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A World of Words Reinvented in Pictures
42 minutes ago -- New York Times
The initial print runs for a graphic-novel adaptation of Twilight and a new graphic novel by Janet Evanovich are staggering...

ROBERT PATTINSON: 'I'M NOT SPIDER-MAN'
Feb 09 12:25 AM -- New Kerala
ROBERT PATTINSON has laughed off rumours he's set to replace TOBEY MAGUIRE as SPIDER-MAN - but insists he'd love to take over the lead role in the superhero series...

Megan Fox & Josh Brolin 'Jonah Hex' Set Photos Leaked To The Internet
Feb 09 12:24 AM -- DimeWars
Superhottie Megan Fox, is set to star in the comic adaptation of 'Jonah Hex', Jimmy Hayward's adaptation of the gunslinger-fueled comic book series...

Tim Robbins plays villain's dad in "Green Lantern"
Feb 08 10:47 PM -- Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tim Robbins is joining the cast of "Green Lantern," the superhero movie based on the DC Comics character...

Smallville: Clips & Pics From Friday s Warrior Episode
Feb 08 3:32 PM -- Screen Rant
Following up from last week s television movie event that was Absolute Justice, Smallville falls back to its normal routine with the return of the magic-laden Zatanna, Lois Lane dressed as Wonder Woman, an enchanted comic book and a thief turned superhero. All of which are directed by Chloe Sullivan herself, Allison Mack. Originally set to air [...]

Boy Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary
Feb 08 3:21 PM -- WEEK News 25 Central Illinois
To the Boy Scouts of America, heroes aren't just the cartoons you can find in comic books. The W.D. Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary today...

The AMERICAN SON Returns to SPIDER-MAN's World in May
Feb 08 2:03 PM -- Newsarama.com via Yahoo! News
Last summer, Harry Osborn turned his back on the "American Son" armor his father gave him in Amazing Spider-Man, denying both the opportunity to be a famous superhero and the bank account that went along with it. Beginning in May, the American Son armor is back in use, as writer Brian Reed and artist Philip Brionnes take a closer look at Harry's life after Siege in the four-issue mini-series...

Modern Wafare 2: Ghost - Bring On The Monsters!!!
Feb 08 10:14 AM -- Game Informer
The third issue in the Modern Warfare 2: Ghost comic book series goes on sale February 17. I haven't read the second issue yet, but the synopsis for issue three makes me think I should. According to Wildstorm's website, this issue unfolds as such: "Dane and Maya storm the castle in Sanctuary, but they may be too late to save the queen. They have to fight through hordes of monsters and soldiers...

Rob Pattinson: 'I'm Not Spider-Man'
Feb 08 7:44 AM -- Teen Hollywood
Robert Pattinson has laughed off rumours he's set to replace Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man - but insists he'd love to take over the lead role in the superhero series...

Graphic novels get the star treatment
Feb 08 5:13 AM -- CNN
In the same way some nerdy leading men have become definitions of cool (see: Michael Cera), graphic novels have also gotten a little Hollywood glitter on their previously geeky reputation...

Rob Pattinson - Pattinson Im Not Spider Man
Feb 08 4:46 AM -- ContactMusic
ROBERT PATTINSON has laughed off rumours he's set to replace TOBEY MAGUIRE as SPIDER-MAN - but insists he'd love to take over the lead role in the superhero...

The comics version of 'RoboCop' comes on strong
Feb 08 2:17 AM -- Philadelphia Daily News
With the launch of its new "RoboCop" series, Dynamite has masterfully adapted a classic 1980s movie franchise while respectfully and powerfully making it relevant to today's readers...

The Off Season: Temptation sometimes comes in a 12-cent package
Feb 07 9:26 PM -- Terre Haute Tribune Star
The comic books in Wilbur Hickman s grocery store always sat in a spinning, white-metal rack that was tapered like a Christmas tree, and no less inviting than one. The rack stood just a few feet inside the glass doors that led into Wilbur s Rosedale IGA when I was a kid, and it was a monument to boyhood temptation at 12 cents a copy...

