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By Brandon Schatz Normally I abhor rumours, especially when I know my Wednesday will be nothing but addressing half-truths and lies that some over-glorified click...

Well, despite the Ant-Man problem, Marvel Studios is moving ahead with a Doctor Strange movie, long rumored, and said by studio head Kevin Feige...

As triumph so often turns to tragedy, just as what is arguably Marvel Studio's greatest achievement—the extremely well reviewed, successful and genre busting Captain...

The graphic novel adaptation of Hugh Howey's WOOL is now available in a serialized digital format via comiXology and Amazon.com. The adaptation, by Jimmy...

Ocarinas aren't just for Zelda fans any more. St. Louis Ocarinas has released an officially licensed line of Marvel ocarinas in a variety of...

Richard McGuire's Here is a comics story originally published in RAW Magazine that used the comics form to dizzying effect, jumping from the dawn...

Well, this crowdfunder hardly needs my help as its already at more than $100K and it made it's $30,000 goal in an hour or...

The issue of harassment at cons isn't going to go away, and seems to get highlighted more each day as women, men, organizers, cosplayers and interne bystanders deal with the growing injection of actual hormonal humans into abstract fan scenarios. When I went to shows as a youngster, I thought of cons as a "safe space" believe it or not. Compared to the rock scene I was involved with, the relatively few women in comics were in a mostly hands off zone, mostly because most congoers were afraid of them, and should anything amiss happen there was a huge crew of friends to back you up. Notice that I just said "COMPARED TO THE ROCK SCENE"; it was far from a paradise of equality, but I felt safer at a comic con than I did at most places.

Although my take on the first BookCon was positive, it was definitely crowded and unorganized, and I'd be remiss if I didn't point...

Michael Kupperman and David Rees have been contributing a biweekly comic called "See Something, Say Something" to the New York Times editorial page, but...

Legendary Comics, the comics division of Legendary Entertainment, the movie studio owned by comics-loving Thomas Tull, has had an up and down history since...

So BookCon was, like the very first New York Comic-Con, a raging success that caught everyone by surprise. It may be surprising that so...