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SPX just got more awesome with the announcement of the slate of international guests from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Iran, Colombia and more. Previously announced guests include BRandon Graham, Emily Carroll, and more more more. This is gonna be so great. Save money now!

The first superhero comic I paid for with my own money was Sensational Spider-Man #0. It arrived at the pharmacy my mom worked at...

I've written about these kinds of studies before, but here's the latest one. Norwegian 10th graders were shown to retain information better when they...

Because we all need a laugh and because the internet was made for cats: BREAKING CAT NEWS by Georgia Dunn. 
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§ Illustrators and cartoonists salute Robin Williams in a gallery at Vice. Above by Zack Soto. § Actually, I didn't cover this before, but Tom...

By Matthew Jent The Star Wars Credits Script: J.W. Rinzler Art: Mike Mayhew Colors: Rain Beredo Lettering: Michael Heisler Cover Art: Nick Runge Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Movie Tie-In Star Wars the film -- the...

Several job openings at Marvel -- both in Burbank and New York. You'll notice that several of them are in the games division. I've confirmed...

Continuing this morning's elegiac tone, here's a lovely remembrance of retailer Nick Post by the CBLDF's Charles Brownstein. Postiglione, to give his full name,...

The reaction to Robin Williams' death has been unlike any celebrity death I can remember. We all knew Whitney was going to go, and Michael Jackson's end was as expected as it was bizarre. With Williams there seem to be few mysteries. It was a battle, and he lost. Yet the shock of his tragic decision seems to have transcended our celebrity autopsy culture with its essential question: how can someone who gave so much, who had so much to give, have turned away from the light with such finality?

The Bat office continues to break the mold! FINALLY a Bat book drawn by Ben Templesmith! People in my comic book circle have been suggesting...

About Comics is a boutique publisher that specializes in bringing back unjustly obscure comics in affordable editions. They've just released HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. Originally published in 1990 via Marvel's Epic line, it was a non-superheroic variant of Crossfire by the same team, basically behind the scenes tales of Hollywood, seen through the adventures of a team of private eyes consisting of a stuntman, an aspiring actress and a stand up comic. Like Crossfire, it has that slightly elegiac air of people who believe Hollywood's legend and lore a little too much, told as only a couple of insiders could tell it.

by Nicholas Eskey

This year, as part of Dynamite Entertainment’s 10th anniversary, the comic publisher will be rolling out with “Chaos!” line of titles, including a rebirth of the cult classic Purgatori. The first issues goes on sale next month. Through the magic of the interweb, I had a chance to interview Aaron Gillespie, writer for Dynamite’s take on the series, and ask him a few questions regarding the demonic femme fatal: