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Friday Runaround – Biff! Pow! Wall Street Journal!

KirbyWatch: In the light of the Jack Kirby court case, Orbital Comics will be running a podcast, reacting to the news and discussing the legacy of the creator.

KirbyWatch2: The mainstream media pile in. But only the Wall Street Journal goes for a Biff Pow headline.

CodeWatch: The Comics Code from… 1948? "Sexiness, race prejudice, nudity outlawed"

CarpoolWatch: Chris Sims talks to Jonathan Hickman on the drive home. And records the conversation.

"As I think about it, absolutely. I think somebody should be able to do a story where the X-Men are the bad guys. That was my rejected .1 pitch for Tom Brevoort. The origin issue of the evil Fantastic Four from another reality. And he's like "That's not the point," and I'm like "I know, that is the point. Nobody'll see it coming!" And absolutely everybody thought it was the worst idea ever. Even my wife said I was an idiot."

MooreWatch: Eddie Campbell compares Alan Moore's thumbnails to final From Hell artwork, as seen in Alan Moore Storyteller.

AwardWatch: Gabriel Bá and Scott Snyder talk about winning their Eisners for Vertigo work.

ChartWatch: Comics Beat points out that, despite incessant grumbling (and to be fair, a chunk of that has been on The Beat itself), that over half the programming at San Diego Comic Con is purely about comics.

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. The fools.

The Annotated 1969 | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Ye great snake gods – Jess Nevins, with help from our own Moore expert Pádraig Ó Méalóid, has already posted up an online set of annotations to the brand new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century:

Interview & Video With Garth & The Cast of STITCHED

The interview with the cast revealed that Ennis had decided psychology was important prep work for the actors if they were to get properly into character. The British soldiers were isolated from the American soldiers on the set so as to purposefully make them feel alienated. They were made to live like soldiers. Train like soldiers. Roll in dirt like soldiers. And dirt was even packed underneath their fingernails so as to make them understand what it was like to live without indoor plumbing.

Marvel Monstergeddon Roars Through Comic-Con | Comic News | News | Marvel.com

If you weren't able to join us live at SDCC to see the action up close, fret not! Check out the gallery below and stay glued to Marvel.com next week for video from the event, along with updates to this exciting event!

Bat-Signal welcome created by Pittsburgh company

When the Batman signal is cast against the ominous, gray skies of Gotham City, it serves as a distress call. In Pittsburgh, it was a welcome flag to the cast and crew of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises," when they arrived in town for filming earlier this week.

D.C. Universe Online Should See 'Subtle' Tie-Ins with Comics' Relaunch, says Jim Lee

"I think we're going to be able to tie into the relaunch in subtle ways in the game going forward," Lee told Kotaku, "Maybe in terms of items you acquire in the game that might give players the ability to look like some of the new costumes.

Boom Co-Founder Behind New 'Tales From The Crypt' TV Series

Fifteen years after horror anthology Tales from the Crypt ended its seven-year-run on HBO, a new TV series based on the popular and controversial 1950s EC Comics anthology is in the works with Gil Adler, producer on the HBO Crypt series, and Andrew Cosby, co-creator of Syfy hit Eureka and co-founder of comic book publisher BOOM! Studios. The new hourlong series will neither be anthological nor related to the HBO show. "It will be an ongoing series that uses characters from the comic books in a more modern context," Cosby said. "It's all about continually elevating the genre, for both existing fans of the source material and mainstream audiences."

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