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WitchbladeAfter a TV series on TNT and an anime version, Witchblade stretches her media legs once again — Variety reports that Platinum Studios, Top Cow Prods. and Arclight Films are working on a live-action Witchblade movie. They hope to start production in September. In addition to a brief WTF moment in the article [...]

– Tom Spurgeon interviews Tripwire editor Joel Meadows. – Fantagraphics store manager Larry Reid is profiled. – Blog@ columnist Neil Kleid is going to be at the People’s Improv Theater for Comic Book Club in New York Tuesday night. – Gelatometti has video from the Image Seven signing on Free Comic Book Day. – San Diego Comic Con teasing [...]

Iron Man #120th Century Danny Boy reports that legendary artist Gene Colan’s liver is failing him, according to an email sent by Gene’s wife, Adrienne: My darling, sweet, handsome and brilliantly gifted husband’s liver is failing. The complications are very nasty. This week it’s fluid retention and encephalitis. He’s on powerful meds now to diminish the [...]

This week I toyed with the idea of a Dave theme week–quoting folks in support of Dave Sim’s correspondence policy or Hispanics in support of this other Dave. But both prospects could not hold my attention for long. Instead I opted for the following random quotes, not necessarily all inspired by events of the week. [...]

Iron Man for PSP CoverI recently played the PSP version of Iron Man and while some of the features are impressive, it seems Sega forgot the most important aspect of any game: fun. That’s right, Iron Man for the PSP just isn’t all that fun to play. It seems, especially for [...]

Dave Sim’s new work Glamourpuss has begun to see print and so far the reactions are interesting. Ben Avery gives a generally positive review: Essentially, the comic is Dave Sim musing about what this comic will be. Graphically, he starts out drawing photo-realistic black and white drawings of fashion models and ruminating on how he could do [...]

Dateline NBC The Dateline NBC website has the complete transcript, and partial video, from last night’s episode, which focused on the murder trial of retailer Michael George. George, co-founder of Pittsburgh Comic-Con, was convicted in March in the 1990 killing of his first wife Barbara. A jury found that he shot her in the back of their [...]

Pulp TalesBOOM! Studios and a great line-up of creators are putting together a benefit book for artist Josh Medors, who has cancer. Pulp Tales Benefit Book is due in September and can be pre-ordered on the BOOM! site now: PULP TALES BENEFIT BOOK FOR JOSH MEDORS Contributions by Steve Niles, Josh Fialkov, Kody Chamberlain, Tony Fleecs, [...]

Inner Child Cracked.com ranks “The 6 Creepiest Comic Book Characters of All Time,” with nods to Comet the super horse and his obsession with Supergirl, Ultimate Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s strong bond, and Dorothy Spinner’s Inner Child doll. Not for the faint of heart. Via  

Mystery Tales #40 That comic that appeared on Lost last night was Mystery Tales #40, with the cover featuring the perfect teasers for stories about a “Hidden Land!” and a “Voice Of Warning!” I swear, it’s like the writers went back in time and planted the comic just so they could use it in the [...]