DOING
THE DEMO: LOOKING BACK
With
a new volume of DEMO on the way, we sat down with writer
/co-creator Brian Wood for a look back at the first volume
... [full
story...]
DYNAMITE
FIRST FIVES
It's
never too late for a preview, and we've got two from Dynamite - Project
Superpowers #3 and Zorro #3 both hitting this
week ... [full
story...]
CHRIS
CLAREMONT'S ALL NEW X
Chris
Claremont returns to the X-Men this week with GeNext,
a new series featuring the children of the X-Men. He tells us about it
and more ... [full
story...]
HELLION
FOR HIRE: TOUR OF DUTY
Billy
Tucci's back in a big way this week, with news of what he's been
up to lately, where he spent FCBD, oh, and how he was almost a terrorist
... [full
story...]
FINDING
PEACE - A 53 PAGE PREVIEW
IDW
and Charlie Foxtrot Entertainment have provided Newsarama with an exclusive,
53 page preview of Finding Peace, their new OGN ... [full
story...]
BEST
SHOTS EXTRA: BATMAN #676
Troy
takes a look at this week's first issue of the "Batman R.I.P."
storyline in Batman #676 by Morrison and Daniel ... [full
story...]
GETTING
GANTZ
So
why are your friends who are into manga psyched about Dark Horse's upcoming
editions of Gantz? Editor Michael Gombos
spills ... [full
story...]
A
CASPIAN/ NARNIA VIDEO ROUNDUP
We've
got our interview with Narnia producer Mark Johnson
about Caspian and the bigger picture, and loads more for the coming film
... [full
story...]
PREVIEW:
FINAL CRISIS: SKETCHBOOK
DC
releases their preview of Final Crisis today, and we've got a look inside
Final Crisis: Sketchbook by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones
... [full
story...]

GREETING
THE GUARDIANS: WRAPUP
With
the first issue on sale today, we wrap up our looks at the Guardians
of the Galaxy with Rocket Raccoon and Groot
... [full
story...]
THE
NEW IMAGES OF AUGUST
A few
more days until solicitation madness, but Image is priming the pump by
giving us a look at it's August debuts ... [full
story...]
VIDEO:
THE STACK - A STACK OF REVIEWS
We
catch up with The Stack guys as they look at Action Annual, newuniversal,
Secret Invasion, Jack Staff and more ... [full
story...]
WILD
AT HEART: ANDY LANNING
There
is no world left to make better. There is no more Authority. But what's
The Authority: Worlds End? Andy Lanning
talks ... [full
story...]
IDW
FIRST FIVES FOR MAY 14th
IDW
Publishing has provided Newsarama with the first five pages of Joe Hill's
Locke & Key #4, FX #3, and Doctor Who Classics
#6 ... [full
story...]
COVER
GUY: CHIP KIDD
We
spoke with acclaimed designer Chip Kidd about his work
on Final Crisis and Trinity, and have
your first look at the Trinity logos ... [full
story...]
ANIMATED
SHORTS: GEORGES MELIES, I
Steve
puts on the academic robes and offers up an appreciation and education
on Georges Melies. Why should you know him? ... [full
story...]
WATCHMEN
JOURNAL: COSTUME DESIGN
The
latest video journal from the set of Warner Bros.' big-screen
Watchmen adaptation focuses on the film's costume design
... [full
story...]
BSE:
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1
Troy
sits down with a copy of this week's Guardians of the Galaxy #1
from Marvel for a Best Shots Extra, and digs the space stuff ... [full
story...]
CHECKING
UP ON LARRY DOYLE
He's
got comic, animation, novel, and now film cred, and you've seen his book,
I Love You, Beth Cooper. We talk to Larry
Doyle ... [full
story...]
BACK
IN THE SPIDER'S WEB
Dan
Slott tells us about coming back to Amazing Spider-Man
starting this week, with artist Marcos Martin ... [full
story...]
