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Fundraisers: Artist Sebastian Alappat has released "The Alphabat" print, which is now available for purchase online. All proceeds will be donated to the Aurora Victims Relief Fund. Movies: Entertainment One has acquired the worldwide rights to a (possibly live-action) television series based on Osamu Tezuka's medical adventure manga Black Jack...

Infographics: Wired's Tim Leong (a sometime contributor to CA) constructs a massive graphic that follows the evolution of Batman's many villains just in time for The Dark Knight Rises. Industry: Image Comics has announced that The Walking Dead #100 has achieved 383,612 initial orders, "...

Toy stores are justifiably brimming with The Dark Knight Rises toys and action figures in preparation for the film's July 21 release, but fans of Batman's more traditional look from the comics can still look forward to at least one high profile option in early 2013...

If you thought you had plenty of The Amazing Spider-Man movie action figure options from Hasbro and Diamond Select Toys' Marvel Select and Minimates lines, prepare to further empty the contents of your wallet. Hot Toys, Medicom and Kaiyodo (based on Spider-Man 3, sadly) will be releasing their own respective takes on the movie Webslinger this year and they all seem to do most everything a plastic

TV: AMC will debut all six episodes of its The Walking Dead webseries about "Bicycle Girl" Hannah on October 3. Movies: The same team that wrote Wanted has turned in a script for Wanted 2. Curve the bullet, y'all! Manga: Shaman King will return in the November volume of Jump X with a new 44-page story centering around Yō Asakura's early days...

Upcoming: Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies, 144 pages of Savage Dragon backup tales, will be collected this July featuring the art of Tom Scioli, Benjamin Marra, Zack Soto and many others. Awards: Clutter Magazine's hosting Designer Toy Awards at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, which you can participating in by voting for your favorites at their official site...