wanted to actually start off a little bit by asking you, because, you have such actually have quite a bit of history with rock music with American Idiot and everything like that.  Is there something about rock music that draws you to this, or what was it[...]

Epitaph Records is a California based independent record label that features an eclectic roster of vintage and contemporary musicians (Social Distortion, Weezer, Pennywise, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys) Since my teenage years, Epitaph Records has remained a keystone in my record collection and has introduced me to some of my favorite musical artists (Street Dogs, Tiger Army,[...]

Who wants an entire hop hop album based on Gundam Wing? If that's you, you should be praising one Richie Branson who is working on such a musical mixtape endeavour for release on March 20th Here's a visual and audio sneak peek/listen at what's coming down that sound pipe. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zjuxoJYBs8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkhxly5ZM8[/youtube]   [...]

Rich Johnston here, founder of Bleeding Cool. I am not an only child, I have a younger brother. Who, when he is not being an awesome father to two boys,

"Nah, I'm not an optimist, I'm more of a pragmatist, a whole different bag of tricks, a different sleight of hand but the command is more elaborate it's

Welcome to Tr!ckster Bar the pop up comics shop/bar/life drawing studio over the tracks from San Diego Comic Con. You can't miss it, just follow the bass

They are Jim Demonakos and Kyle Stevens, the nerd rock band Kirby Krackle. And they have a new video. Starring Green Lantern and friends. And enemies.

We knew that Jamie McKelvie was drawing the cover to the new Art Brut album Brilliant! Tragic! But it appears the band are doing a lot more than that. To

I have a really soft spot for Irish rock group, The Saw Doctors. And yes, like everyone who's heard of them, I prefer their earlier stuff, I Useta Lover,

In the left corner it's Susan Boyle and her album The Gift, current the UK's number one. And in the right corner we have fictional comic book family The

With news that Kirby Krackle have signed with Marvel, there has been speculation that they might add a little something to Marvel's music publishing line Which, let's face it, is in dire need. It currently consists of albums such as HULK with songs such as Hulk Is The One with illustrated lyrics below. I'm going to tell[...]

Well done lads! James Demonakos, owner of the Seattle comic shop The Comic Stop, founder of the Emerald City Comic-Con and ex-Image Comics' PR and