ROBOT
PIXEL PASSION
We
talk to Diesel Sweeties creator R. Stevens
about his work, the characters and the run of one of the web's most popular
comics ... [full
story...]
GREETING
THE GUARDIANS - THE GREENSKINS
Drax
and Gamora get the spotlight today as we continue our
looks at the members of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
... [full
story...]
DC
PREVIEW: WONDER WOMAN
Artist
Aaron Lopresti's first issue of Wonder Woman
hits this week, and we've got a look inside issue #20, written by Gail
Simone ... [full
story...]
FIRST
FIVE: DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN
Dabel
Brothers Publishing releases Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal
Son this week, and we've got a look inside ... [full
story...]
WILD
AT HEART: SCOTT BEATTY
We
continue our walkaround in the "Worlds End" Wildstorm Universe
today with a chat with Scott Beatty, oncoming writer
of Gen13 ... [full
story...]
JOURNEY
INTO COMICS: TEN CENT MEMORIES
Mike
Sangiacomo takes a look at David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague
and also finds a welcome old friend in Wild Cards ...
[full
story...]
TONY
DANIEL - HELPING BATMAN TO R.I.P.
Batman
begins perhaps his biggest story in years this week as Batman
R.I.P. kicks off in #676. We spoke with its artist ... [full
story...]
TEASING
AT LAST DEFENDERS #3
Joe
Casey stops by to deliver a few pages from this week's The
Last Defenders #3, and offer some teases about what's in store
... [full
story...]
WILD
AT HEART: NEIL GOOGE
The
Wildstorm Universe embraces its future this summer, and we spoke with
Wildcats: Worlds End penciler Neil Googe ... [full
story...]
VIDEO:
THE CLONE WARS TRAILER
It
hit the various Warner Bros. channels this weekend, and if you missed
it, we've got the trailer to Star Wars: The Clone Wars
... [full
story...]
BRAD
MELTZER ON HIS NEW NOVEL
Brad
Meltzer exclusively discusses the subject of his upcoming
novel, The Book of Lies, and its connection
to Superman ... [full
story...]
BEST
SHOTS: SECRET INVASION & MORE
The
team takes a look at some of the bigger books from last week and catches
up on others like Action Annual, M, Thunderbolts and
more ... [full
story...]
ALL
AGES READS: LANDRY & SUPERGIRL
Cub
reporter Sarah Edmunds talks to Landry Walker about his
and Eric Jones' upcoming Supergirl comic
from DC ... [full
story...]
LOOKING
INSIDE X-FORCE: AIN'T NO DOG
Two
of the grittier writers taking on two members of X-Force in a special?
Oh yeah. Jason Aaron and Charlie Huston
spill their secrets ... [full
story...]
GETTING
BRAVE AND BOLD WITH JMS
As
we announced last week, J. Michael Straczynski will be
taking over the writing on DC's Brave and the Bold. We
spoke with the creator ... [full
story...]
GREETING
THE GUARDIANS: QUASAR
We
continue our run up to the start of Marvel's new Guardians of
the Galaxy today with a look at the new Quasar,
Phyla-Vell... [full
story...]
IRON
MAN HOLDS OFF SPEED RACER - UPDATED
Going
up against Iron Man? The Mach 5's not so powerful.
The Armored Avenger adds another $50 million, while Racer
sees $20 million ... [full
story...]
DVD
REVIEWS: WBLADE, CABALLEROS & MORE
We
play catch-up and tackle a pile of DVDs from the final Witchblade
anime volume, to Disney, The Orphanage and more
... [full
story...]
BLOG@:
GENE COLAN AILING
Legendary
illustrator Gene Colan's wife Adrienne has released word
that the artist's liver is failing. An auction is being organized to help
... [full
story...]
ECCC:
DC NATION IN SEATTLE
Dan
DiDio, JMS, Kurt Busiek, Bill Willingham, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone
and more answered questions and teased on Saturday ... [full
story...]
