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Gaming: The Darkness 2's "quad-wielding" mechanic will allow players to kill enemies with four limbs at once -- seriously! Creators: Chris Sparks and Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson's Team Cul de Sac will produce a new zine as part of its efforts to raise money to fund a cure for Parkinson Disease...

Music: Wavves frontman Nathan Williams is teaming with artist Nicholas Gazin for Negative Dad, a potentially 12-issue comic series about "...heshers, evil parents, cat people, juvenile delinquents with partially functioning mutant powers, aliens, dreams...

ComicsAlliance readers no doubt remember with enormous fondness the early seasons of The Simpsons. That period of the series is without question the single biggest influence on all American primetime animation that followed, featuring a number of classic characters and relentlessly hilarious stories and jokes that is truly staggering...

Photography: Hoffer Photography showcases the wedding of Erin and Tim, whose party seemed to have a secret identity all its own. Conventions: According to organizer ReedPop, this past weekend's New York Comic Con was attended by more than 95,000 attendees over its three days of operation...

Could TV's most iconic funnybook peddler be headed for great Android's Dungeon in the sky? According to Bongo Comics' August solicitations, "The Simpsons" portly supporting cast member Comic Book Guy will meet his maker in the pages of "Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book" #2 with a funeral eulogized by none other than Stan "The Man" Lee...

While most of us continue to have mad love and respect for the golden age of "The Simpsons" -- whatever you consider that to be -- most of us would probably agree that this golden age is not currently taking place, and may not be watching the new episodes every Sunday as we once did before...

The November issue of "Playboy" will feature an unusual surprise for "Simpsons" fans; Hugh Hefner had hinted at the news in a recent Twitter message, and now it's out: On October 16th, Marge Simpson will be appearing on the cover of the legendary men's magazine, as well as a three-page pictorial feature with "implied nudity...

"The Simpsons" has touched on the world of comics before with their fanboy caricature Comic Book Guy, and even created their own parody superhero, Radioactive Man -- who later became an movie hero in a film starring Milhouse as his sidekick Fall Out Boy, a name that later inspired a real-life pop group that would later dabble in comics, making it all a rich, circular tapestry... Read Mor

The animated shows of Fox are kicking off their new seasons this Sunday with superheroes this year, as Homer prepares to star in a comic book movie on "The Simpsons," and "Family Guy" premieres with an episode titled "Road to the Multiverse," a cross-dimensional theme frequently plumbed by DC Comics...

In other mashup news, io9 has compiled an enormous collection of comics and sci-fi characters drawn in the style of The Simpsons, including separate Marvel Comics and DC Comics galleries full of adorable, four-fingered, yellow-skinned versions of your favorite heroes...