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If you've been paying any attention to the Internet over the past few days, then you've probably gotten wind of the Earth-shattering news broken by Irish filmmaker George Clarke, who discovered the shocking footage of what he believes to be a time traveler at the 1928 premiere of Charlie Chaplin's The Circus, handily identified by the fact that she's chatting away on a cell phone. Sure, the so-cal

Another day, another religiously persecuted comic. Following last week's outcry over the Islam-inspired superhero cartoon "The 99" and numerous incidents of violence against cartoonists critical of Muslim extremists, a Spanish magazine has been (perhaps unlawfully) shelved by its printer for its unfavorable comment about a state visit by the Pope Benedict XVI...

There's some disturbing news out of the United Kingdom this morning involving some of our favorite costumed heroes wreaking havoc in a Worcester neighborhood. Apparently, it all started with a group of students who were attending a superhero-themed party...

Not many creators are in indie comics for the money -- at least not many that last -- so when someone creates something of their own it's a labor of love. This is a great thing for the consumer, because people who do things out of love don't tend to get sloppy or lazy ...

We've known since Comic-Con that Archie Comics would be bringing President Obama and political rival Sarah Palin to Riverdale to back opposing student government campaigns, but I'm not sure anybody was prepared for the idealistic town's effect on the pair on the cover of an upcoming issue...

And now, your strange mention of super-heroes in an actual news story of the day, courtesy of the Associated Press: MURPHYSBORO, Ill. - Clad in Spiderman pajamas, a 5-year-old southern Illinois boy on a scooter had someplace to be. And he apparently wasn't going to let busy highways stand in his way... Read More ...

Most toy collectors often form, shall we say, unique attachments to their pop culture possessions, but there are times when our geeky brethren take their obsessions a step too far (or way too far) -- as in the case of Yoshifumi Takabe, a 30-year-old Japanese factory worker who recently attempted to kill himself by burning his house down (with him in it) after his mother attempted to throw out his

This week sees the latest release from the "DC Comics Classics Library" line, which -- despite its extremely awkward name -- has been a showcase for some great stories that haven't gotten the reprints they deserve. This time around, they're offering up "Batman Annual" #4 - 7, a quartet of 80-page giants from the mid-sixties...

In the 22 years that I've been reading comics, I've built up a collection with some pretty weird stuff in it: A pristine copy of "Godzilla vs. Barkley" (in which Godzilla rises from the ocean to do battle on the court with a 300 foot-tall Sir Charles), a copy of "Rock Reflections of a Super-Hero," even the two comics about Prince that Dwayne McDuffie wrote back in the early '90

I've been reading Jim Balent's "Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose" for the majority of its ten-year (and counting) run, and in that time it's been the most consistently amazing comic book on the stands. Admittedly, this isn't quite the traditional definition of "amazing," but it always leaves me pretty amazed...