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Now that the outrage-o-tron has moved from torture to movie casting, here is a round-up of reactions to the "Torture Cover" post the other day. Actually I don't even need to write anything, as the Outhouse already summed it up with CROSSED TORTURE VARIANT CONTROVERSY SPARKS SURPRISINGLY CIVIL DEBATE ON INTERNET. It's true. No one was blackballed, castigated or petitioned. The effects and provenance of disturbing material were widely debated, but it was generally decided by everyone involved that those who like it can like it, those who want to throw up can move right over to the toilet.

You have to actually go to the site to experience it, but Matt Maxwell's new tumblr INTRAPANEL includes giant close up macro lens photos...

Frank Santoro is at it again, in the aptly titled American Pickers in which he advises a friend's father that a comics collection with stickers...

I know everyone tsk tsk's Avatar's habit of putting out gory, exploitive covers, but seriously, after looking at some of their "torture variant" covers, I find myself asking "WHAT KIND OF SICK FUCK BUYS THIS SHIT????" I get the appeal of a little transgressive gore now and then, but these are basically images of sawed off limbs, flaying and twisted sexual situations that make Mark Millar look like Hannah Montana.

John Romita Jr. talks about facing a world of options for his career and addresses concerns over Kick-Ass 2.

by Pam Auditore  Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday...

Talk about right under your nose. The National Zoo in Washington has long had specimens of an adorable creature which they thought was an Olingo. But more detailed biological investigation has revealed it is a brand new species: The Olinguito

Molly Crabapple is known for her comics, her drawing, her drawing salons—Dr. Sketchy's—and her political activities, and now she's signed with Harper Collins to...

While  artists  from Spain and South America have become superstars at the big two,  this weekend's  Latino Comics Expo in LA shines a spotlight...

One of the leaders of the protest movement against a Dutch newspaper publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad—protests which killed scores f people and engulfed the entire Islamic world in violence and protest—now says he was wrong. Ahmad Akkari, now 35, says he was way offbase when he led the protests.

March: Volume 1 has already had pretty huge success since its release at Comic-Con—and last night it got one of the ultimate media accolades—a...

Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it's More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat's own Heidi...