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   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)

http://www.youtube.com/v/vjAmPnXq9Dc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 Raina Telgemeier's dental drama is about to drop, and it now has a trailer.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/271548326 Dash Shaw's IFC series is now online in four episodes, with extras. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/v/7i5FlC1MpkE&hl=en_US&fs=1& Now that Tiger Woods has done his Media Walk of Shame, it's time to turn the page and get back to lambasting celebrities who...

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/16681868001?isVid=1&publisherID=184253309 With Kitty Pryde as Bella. We enjoyed this video AND the ad for ZORRO DVDs that ran before it!

http://www.youtube.com/v/kUQ15qXaUsw&hl=en&fs=1& Via Sean.

http://www.youtube.com/v/dRd_vZT6zPY&hl=en&fs=1& ...it might have gone something like this. Via Peter Serafinowicz, voice of Darth Maul and maestro of Look Around You.