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There is to be a documentary about Bryan Talbot, the creator of he Tale of One Bad Rat, Luther Arkwright, Dotter of Her Father's...

The 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes, given out to notable manga, were announced yesterday. he grand prize went to March comes in like...

Hawthorne High School in New Jersey has been throwing a comic con for seven years, and thanks to the help of art teacher Alan Rosenberg's great contacts, they always have a stellar line-up of great cartoonists. This year's show, to be held May 10th, will be a Tribute to Joe Kubert, and I'm guessing it will be one of those small intimate shows that so many folks enjoy. Guests include Walt Simonson, Herb Trimpe, Joe Staton and more.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently filming in Aosta, Italy which has to be tough because one bowl of pasta and it's going to show in your spandex, but luckily, as these photos show, some of the costumes have pasta-concealing features. Elizabeth Olson said she wasn't going to go around in a scarlet swimsuit as The Scarlet Witch and she is sure not wearing a swimsuit. Sensible shoes and everything!

The programming for this year's MoCCA Festival (April 5-6) just went up. Designed by Bill Kartalopoulos, it's a masterclass in comics with participants from...

The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction has just announced a new MFA course in "Applied Cartooning", which is a word I hear a lot hat talks about using comics for educational and informational purposes. When the cartoon Illuminati gets together they are all about Applied Cartooning, trust me. According to the announcement, this program will explore "how comics can impact such diverse fields as health, business, public policy, and education."

What shocking secrets will you learn in today's thrilling episode of Kibbles n' Bits?

Hello and welcome to an All-New month of Marvel sales numbers NOW! Before we get started let’s look at a breakdown of what we have this month. 69 Marvel comics out this month 8 Titles double-shipped
8 new #1s (I did not count the Annuals) 8 Avengers Titles
6 X-Men Titles (9 if you count X-Force, X-Factor and Marvel Knights X-Men).

This month several titles get relaunches as part of All-New Marvel Now. Some of these are new teams, or characters getting a solo title for the first time in a while. Some are soft relaunches of recently ended titles.

With time travel and tons of extra characters so Fox can make sure they have them on their Marvel roster, even this new POSTER...

The Gwar frontman is dead at age 50. Gwar had a big comics crossover of inspiration and I know they played Comic-Con several times....

Are you among the four or five people who haven't done a Kickstarter yet but are just thinking about it?

There's a big survey of retailers about current comics sales trends, ably put together by Shannon O'Leary up at Publishers Weekly today, called Despite...