Get The Walking Dead Vol. 1 Free at C2E2

Following the wildly popular promotional giveaways at WonderCon ‘12 and Emerald City Comicon ‘12 last month, comiXology is teaming up once again with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s Skybound, to make C2E2 ’12 unforgettable for comic fans by giving them a free “taste” of the first graphic novel

Jesus Would Entertain Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — “Lisbeth Salander, the troubled female in the Oscar-winning film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is exactly the kind of woman that Jesus would invite for coffee,” says Ruth Vander Zee, author of the new book Woman Meets Jesus (Edenridge Press). “Salander,” says Vander Zee, “may not fit in at most [...]

Final Issue of Betrayal of Planet of the Apes, and other releases this week

This week’s release of BOOM! Studios’ hit comic mini BETRAYAL OF THE PLANET OF THE APES will mark its last issue, so fans should grab #4 and enjoy the multiple covers and compelling story of ape rebellion. Also, a new story arc starts with IRREDEEMABLE #34. And while Valen continues his quest for a soul, [...]

Watchmen prequel in works without author’s approval

DC Entertainment is soon expected to announce that DC Comics will publish a new mini-series based on characters introduced in Watchmen, a celebrated 1980s comicbook series, without its original creators, writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons. Published from 1986 to 1987, and and later collected as a graphic novel, Watchmen chronicles a band of [...]

The Avengers parodied in black humored Bleeding Cool comic

“Rich Johnston takes us on a raucous ride through politics, fanaticism and the healing power of Hollywood and no one is spared,”

Camilla D’Errico’s Tanpopo slated for March release

BOOM! Studios plans to offer comic book fans an alternative view of

Colbert Soft-Shoes Racism in Harris-Perry Interview

Late night television comedy show host Stephen Colbert waded into briny waters last week on his Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report, interviewing revered Tulane political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry on the matter of racial stereotypes. The razor-witted political satirist invited Harris-Perry to discuss her new book: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in [...]

CIA Censors 9-11 Book

One former FBI agent is finding out firsthand that freedom of speech isn’t something guaranteed to every American. Colleagues at the CIA are keeping him from printing some of his own personal accounts in an upcoming book about the 9/11 attacks. In his upcoming book “The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the [...]

New Comic Book Series Tackles 2012 Presidential Race

In a first for the comic book industry widely known for masking social commentary in the trappings of fantasy, this November politicos everywhere can combine their love of comics and politics with BOOM! and Boom Studio’s DECISION 2012, the industry’s first straw poll — featuring biographical comic books for all the top candidates in the [...]

Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Offers Weiner Work

TMZ reports that Larry Flynt, publisher of “Hustler” magazine, has personally reached out to NY Congressman Weiner to offer the former Congressman a “serious” job with his company. Flynt sent a letter to the disgraced progressive lawmaker moments after he resigned from Congress Thursday. “After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your [...]

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