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Well, here it is. The final issue of CREATOR-OWNED HEROES. When you think “last issue”, particularly on a series meeting an untimely end, you...

A very cute cat with an extra claw named Lil Bub visited Marvel Comics, and thus perhaps the greatest post ever on the Marvel...

The Oscar nominations were announced the other day. To no one’s surprise, the screenplay for The Avengers was not among them. That’s a shame, because the screenplay for The Avengers is a startling model of precision, density and propulsion. It manages to juggle no fewer than ten wildly disparate main characters in its ensemble cast and give each of them weight, clarity and purpose. Dear readers, I’ve worked on many a comic-book movie, none of which ever got near production. To get one superhero narrative to work is damn near impossible; The Avengers soars with seven.

Paul Pope's long long delayed magnum opus is finally coming out this fall. EW has the cover and the scoop: First: The book. Battling Boy...

Today sees the release of Demon Knights #20 from DC, written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Bernard Chang. And Chang is so excited...

Brian Michael Bendis took to the Marvel Conference Phone this week, to listen in awe to the sonorous sounds of the comics press. Talking about his imminent relaunch of Guardians of the Galaxy with Steve McNiven, he was joined on the call by editor Steve Wacker, who alternately sighed and yelped “NO” every time the writer revealed a little too much about the upcoming stories.

While Marvel keeps rolling out its latest round of relaunches, DC is sticking to its guns in November. There's the "Death of the Family" crossover that continues running through various Batman titles. There's the "Rise of the Third Army" crossover that continues running through the Green Lantern books. There are three minor crossover storylines running through various other titles. And there are, finally, the Before Watchmen and "digital-first" lines of books, both of which continue to expand in November.

Lots of shakeups emerged in yesterday's DC April solicitations, which you can read about here and here. The swift replacement of Robert Venditti on Constantine and Jim Zub on Birds of Prey got the most comment. How swift? As recently as last week , Zub was doing interviews to promote his run and then...it wasn't happening. Zub, widely known as a thorough professional, was very gracious about it on his blog

The solicitations for April's DC titles reveal that four of their books will be ending, including Joshua Hale Fialkov's I, Vampire and Paul Cornell...

DC has just started a new feature with CBR called B&B wherein EIC Bob Harras and executive editor Bobbie Chase answer questions and head...

While the Marvel Now! relaunch programme got under way in October, November saw it in full swing, with the first issue of ALL-NEW X-MEN, new creative teams (and new numbering) on HULK, IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, X-MEN LEGACY, FANTASTIC FOUR and FF, and a new direction for JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. With all the issue #1s supported by extensive promotion, the chart is turned upside down. You won't be surprised to hear that this gives Marvel the largest share of the North American direct market in November, leading DC by 40% to 33% in units and a rather closer 34% to 30% in dollars.

As roundly predicted by the internet, Marvel's 'XX' teaser from last week was indeed a relaunch of adjectiveless X-Men. Today, though, USA Today's comics pin-up...