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Sunday Runaround – From Kidney Stones To Smiley Cameras

Published Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:30:10 -0500

Last updated Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:30:32 -0500

FinchWatch: Out of hospital, I'm told David Finch was diagnosed with a kidney stone rather than the food poisoning reported in local media. He then appeared at La Mole Comic Convention in Mexico City last night to rapturous applause, in the middle of a panel with Ultimate X-Men artists Paco Medina and Carlo Barberi. The interview suddenly found a chair and, after the interview went to his booth and started sketching and signing.

DigotalToPrintWatch: Penny Arcade's print collections are now to be published by Oni Press.

SmileyWatch: Get your Comedian-styled spy camera. Look for more Cosplay POV videos…

ProphetWatch: Brandon Graham of the Prophet relaunch gets a USA Today for his work – new and old. And how he came to Image Comics.

"I was mostly into a lot of French and Japanese comics, like Moebius and Appleseed and smaller-press American stuff," Graham says. "So Image was the devil."

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.

'Avengers' wields big brand blitz: Marvel, Disney secure estimated $100 mil in marketing support – Chicago Tribune

With the Joss Whedon-helmed film assembling, for the first time, characters from previous pics, Marvel and parent Disney have secured an estimated $100 million in worldwide marketing support — Marvel's largest such effort to date — from Acura, Dr. Pepper, Visa, Wyndham hotels, Harley-Davidson, Land O'Frost lunchmeats, Farmers Insurance, Hershey, Symantec, Oracle, bracelet-maker Colantotte and Red Baron pizza. For example, Acura is returning as the official wheels of the secret S.H.I.E.L.D organization (as seen in "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger"), Captain America again rides a Harley motorcycle, Oracle (which was integrated into "Iron Man 2") powers Tony Stark's computers and Dr. Pepper is back after helping to promote "Iron Man 2," "Thor" and "Captain America," while Land O'Frost did the same for the "Iron Man" and "Captain America" films.

Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: David Lloyd's Kickback now on the iPad

Graphic novelist David Lloyd, co-creator with Alan Moore of V for Vendetta and designer of the stylized Guy Fawkes mask used by the Occupy movement addresses corruption in the deluxe digital version of crime-noir thriller Kickback. The iPad version includes an exclusive interview, audio commentary, and production notes and images.

Lego and Disney to Give Away 2 Million Awesome Avengers Minifig Posters | GeekDad | Wired.com

Remember that poster for The Avengers that was released last month? It was cool, even if the perspective was off and headgear was conspicuously absent. Now there's a Lego minifig version of it, and it's better than the original in just about every way:

Marvel Studios Lines Up Weird Directors for Captain America 2 | CraveOnline

With The Avengers coming out in a month and Iron Man 3 culling together its cast, it seemed like only a matter of time before we got some news on Captain America 2, which apparently original director Joe Johnston has decided to step away from.

Avengers: the monorail to debut in Disney World | The Beat