DCCC:
MONDO MARVEL PANEL
Not
much news, but a handful of teases from Emerald City by Ed Brubaker,
Robert Kirkman, Jeff Parker, and Skottie Young
... [full
story...]
ECCC:
CANETE JOINS THE END LEAGUE
At
the Emerald City Comic-Con Rick Remender announced that
artist Eric Canete will be taking on the art of The
End League at Dark Horse ... [full
story...]
SKRULLS:
WHAT WE KNOW NOW 4
Troy
and Lucas sift through the clues, the hints, and the outright revelations
to figure out what's getting Skrullier in the Marvel
Universe ... [full
story...]
VIDEO:
WALTER SIMONSON INTERVIEW
We
caught up with industry vet & fan-favorite creator Walt Simonson
(not pictured) on the floor of last month's NYCC to talk WoW
... [full
story...]
THE
DCU GETS POLITICAL
What
would happen if a superhero endorsed a candidate for President? That gets
asked in DCU: Decisions, an upcoming miniseries ... [full
story...]
THE
STACK: TEEN TITANS YEAR 1, XXX ZOMBIES
The
guys tackle the latest issues of Titans: Year One and
XXX Zombies, the debut of Glamourpuss, and look
at fan art ... [full
story...]
BRAD
MELTZER: BACK TO COMICS
With
the announcement out, we spoke with Brad Meltzer about
Last Will and Testament, as well as a few words about
Buffy ... [full
story...]
ERIK
LARSEN: WELCOMING THE HEROES
We've
covered about every aspect of Mark Millar and Tony Harris' War
Heroes, but how do things look from the Publisher's POV? ...
[full
story...]
WORD
BALLOON FLASHBACK: IRON
John
Siuntres brings back an Iron Man 2'fer - David Micheline
talking about Demon in a Bottle, and Chuck Austen on
War Machine ... [full
story...]
GREETING
THE GUARDIANS: WARLOCK
Adam
Warlock that is. We continue our looks at the members of Marvel's Guardians
of the Galaxy with the magical mystical guy ... [full
story...]
HEROES
GETS A SPEEDSTER
Literally
- that's what she calls herself. Described as the Joker to Hiro's Batman,
Daphne will be a new character to debut on Heroes
coming season ... [full
story...]
FLASHBACK:
BATMAN R.I.P - THE FIRST TIME
Batman
dies! Magic is used to erase the memory of a hero's secret identity! No,
we're not talking about now - we're talking about 1979 ... [full
story...]
WORD
BALLOON: MATT FRACTION
Matt
Fraction and John Siuntres talk about his ends and beginnings,
touching on Iron Man, Iron Fist, X-Men, Punisher and
more ... [full
story...]
INDIANA
JONES: HE WEARS IT WELL
As
the man himself said, "It's not the years, it's the mileage."
But as David Germain writes, both Indy and Harrison
Ford wear it well ... [full
story...]
SECRETS
AND TRUTHS: DC UNIVERSE #0
Geoff
Johns sits down with Newsarama to go through DC Universe
#0 and reveal some secrets and give that confirmation ... [full
story...]
MARVEL
PREVIEWS FOR MAY 14th
Including
looks at: Guardians of the Galaxy #1, Captain Britain and MI:
13 #1, Secret Invasion: FF #1, Tbolts #120 and more ... [full
story...]
UPDATING
WITH ACTI-I-VATE
Started
with a server and a prayer, the webcomics collective Act-I-Vate
is growing and growing. We get an update on the plans ... [full
story...]
BRAD
MELTZER'S BACK IN THE DCU
Best-selling
author Brad Meltzer is coming back to the DC Universe this August to pen
a Final Crisis tie-in one-shot. Details inside ... [full
story...]
VIDEO:
CHATTING WITH GREG PAK
Thought
we were done with video? Oh, no, no, no. We speak with the creator about
Hulk-ish things, Skaar, and more ...
