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Neil Gaiman To Write Doctor Who Episode – Official
February 6, 2010 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
Neil Gaiman To Write Doctor Who Episode – Official

It was a story I ran quite a while ago. That comic book and fantasy writer Neil Gaiman was to write an upcoming episode of the decades-running British sci-fi TV Doctor Who.
And then when the …

Spider-Girl Is Back… And That’s Not All.
February 6, 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Spider-Girl Is Back… And That’s Not All.

Spider-Girl is a curio of Marvel publishing history. Created by ex-Marvel Editor-In-Chief  Tom DeFalco with artist Ron Frenz, she is a spinoff character from a What If issue, set in her own future alternate universe …

Brendan McCarthy Brings Paradax To Hollywood
February 4, 2010 – 10:00 am | One Comment
Brendan McCarthy Brings Paradax To Hollywood

I understand that London comic book creator Brendan McCarthy is currently in LA, taking  meetings with a number of  major film studios to pitch a top-secret animated movie project, developed with a big name comics …

Get Ready For Watchmen 2
February 3, 2010 – 3:00 pm | One Comment
Get Ready For Watchmen 2

I’ve heard this one rumbling for a while now. First there was the story that DC Comics Publisher and President Paul Levitz had personally prevented any Watchmen 2 projects, because, despite their differences, he believed …

Rob Liefeld Draws Cover To Chase Variant… Variant
February 3, 2010 – 1:30 pm | No Comment
Rob Liefeld Draws Cover To Chase Variant… Variant

I gave you a preview of Chase Variant earlier today, my new comic published by Image in a couple of weeks or so.
And somehow (I’m blaming my evil twin), MTV got the drop on the …

Jim Shooter’s Affidavit Against DC Comics Over Flex Mentallo
February 2, 2010 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Jim Shooter’s Affidavit Against DC Comics Over Flex Mentallo

Back in the year 2000, Charles Atlas Ltd sued DC Comics over the publication of the Flex Mentallo series by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
The allegation was that this was an infringement of trademark and …

New DC Animated Series: Young Justice League (UPDATED)
February 2, 2010 – 6:30 am | One Comment
New DC Animated Series: Young Justice League (UPDATED)

Apparently there is a new animated series in the offing, Young Justice League. Very little is known about it. Is it more of a Teen Titans (collection of sidekicks and younger superheroes), a Young Avengers(new …

Accusations Of Voter Fraud Mar Angoulême Awards
February 1, 2010 – 8:15 am | No Comment
Accusations Of Voter Fraud Mar Angoulême Awards

Well that was a shock. Pascal Brutal #3 winning the Best Album at the Angoulême end-of-festival awards – considered by many to be a rather average comic book, that was up against stiff competiton.
Not quite …

Zac Efron To Play Spider-Man – Surely Bendis Must Be Involved Now?
February 1, 2010 – 4:46 am | One Comment
Zac Efron To Play Spider-Man – Surely Bendis Must Be Involved Now?

The Daily Star is reporting that High School Musical star Zac Efron has signed on to play Spider-Man in the new movie by Martin Webb. And that his HSM co-star Vanessa Hudgens will be joining …

Jim Lee Designs Naples Comic Convention Dress. Or Skimpy Underwear.
January 31, 2010 – 5:53 pm | No Comment
Jim Lee Designs Naples Comic Convention Dress. Or Skimpy Underwear.

Jim Lee has designed the dress for the Naples Comic Convention held later this year at the end of April and the beginning of May.
Lee has spent considerable time over the last few years living …

Diamond Truck Accident Causes Marvel Delays
January 30, 2010 – 10:59 am | One Comment
Diamond Truck Accident Causes Marvel Delays

Diamond Comics Distributors has informed comic shops of a major accident involving a delivery truck between Marvel’s printers and Diamond’s distrubution centres. As far as involved people know, no one was hurt. But there was …

Angoulême – From The World’s Biggest Comic Convention
January 29, 2010 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Angoulême – From The World’s Biggest Comic Convention

The Angoulême Comics Festival takes over the entire French town, transforming it every year into the world’s biggest comics convention. In its 34th year, it’s still going strong.
Jim Whelok, live on the ground for Bleeding …

Short ‘n Curlies #28 by Si Spurrier
January 28, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Short ‘n Curlies #28 by Si Spurrier

BrainFart:
I’m ill, screw you.
Gripped by lugubrious fevers, somersaulting fuzzily through the Paracetamol Nebula, I have ditched the idea of Real Actual Work and seized instead the chance to squirt, bleed and spume my self-pity all …

The Apple iPad Is $499 – Welcome Your New Comic Overlords
January 27, 2010 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
The Apple iPad Is $499 – Welcome Your New Comic Overlords

The presentation has concluded. We haven’t heard a thing about LongBox, and Rantz Hoseley didn’t tweet once. And anyway, the iPad doesn’t seem to do flash. Wherefore Zuda?
But with the likes of RobotComics and Comixology …

Kevin Smith Talks Green Hornet – ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
January 27, 2010 – 12:12 pm | No Comment
Kevin Smith Talks Green Hornet – ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

Comic Shop Insider is a weekly giveaway newsprint magazine on comic books. Last week, they ran an interview with Kevin Smith about GReen Hornet.
However, CSN don’t have an online portal for their content, preferring to …