50 cent

One of the nice things about having my job is that occasionally, someone I don't know will be cleaning out a garage or whatever, find something weird, and immediately decide that they should mail it to me because they think it's something I'd want to see. It doesn't happen a lot, but it's often enough that at this point, it's stopped being weird. Mostly. Point being, that's exactly what happened w

If you're a regular listener of ComicsAlliance's War Rocket Ajax podcast, then you're probably already aware that I'm in the habit of picking up video games from a few years back on the cheap while we're waiting on newer titles like Saints Row the Third or Mass Effect 3...

With this week's release of "Batman: the Brave and the Bold" and "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" and the recent success of "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game," it's been a pretty good week for comics making the transition into video games...

Pop quiz, hot shot. Who said this? "I got it mastered, man. In the hood I'm like Plastic Man... stretch!" No idea? What about this one: "I got Spider-Man high, I made Batman fly"? Still no idea? It was rap superstar 50 Cent, on the song "Stretch" from his long-awaited and just-released fourth studio album "Before I Self Destruct...

Celebrities writing (or "writing") comics is nothing new; there have been imprints and even entire companies devoted to the somewhat dubious concept, but usually they involve celebs from television, film, and the occasional rock or rap star...