Film review: Astro Boy
Feb 07 5:06 PM -- Guardian Unlimited
This fun cartoon about the Japanese robot boy boasts a top-line voice cast There is a star-studded vocal cast for this film, including Charlize Theron, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Samuel L Jackson: it's a feature-length version of the classic Japanese manga comic-book character, whose doe-eyed expression became an anime template. ­Freddie Highmore voices Toby, the science-loving kid and son of...

Captain America s Movie Costume Details
Feb 07 2:47 PM -- Screen Rant
Like many comic book characters, simply lifting a costume design from the source material into a live-action adaptation may not work or make sense within the context of which the story is taking place. Case in point: The X-Men and the major changes in costume design from books to movies. That being said, sometimes it can [...]

The First Film Series to Feature a Hispanic American Hero, The Mercy Man, Launches Casting Search for The Lead Role
Feb 07 11:57 AM -- HispanicBusiness.com
No Related Stories at this time! New York, N.Y.--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--August 25, 2003--Look out Spider-Man. Move out of the way Daredevil. There s a new superhero in town!

Comics fans are drawn to Pitsburgh's many shops, museum
Feb 07 9:56 AM -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
If there's a heaven for comic book fans, I imagine it looks a bit like Phantom of the Attic Comics in Oakland -- except it never ends, and the aisles and shelves and racks full of comics stretch every direction into infinity...

PLANET HULK Two Disc Special Edition Review
Feb 07 8:41 AM -- Mania
Planet Hulk adapts the popular Marvel Comics story arc that ran in 2006- 2007. The film basically picks up where Hulk #92 started as the Hulk is trapped aboard a shuttle listening to a recording of Iron Man apologize for sending the Hulk into exile but explaining that it was done for the safety of the world. Behind him you can see the other members of the Illuminati Reed Richards, Doctor Strange...

Newest justice joins comic superheroes
Feb 07 4:12 AM -- Omaha World-Herald
Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have a new comics compatriot: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor...

Telluride's "superhero" fought the good fight
Feb 07 12:21 AM -- Denver Post
When Telluride Ski Resort opened in 1972, it came with a superhero, its own comic and open arms for ski bums...

  1. Marvel Comics: Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist
    9-Feb-2010 8:26am -- Canada Free Press

  2. Interactive Graphic Designs - Download and Fold Mau Russo Graphic Art (VIDEO)
    9-Feb-2010 8:23am -- Trend Hunter

  3. HK studio behind 'TMNT,' 'Astro Boy' shuts down
    9-Feb-2010 8:03am -- Pantagraph.com

  4. Panelfly Comic-Book Reader for iPad
    9-Feb-2010 7:14am -- Wired News

  5. How to Turn Your Photo Into a Cartoon Online
    9-Feb-2010 6:21am -- EHow.com

  6. So you think you know comic books?
    9-Feb-2010 2:55am -- Hernando Today

  7. Neil Gaiman confirms writing a 'Doctor Who' episode
    9-Feb-2010 2:24am -- MySanAntonio

  8. TV Wasteland: Wherefore Heroes?
    9-Feb-2010 1:49am -- Mania

  9. 'Smallville' â" Absolute Justice
    9-Feb-2010 1:26am -- Airlock Alpha

  10. Joe Mad talks Digital Comics
    9-Feb-2010 1:24am -- Playstation.com New Zealand

  11. Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1
    9-Feb-2010 12:53am -- Comic Book Bin

