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In Knights of Badassdom, live action roleplayers Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau and Patrick Stewart accidentally summon a demon to Earth during league play. You know, like you do. It's unlikely that you require much more information to become excited about this film, but we can tell you it's directed by Joe Lynch and combines stars from such genre highlights as Game of Thron

Fans of The Venture Bros got a special treat at Comic-Con this weekend, where they screened 15 minutes a trailer of the upcoming documentary-style animated special, From the Ladle to the Grave, which airs August 28th on Adult Swim (not the 24th as previously announced)...

As much as comic book conventions are about celebrating and marketing the great artwork, stories and creators of the medium, they are about spotlighting the creativity of fashion-conscious fans who cosplay as their favorite characters, often with spectacular results...

DC Comics Co-Publisher and artist Jim Lee did a bit of live drawing for the crowd at the DC Comics booth during Comic-Con this weekend, including one very special sketch of Wonder Woman holding out the pants from her recent costume redesign while sporting the more traditional swimsuit cut we'll see in the DC relaunch this fall...

Last week's San Diego Comic-Con International spawned scores of news stories, pop culture insights and cosplay photos. In fact, we're still catching our collective breath at ComicsAlliance. In the spirit of guiding our valued readers to the items they may have missed while in the belly of the news-consuming beast this past weekend, we've put together a helpful recap to efficiently deliver links to

Many ComicsAlliance readers will be glad to know that Vertigo is launching an all-new ongoing series set in the enduringly popular and consistently excellent Fables saga created by Bill Willingham. Called Fairest, the book will star Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and, in Willingham's words, anyone who could be interpreted as "fairest in the land...

As announced this weekend at Comic-Con, television and comics writer Brian K. Vaughan will launch an all-new creator-owned comic Saga next year illustrated by Fiona Staples, an ongoing sci-fi series that will launch at Image Comics with an over-sized forty-four page issue...

The star of Kevin Keller continued to ascend last weekend at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where it was announced that the first openly gay Archie Comics character would graduate from his in-progress miniseries to a full-fledged ongoing series next February...

Nickelodeon let loose its first animated look at the 70-years-later sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender this past week at Comic-Con. Created by the original Avatar team of Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko the new series, The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, introduces viewers to protagonist Korra, a powerful teenaged bender who has mastered Earth, Water and Fire-bending and is on a journey t

Sunday at Comic-Con International saw DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, VP of Art and Design Mark Chiarello and artist Cully Hamner hosted a panel discussion dedicated to the look of DC's New 52, the September launch or relaunch of 52 comics in a retooled and redesigned superhero universe...