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Gaming: The Penguin graces the upcoming cover of the UK's PSM3 magazine, confirming his villainous role in Batman: Arkham City. Movies: Matthew Vaughn might make a Kick-Ass 2. After all, the first one made a ton of money, ya know? Bad Driving: The Plain Dealer reports that a driver (believed to be a repentant neighbor) drove through a commemorative comic art plate-covered fence at Superman co-cr

If you've been reading ComicsAlliance's regular Best Art Ever (This Week) features, you've probably noticed that Dan Hipp, artist of Amazing Joy Buzzards and Gyakushu, has become a regular fixture, and with good reason. Every time he updates his website, it's a new piece of art that's phenomenally awesome...

Movies: The very purple Abin Sur gets his own Green Lantern movie poster. Spoiler warning: I don't think he's going to make it. Charity: G-Man creator Chris Giarrusso is drawing free sketches for fans who donate at least $25 to the American Liver Association's current fund-raiser...

TV: Fans will finally get a good look at Clark's possible Superman suit on Smallville in the May 6 episode "Prophecy." So... Superman Returns with a polo shirt collar? Cartooning: Daryl Cagle shares some optimism about editorial cartooning's place in the digital age...

Webcomics: Artists Kevin Mellon and John Bivens have launched Forest For the Trees, a new weekly webcomic that forces each creator to respond to the other's work on the fly, unaware of what's coming next. Museums: An adult-sized catbus replica from My Neighbor Totoro is coming to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan in June...

Animation: According to Comics Continuum, frequent Spider-Man voice actor Josh Keaton will voice Hal Jordan in Cartoon Network's upcoming Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Industry: Diamond has confirmed that Free Comic Book Day orders have topped 2...

Anime: Two opposing armored dudes battle/high five on G4's new promo poster for the Iron Man anime coming Stateside in July. TV: Scooby Doo's upcoming Batman: The Brave and the Bold crossover appearance looks extremely '70s Scoobs authentic...

Cartoonist Dan Hipp is but the latest in a long line of victims whose work has been adapted into the so-called "motion comics" format, but like all things Hipp, the end result is truly something to behold. Breaking from the limited traditions of this relatively new, er, medium, the GYAKUSHU... Read More ...

If you've seen Dan Hipp draw "Star Wars" and "Hellboy" characters before, you know that he's got a pop-friendly style that blends lonely blemishes designated by short lines in the tradition of Frank Miller with stiff anatomical shapes that look like they could have been sawed off of Mike Mignola figures...