  12. THE GREEN ZONE: Big Reveals & Bad Romance
    8-Feb-2010 8:55pm -- Comic Book Resources

  13. FIRST LOOK: DC Dynamics Supergirl Statue
    8-Feb-2010 8:55pm -- Comic Book Resources

  14. Geoff Johns Talks Smallville
    8-Feb-2010 8:17pm -- IGN.com

  15. School building gets new life as manga museum
    8-Feb-2010 8:14pm -- Asahi.com

  16. The comics version of 'RoboCop' comes on strong
    8-Feb-2010 7:07pm -- Philadelphia Inquirer

  17. DRAW! Jordi Bernet Talks "Jonah Hex"
    8-Feb-2010 4:48pm -- Comic Book Resources

  18. Holy ballyhoo, Batman!
    8-Feb-2010 4:38pm -- San Jose Mercury News

  19. DC Comics documentary in the works
    8-Feb-2010 4:36pm -- Digital Spy

  20. Logan Lerman On Spider-Man Rumors: Im Just Hoping To Be Considered Percy Jackson & The Olympians star...
    8-Feb-2010 4:35pm -- Access Hollywood

  21. Comic Book Riff Raff: Motion comics
    8-Feb-2010 4:08pm -- Battle Creek Enquirer

  22. McCann Makes Dazzler Sing Once More
    8-Feb-2010 4:08pm -- Comic Book Resources

  23. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bard?
    8-Feb-2010 4:07pm -- Comic Book Resources

  24. [TV] The Prominent Animators of Our Era
    8-Feb-2010 2:59pm -- JustPressPlay

  25. Two more gymnasts qualify for Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup
    8-Feb-2010 2:54pm -- US Olympic Team

  26. ESPN?s NASCAR Coverage to Rock with Comic Book Heroes
    8-Feb-2010 2:39pm -- PaddockTalk

  27. FIRST LOOK: "Who Won't Wield The Shield"
    8-Feb-2010 2:08pm -- Comic Book Resources

  28. Cable, X-Force In New "Second Coming" Teaser
    8-Feb-2010 2:07pm -- Comic Book Resources

  29. PREVIEW: "Batman and Robin" #8
    8-Feb-2010 2:07pm -- Comic Book Resources

  30. "Secret Avengers" Creative Team Announced
    8-Feb-2010 2:06pm -- Comic Book Resources

  31. Pattinson plays down 'Spider-Man' rumours
    8-Feb-2010 9:49am -- Digital Spy

  32. Pattinson: 'I'm not Spider-Man'
    8-Feb-2010 9:44am -- Yahoo! UK and Ireland

  33. Online Comic Book Store Stands Up To Olivia Munn Lawyers Over Parody Comic Book
    8-Feb-2010 9:39am -- AltAssets.net

  34. SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #12 Review
    8-Feb-2010 9:20am -- Mania

  35. Graphic novels get star treatment
    8-Feb-2010 8:34am -- CNN

  36. Graphic novels get the star treatment
    8-Feb-2010 8:20am -- CNN

  37. Jeff Bridges: 'Iron Man had no script'
    8-Feb-2010 6:48am -- Digital Spy

  38. Siege: Spider-Man
    8-Feb-2010 6:41am -- IGN.com

  39. Marvel Advance Reviews: Siege #2, Deadpool Team-Up #896, and More!
    8-Feb-2010 5:52am -- PopCultureShock

  40. Aleister Gilgrim - Creating the Afterlife:
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  41. Tart to Heart: Yeah, but Will It Last?:
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  42. Rebecca Buchanan - Eternal Haunted Summer:
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  43. Inside the Mind Behind The Rejects - Anthony Ferrante
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  44. Male Bonding in Superhero Comics, Part 1: - Old Friends, Teammates, and Frenemies
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  45. The Friend Trend All Access
    8-Feb-2010 4:41am -- Sequential Tart

  46. PLANET HULK Two Disc Special Edition Review
    8-Feb-2010 3:10am -- Mania

  47. Who is Neil Gaiman
    8-Feb-2010 2:48am -- Daily Bruin

  48. Comics fans are drawn to Pitsburgh's many shops, museum
    8-Feb-2010 2:37am -- Individual.com

  49. A Year Of Cool Comics 2010 Edition
    8-Feb-2010 1:57am -- Comic Book Resources

  50. SMALLVILLE - SEASON NINE - 'Absolute Justice' A two hour television event that looks to breath new life i...
    8-Feb-2010 12:24am -- IF Magazine.com

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