Naruto

Upcoming: Fantagraphics will release two new Dash Shaw books in 2013, including the 340-page New School and the 32-page 3 New Stories. Movies: Entertainment Tonight has debuted footage from its Iron Man 3 set visit. Manga: A "lost" colored chapter of Cyborg 009 will be printed after 42 years in December...

Animation: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a trailer for its upcoming Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite animated feature, which seems to mostly consist of cutscenes from the LB2:DCS video game. Hopefully it gets some original animation, too...

TV: Louie CK can't keep his hand off volumes of Yotsuba&! in a recent episode of Louie. We don't know why, but we approve! Manga: Although he's decided on an ending, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto told Japan's Otona Fami magazine that he can't foretell how much longer the series will continue, meaning fans should probably brace their shelves for plenty more volumes. ...

Legal: Julie Taymor is suing the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark producers over for what she claims are creative rights violations and unpaid royalties. Digital: Amazon's Kindle Fire will officially ship with the Comics by comiXology app on November 15...

Starting next week fans of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto will be synched up in digital and print. Viz Media will release its most current installment of the manga, Naruto vol. 52, at retail and via its digital storefront and iOS app on Tuesday September 6...

Toys: Between McFarlane Toys and MTV, you can get a solid look at six upcoming The Walking Dead TV/Comic action figures including Officer Rick Grimes, Michonne, Zombie Lurker, Zombie Roamer, Daryl Dixon and Zombie Walker. Movies: The Michael Bay/Brad Fuller/Andrew Form-helmed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie reboot now has writers in the form of Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol's Josh Appe

Music: Soulja Boy's Naruto homage on the cover of his new 1UP mixtape is a clear indication of his otaku status. Magazines: We love Nathan Fillion around these parts, but EW has him making some strange jazz hands on its new magazine cover...

At a time when manga sales are down, piracy is high and fans are fickle, Viz Media has taken a step in the digital direction with a new iPad app designed to at least partially address all of the above. Debuting today in the iTunes store, the new app comes loaded with free previews of some of the publisher's most high-profile content including samples of One Piece, Naruto, Death Note and Dragon Bal

Movies: "Inception" star Tom Hardy has been cast as a lead in the upcoming third Batman film to be directed by Christopher Nolan. It's unclear whether he'll play a hero or villain. Some suspect he'll play the Riddler, but I think we should just go totally nuts and start a rumor that he's playing Azrael or something...

I'm a little confused by Snuggie™, the Blanket With Sleeves. If it's a tailored piece of fabric with sleeves and you're wearing it, doesn't it stop being a blanket and just become... clothes? Isn't that basically what a robe is? Since I've got a fleece jacket on right now, I guess you could also say I'm wearing a blanket with sleeves and pockets and a zipper, but then I would hate you. I t... Read