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The BATMAN writer is the bad guy in a new MCR video? And here we always thought he was a force for good.

Call me crazy but I still love this. Music by Beck Hansen.

These memes are strong today

For those of you wondering if Frank Miller would ever direct again, the answer is, "Yes!" He's directed a commercial/short film for Gucci Guilty perfume starring Chris Evans and Evan Rachel Wood -- that's right. Captain Johnny Stormerica and The Girl Who Was Almost Mary Jane. The music is by English dance duo Friendly Fires. A trailer is getting some airing, but the whole caboodle will premiere during the MTV Video Music Awards on September 12th. If you can't wait -- or your doctor has warned you that watching the MTV Video Awards could trigger a fatal brain embolism -- the whole thing will be available online on August 24th.

If I lived in a world where this was real, I'd be so happy. In truth, it is a fake commercial by Phil Lord and Chris Miller made in 1998 for a series of educational shorts about action figures based on historical figures. It was never aired. Thank god for YouTube.

Here's the trailer for the series, now available on iTunes, Amazon Video on Demand, Xbox Live / Zune Market Place and the PlayStation Network. More info here.

   An Australian comics shop owner who was dressed as Spider-Man for his Free Comic Book Day festivities confronted a real life perp, who tried to steal a $150 X-Man Omnibus. ... Michael Baulderstone, 45, owner of the Adelaide Comics Center, said he was dressed as Marvel comics character Spider-Man for Saturday's international "free comic book day," which promotes literacy, when a customer without a costume grabbed a $150 book, the "X-Man Omnibus," from a window display, The Times of London reported Monday. Another employee of the store, who was dressed as the Flash, and other customers, dressed as Jedi Knights, helped subdue the suspect until police arrived. ...Finally, as the video shows, a real life Spider-man's crime solving would involve walking around holding a ruck-sack.

Reader Maclaine Diemer alaerted us to this new Gorillaz video which, in addition to being just excellent, features a couple of guest stars. One is obvious -- the star of many comic-bookical movies. The other -- appearing at around the 4:00 mark -- could be an homage to another well known character? Since this is the first part of an evolving story, perhaps this mysterious figure will be back in future installments.

http://www.youtube.com/v/a6djPGS3RCA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00 Luc Besson has directed a flim version of Jacques Tardi's great comics heroine, Adéle Blanc-Sec, a sort of one woman BPRD of Steampunk....

http://www.youtube.com/v/P2KRtCtRINc&hl=en_US&fs=1& Johanna Draper Carlson points us to this Samsung ad for a phone that enables a moody cartoonist who looks more like a magician to...

http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4b747eacb04bb0bb/4ad95923710ab697/e88b6344/-cpid/6458afcd508bd12 Somehow missed Andy Samberg as Scrooge McDuck last fall.

http://www.youtube.com/v/PaDAiv0cYU4&hl=en_US&fs=1& Let's get this party started quickly. (Via Rob Bricken)