[full
story...]
GREETING
THE GUARDIANS: STAR-LORD
Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy series kicks off next week, and
we start with Abnett and Lanning telling us all about
Star-Lord ... [full
story...]
WAR
HEROES: TOUR OF DUTY ANNOUNCED
Posters,
contests to get yourself drawn into the series, and now...Mark
Millar is heading to the US for a seven city signing tour ...
[full
story...]
ANIMATED
SHORTS: A HISTORY OF SPEED
Steve
dips into the mists of animation history to look at the early days of
Speed Racer, and how it made it to the United
States ... [full
story...]
JEFF
SMITH ON "BONE AND BEYOND"
Jeff
Smith and Bone enter rarified air as the Bone and Beyond
display has begun at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus,
Ohio ... [full
story...]
BEST
SHOTS EXTRA: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
Iron
Man-ia continued this week with the release of Invincible Iron
Man #1 from Marvel. Jeff hunkered down and took a look ... [full
story...]
STRACZYNSKI
TO WRITE BRAVE & THE BOLD
We've
got the first official word on what J. Michael Straczynski
will be handling when he starts writing in the DCU ... [full
story...]
MOVIE
REVIEW (2): SPEED RACER
Our
animation guy, Steve Fritz caught a screening of Speed Racer,
and offers up his view of the Wachowski Bros. adaptation of the anime
... [full
story...]
RIDING
WITH JONAH HEX: PAULO SIQUEIRA
With
another issue of Jonah Hex out this week, we caught up
with artist Paulo Siqueira to talk about the issue, his
approach and more ... [full
story...]
EMILE
HIRSCH: BECOMING SPEED
His
biggest film to date opens tomorrow, and we've got a brief chat with Speed
Racer himself, Emile Hirsch on his experiences
... [full
story...]
THE
HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE BUFFYVERSE
Dark
Horse has provided Newsarama with a peek at a card from August's Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck by Pollack and Lee ... [full
story...]
WAR
HEROES: GEAR UP 4 WAR HEROES
Seen
all the talk about Mark Millar and Tony Harris' War Heroes,
and want more? Like - want to be a part of it? We've got your way in ...
[full
story...]
BEST
SHOTS EXTRA: KIRBY: KING OF COMICS
With
all the love Jack Kirby has been getting through the mainstream lately,
Tim takes a look at Mark Evanier's recent book about
the King ... [full
story...]
EARLY
PEEK: BATMAN #676
The
tough times start for Batman in a big way next week with the start of
Batman: RIP. DC Comics has given us an early look ... [full
story...]
AMBIDEXTROUS:
THE C-WORD
Brandon
recounts his FCBD adventures, as well as takes a look at the seismic effects
of Iron Man and DC Universe #0
on the community ... [full
story...]
GREVIOUX
TALKS YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS
Writer
Kevin Grevioux stops by to talk about his upcoming issue
of Young Avengers Presents, which focuses on Stature
... [full
story...]
SUPERHEROES
TAKE THE MET
Superheroes
get their own display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled Superheroes:
Fashion and Fantasy. We visited ... [full
story...]
FIRST
LOOK: ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #11
Not
a dream! not an imaginary story! Action Comics Annual #11
finally hits today, and wraps up "Last Son." We've got a look
inside ... [full
story...]
IDW
PREVIEWS FOR MAY 7th
IDW
has hit us with previews of this week's titles including The Reign
of Starscream #1, Angel #7, The Mummy, Dr. Who and more ... [full
story...]
MOVIE
REVIEW: SPEED RACER
Dizzying
speed, brighter than life colors, and the Mach 5 doing
some quite outrageous things. Does it all make for a good movie though?
[full
story...]
FINAL
CRISIS #1 - A NEW GOD DYING...
Coming
off defeating his father, Orion now lies dying in the opening pages of
Final Crisis #1. EW.com has a five page preview of the
issue ... [full
story...]
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