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Every few years Diamond lines up a celebrity spokesperson for Free Comic Book Day and this year its Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, who is an admitted "lifelong comic book fan." I found this one persuasive than the first one I can remember, a sun bleared Hugh Jackman.

A controversial variant cover of Batgirl has been pulled following objections—including objections raised by the book's creative team.

Oni has just announced the promotion of three of its editors in preparation for new creator owned and licensed titles. While all the promotions are well deserved, they might also serve as a preemptive hedge against DC's talent raid on West Coast editorial offices. The short version: Charlie Chu has been promoted to Senior Editor, Robin Herrera to Editor, and Ari Yarwood to Associate Editor. And the books they will be working on include Kaijumax, Invader Zim and Rick and Morty. PLUS they got portraits by John Allison! It is a day of winning.

In anticipation of this week's new release, The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie, we chat with its creator

Uncivilized Books has had a few knockout books, with Maya Neyestani's An Iranian Metamorphosis getting a lot of wards consideration. And now here's the...

UPDATE: I've learned that this show could have been the victim of Wizard World's own aggressive scheduling, as there is an existing SC Comicon, which will be held at the exact same venue next week. Possibly the locals wanted to support the local show. Although this sounds like a change in planning and not part of the Great Con Contraction, even Wizard has decided to postpone one of it's show by a year. Wizard World Greenville, SC was scheduled for May 29-30, 2015 but has been rescheduled for July 15-17, 2016. The reason for the move was given as a scheduling conflict. The TD Convention Center in Greenville was only available for two days, and "Wizard World feels that the fans of Greenville would be best served by a weekend, three-day show for the full Wizard World Comic Con experience."

§ For everyone foaming at the mouth over the new DC costumes, here's a reminder that Wonder Woman once wore biker shorts, people. In...

https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/576159074095644672 Roz Chast had an incredible 2014 as her book Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? topped best seller list, garnered award nominations left...

Word is going around on Facebook today that Dondi co-creator Irwin Hasen has passed away at the ripe old age of 96. Hasen was best known for Dondi, the tale of a WW II orphan who brings joy to the live of those around him. The strip was turned into a movie in 1961. He was presented with an Eisner Award last year.

Just the other day on Twitter, I was comparing notes with Tom Spurgeon and Johanna Draper Carlson as members of a very selective club...

§ Ryan Holmberg's obituary for Tatsumi Yoshihiro is a must read, not only as a personal remembrance of the man and who he affected...

On the left is the cover to Green Lantern 41 by Billy Tan. On the right is Shane Davis's cover to the bestselling...