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On our periodic forays to Bergen Street Comics we've been watching the new Barclays Center go up a few blocks away, so it's good to know that comics loving Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez knows where to get his books:

Apparently con crud cut a wide swath through the nerdlebrity contingent at this year's show.

While this year's San Diego Comic Con was lighter on movies and heavier on TV then it has been in recent years, the Iron...

Realizing that getting new stores out there is crucial to growing the comics business. Diamond has announced a couple of new programs to help...

Check out Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward signing comics for the kiddies at San Diego Comic Con

While worlds of comics and movies were all in San Diego, the rest of the country still thought about going to movies. The latest Ice Age made a solid, if not spectacular, with $46M. Easy pickings for the only major release of the week. Here are the weekend estimates, according to Box Office Mojo:

There's a new teaser poster for Man of Steel making the rounds at Comicon:

OK, so it's supposed to be the Iron Man 3 panel. And it is, but they started out by confirming a few thing for the second phase of the MCU. MCU? Marvel Cinematic Universe. What is there to be confirmed? Here's a handy list:

Quentin Tarantino jumped onto the Before Watchmen panel today, ran around on the table, and announced a new 5-issue miniseries based on his new film, to be published by Vertigo.

A bit of film news out of Ireland, that I haven't heard coming out of Comicon... a film called "Grabbers." It sounds like Father Ted (or at least Father Jack) meets The Thing. A small Irish island community is beset by monsters and the only way you can survive them is to get good and drunk. (Hmmm... are these monsters threatening the Hyatt bar during comicon... it might explain a few things.)

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Stopped by the Cryptozoic pop up at 411 Market Street and things are hopping with free zombie make-up, game demos and signings. Tonight there's...