Entertainment

Nat Gertler has made a chart, and even though his name is not Clarissa, it might just explain it all for you.

Wow, two crotchgates in one day. It seems that Andrew Garfield, who will appear as Spider-Man in the new film which opens on July 3rd, had to learn the hard way that superhero costumes aren't that practical in real life. It turns out that obliging certain natural functions was not that easy in his Spidey suit.

We were all pretty excited when the first set photos of Henry Cavill as Superman leaked out. It seemed that after years of binding and CGI smoothing, Superman was finally getting super where it counted.

Wild party man Andrew W.K. is known for his high energy rockin' anthems, his white attire...and now that he is a Brony. It seems that he has signed on as a speaker for Canterlot Gardens, an Ohio convention for My Little Pony Fans, where he'll deliver an inspirational speech.

As the summer's family fare starts to roll out and another SF/F franchise rolls out, Avengers starts the real slide down the box office fire pole. This week, Avengers sank all the way down to #5 for U.S. box office.

I took in a screening of Prometheus last night, the much anticipated "is it or isn't it" prequel to Alien and Ridley Scott's "maybe" return to that universe. It was a decidedly mixed bag.

French speakers will enjoy this the most, but for Mysterious Cities of Gold fans—and we know there are a lot of you—the impact of this trailer will be a bit like seeing THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK for the first time...only 25 years later instead of 3. It's all there: Kukapetl, Mendoza, the Golden Bird airship, the theme song...and the promise of many, many more civilizations to be destroyed by our trio of young heroes.

We're done at BEA and BlogWorld and so on, and getting back up to speed on posting. Huge thanks to Torsten, Todd, Vanguard Steve, and Jessica for keeping the show running while we were away from the computer. We'll have more BEA thoughts tomorrow but in the meantime, not to make anyone jealous or anything, but here's the promo item of the show...and maybe the year, a travel themed giveaway for Lemony Snicket's new series, "ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS", which has art by Seth...everything from a pen with an octopus to a bar of soap. The first book will have a 1 million copy laydown October 23rd.

Once a year, booksellers, librarians, and assorted biblios assemble at Book Expo America, the largest publishing trade show in North America. 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the graphic novel pavilion at BEA, and while many graphic novel publishers are absent, there are many more "mainstream" publishers offering an amazing multitude of titles, genres, subjects, and audiences! This year, John Hogan of Graphic Novel Reporter hosts The Hottest Graphic Novels of 2012! panel, where a team of five diverse individuals recommend a variety of graphic novels due to be published in 2012! Last year's selections got lots of press and accolades, and quite a few of the titles below seem to be just as interesting and intriguing!

It's only gossip for now but we can but hope:

Only a few minutes to post a few tidbits...as usual, compared to even a few years ago, everyone in the book biz knows what graphic novels are, and even if they aren't publishing them outright, nearly everyone has a book that's "sort of" like a GN with words and pictures.

We'll be at BookExpo America for BlogWorld for the next three days, so sporadic posting alert! On Wednesday we'll appear on this panel: