Culture

As always, CCI:SD promotes diversity with programming and events covering the LGBT side of comics. This year there will be special guests, parties, panels, and more. Highlights include appearances by Howard Cruse and the sixth annual "Heroes vs Villains" party. Stop by the PRISM Comics booth for more information.

From Kirby to Colletta to Legos, you will learn a lot at the TwoMorrows booth. The big debut is the book on Vinnie Colletta -- who says there are no comics in Comic-Con?

After bravely reattaching his severed arm , Ryan Reynolds makes his first appearance as Green Lantern on the cover of this week's Comic-Con edition of EW. Thor, Tron and other geektastic stories also await within. (Click for an even bigger version.)

Season 3/Episode 4: 9 Crimes 9 Crimes unsurprisingly opens with a scene of Sookie cleaning a shirtless Alcide's wounds.  Maybe I’m not remembering correctly, but...

Via PR, Dynamite has announced that Kurt Busiek will be the writer of the Jack Kirby/Alex Ross project they've been teasing. Based on some...

We're sad and yet glad that the World Cup is over. Sad because it was fun and exciting and we actually hung out more with friends than we have in months because we were always getting together to watch the game, and sharing it with pals worldwide through Twitter. Although the Netherlands-Spain final was the kind of shitty game that makes people who don't like soccer continue to not like soccer, it wasn't representative of the tourney as a whole. Sad because there was so much to see and ponder in "the beautiful game." But we're also glad because things that are fun and exciting are the most fun and exciting when they come and go and leave you wanting more. Of course, the breakout star of the Cup was not Ronaldo or Kaka or Messi but an unassuming mollusk whose psychic powers amazed the world. Yes, it was Paul The Psychic Octopus whose stunning 8-for-8 predictions have left scientists and sports fans reeling with questions regarding cephalopod intelligence, the possibilities of psychic powers, and tentacled understanding of the passing game and the offsides rule.

This week: Jim Lee and Tom Brevoort reveal astonishing new publishing policies; "Brand New Day" ends, maybe; Mark Waid is sick of superhero comics; Gary Groth comments; and more.

Tomorrow's Times includes a comic by Art Spiegelman about his experiences collaborating with the Pilobolus Dance Company.

If you're not friends with artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones on Facebook, you are missing out on lots of art, like this gorgeous sketch which Jones gave us permission to post here in honor of Cat Blogging Friday.

The recently revamped by Matt Fraction MANDARIN? The revitalized under Paul Cornell LEX LUTHOR? Or ... this guy?

Have you been fretting about what to get Sean T. Collins for his birthday? Worry no more! Wearable, usable art company Poketo has just announced Perverse Universe, a limited edition wallet series that "offers a view into the mad minds of Matt Furie, Louie Cordero, and Jon Vermilyea."

Barry Deutsch a.k.a. Ampersand has an eagerly awaited graphic novel --Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, based on his long-running webcomic -- coming out in a few months, but he's also a political cartoonist, as seen at his Leftycartoons.com website. Warning: leftist views! Click