The Tick

Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be worth noting. Quite frankly, these are items you may just need to know about to have a productive day. Take a look at today's hand-picked links after the jump.

Movies: Empire Magazine's 2012 Summer Movie preview has new shots of Judge Dredd, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Hobbit in action. Creators: Sam Humphries, Ramon Perez and cover artist Julian Totino Tedesco are teaming for John Carter: The Gods of Mars, a five-issue series adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' same-named novel, in March...

It's getting to be that time of year when you can hardly turn around without running into someone in the middle of a monologue about "the true meaning of Christmas." Thing is, comics are a medium that support the viewpoint that escapism is an okay thing to have once in a while...

Threads: It's good to have options, and the new "Pick Your Powers" tee from Threadless is overflowing with them. I think I pick radioactive spider. Clichés: iFanboy takes a look at the lazy narrative of "Nerd Pride" in the wider media and wonders if even well-intentioned fans aren't part of the problem for embracing "Comic Book Guy" stereotypes. Ani...

Hollywood: Lionsgate is making theirs Mega City by picking up the new 3D Judge Dredd movie, Dredd, starring Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. That's right Liony of them, it is. Gaming: If you were frustrated that the initial release of the mobile Kick-Ass videogame didn't live up to its name, a new update will supposedly change your mind on November 9 with improved graphics and gameplay...

Andy Kubert's prehistoric Caped Crusader from the cover of "Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne" #1 that debuted at DC's The Source yesterday is awesome in numerous ways, but one of its greatest uncolored accomplishments is evoking the spirit of Die Fledermaus...

What's got two thumbs and is REALLY FREAKIN' CHEESED with Shocker Toys right now? If you answered this guy - as in me - then you're absolutely correct. The gentle folks at Toy News International have posted a look at Shocker's upcoming second wave of Indie Spotlight action figures...