FlexMentallo

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * The Paul Masson principle ^ Somebody's read some Moorcock % Supertasters ¢ Claret and/or carrots % DAREDEVIL #10.1 Mark Waid and Khoi Pham are the creators behind this "no, really, you can start reading it now" issue. Tha...

Books: Brian Michael Bendis has signed with Random House to publish Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Graphic Novels, a non-fiction comics writing guidebook due out in 2013 that will include portions of his Marvel work, along with new art from industry pros...

Gaming: Hori will release Real Arcade Pro V series fight sticks for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in Japan. They are ginormous. Dread: There's an IMDB page for a Smallville spinoff, Metropolis, which is almost certainly fake, but hilarious nonetheless...

DC Comics recently announced that the long-awaited Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely Vertigo series Flex Mentallo would be returning to print, to the cheers of Morrison fans everywhere. If you never managed to get a hold of the single issues, you're not only missing out on a seminal work by a great comics writer, you're missing out on a series that foreshadowed a great deal of what Morrison would

Arguably the most crucial Grant Morrison work presently out-of-print, Flex Mentallo will finally be made available in a deluxe hardcover volume this Fall courtesy of original publisher Vertigo. Spun-out of Morrison's run on Doom Patrol and featuring artwork by frequent collaborator Frank Quitely, 1996's four-issue Flex Mentallo parodied the ubiquitous Charles Atlas ads seen in comic books for year