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Speaking of N.C. Wyeth, John K., whose blog we don't link to nearly often enough, compares the illustration great to Yogi Bear in order to demonstrate good composition, and you know what? He's right! And...

Predictably, the demise of SHOJO BEAT, Viz's girl-focused magazine of serialized manga, is being discussed far and wide: Alexander Hoffman: The strange thing is though, that manga as a whole, is a comic sold to women...

In news that must have many people standing around looking blank and confused, Fantagraphics has announced plans to publish a series of GNs that tie in with a new animated kids series. Yes,...

The awesomely amazing Souther Salazar has a new show up at the Jonathan Levine Gallery, and you can view it online here. Beautiful stuff.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btf9YscT0sI&hl=en&fs=1&w=480&h=295] Poking around the other day, we found this demo trailer for a docuomentary-in-progress about Mr. Mystic himself, Grant Morrison. It a production of Sequart, which plans to publish several critical studies of superhero-ish...

Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue. Yes, the final issue of Shojo Beat magazine will be the July...

Looking at the previous item, we're sure that comics retailers are planning the day when the THOR movie's opening will send civilians streaming into their stores looking for Thor comics...or not. Marvel puts surprisingly...

Well, no sooner is Thor cast, than he's got a nemesis! Little known in America Tom Hiddleston will assay the part of the trickster god. Hiddleston is a well regarded thespian whose work...

Chris Hemsworth, a comely 25-year-old Aussie who played Kirk's dad in the the Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. Nikki Finke has ALL the details, and if he wasn't quite discovered sipping...

Just a few quickies:§ <a href="What a 10-hour car ride with Frank Santoro, Dash Shaw and Dan Nadel would be like...jealous. § Comics Doomsday Scenario -- what if rising prices sink comics sales and...

SoCal artist Jeff Soto is currently on exhibit in London at the Stolen Spaces Gallery, with a show called "Inland Empire", and its images of exploding sci-fi mixed with the dusty pickups of suburban...

The long lost Elseworlds 80-Page Giant is recalled in a splash page gallery of Golden Age tales that never were at Again with the Comics. Link via Comics Alliance.