Dragonball

Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise is the butt of a lot of jokes these days. I'm sure you know them: something something power levels, something something "It's over 9000!", and so on. It's a melodramatic series with incredible market penetration, so it's no wonder that it's easy as pie to find jokes about it...

Food: You can now feast upon special Captain America: The First Avengers grub at Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. Just be sure to go ride your bike for awhile or something afterward if you want to keep looking like a super soldier. TV: Voice actor Billy West chats with Gamma Squad about the new, extra feminine season of Futurama...

Movies: Splash News Online has scored some new images of The Amazing Spider-Man swinging around. I must admit, I'm starting not to mind those silvery soles on his costume. Creators: Artist Chris Wozniak and his wife Debra have lost their home to the recent tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...

There's already an Ultra Combo's worth of fine Street Fighter artwork out there in the world, both in Udon's SF comics and the textured brushwork look Capcom went for in their "Street Fighter 4" games. Brazilian artist Samuel Cazetta Arlindo humanized a few of the games' cast members, however, and his Ryu and Dhalsim are absolutely vicious-looking...

Dragon Ball fans waiting for the legendary franchise's return to the medium that spawned it were disappointed to learn this week that it is not to be -- at least, not exactly. As confirmed by Dragon Ball fansite Daizenshuu EX, the property has spawned a new manga, Dragon Ball SD, which will appear in the new magazine, Saikyô Jump. Writ...

Fans of the "Dragon Ball" franchise are most likely already aware of the existence of "Dragon Ball Origins" and its upcoming sequel, both of which are video games for the Nintendo DS. What those same fans might not be aware of, however, is the impending availability of a "Dragon Ball: Origins 2" downloadable demo arriving next week...

"Drag-On Ball Z." That's what Comics Alliance's assistant editor Caleb Goellner used to call "Dragon Ball Z," the anime and manga series that inspired a horrible movie starring James Marsters. We can point and laugh at Caleb's ridiculous name-calling later, but to be fair, he has a point...