Television

And speaking of the Center for cartoon studies, perusing their front page there's some unbelievably exciting news on a variety of fronts, including news that Jon Chad has been accepted into the US astronaut program, and news of the CCS kickboxing team triumphing over Dartmouth. What caught our eye was the news that after vewing the CCs movie, a producer thinks White River Junction would be a great setting for a reality tv series. The 'Junc?

Once again, it’s that time of year again!  Sports geeks speculate who will make the Big Dance, who got snubbed, and who will be...

Any illusion I had that I was the only human being watching the new History Channel drama THE VIKINGS was shattered walking into a...

Cynthia "Cindy" Martin worked in mainstream comics at the very WORST time to be female in mainstream comics -- the 80s and 90s -- despite this, she racked up a solid run on Marvel's STAR WARS that's considered some of the definitive comics work on the title. She also drew Wonder Woman and Spider-man. In recent year's she been illustrating a number of non fictionYA graphic novels for Capstone. She's also been made an honorary member of the 501st Legion—the Stormtrooper cosplay organization.

As I tweeted the other day,. I am now definitely HOOKED ON STRIP SEARCH, the Penny Arcade produced reality show about cartoonists. We've now seen the first challenge and the first elimination (both above) and in case you are wondering THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

STRIP SEARCH, the reality show about a house full of cartoonists competing for $15K and a year of "being embedded" at Penny Arcade, debuted earlier this week. You can watch the first episode above and the second episode is now up as well. The show is produced by the Penny Arcade crew, with Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins as judges. (They ran a half million dollar Kickstarter to fund the show last year) 12 cartoonists -- six male, six female, are flown to a house in Seattle to compete for the prize, in the classic format. The 12, chosen from a thousand entrants, are mostly webcomickers, but more on that in a bit.

Just why is The Walking Dead the most popular cable show of all time? It's gory, unrelentingly grim and even the most likable characters act out of brutal self-preservation. There are no feel good moments, only increasingly distant memories of what it was like to feel good. (When a Tom Waits song, which closed last week's episode, qualifies as a gentle lullaby, you know things have gotten tough.) I guess all of this explains why it's a guilty pleasure: soap opera with the threat of a horrific death at any given moment.

AMC's The Walking Dead continues to be an unstoppable ratings juggernaut — last night's premiere of season 3.5 debuted with even higher ratings than the full season premiere in October:

News reports are circulating that the Siegel and Shuster heirs have asked the lower court to dismiss DC's copyright lawsuits. What actually happened is...

If you somehow didn’t know it already, then this is breaking news for you: this year marks the 50th anniversary of the longest running...

In case you missed last night's PBS documentary on Superheroes, you can watch it above—or at this link if the embed isn't working. The program includes Wizard World all-star festival of folks like Lou Ferrigno, Burt Ward, Adam West and Lynda Carter talking about playing superheroes. They are all veteran charmers, and when we have a spare 53 minutes, we plan on watching the whole thing. A supporting webpage has background and stills—such as the above one of Julie Newmar as Catwoman—and some extra videos.

Pilot season is upon us in Hollywood, and Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's acclaimed THE SIXTH GUN has gotten a pilot order at NBC with Carlton Cuse (Lost) on board to produce.