Iran

Amid stories of movie box office records being broken, the latest developments in superhero civil wars and the usual comic book ephemera, here's a news story that puts everything in perspective: Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye has been sentenced to 25 lashes for daring to draw a caricature of a local politician that wasn't appreciated by its subject...

Set against the disputed Iranian elections of 2009, Zahra's Paradise tells the story of a mother on a quest to find her missing teenage son, who disappeared amidst the chaos. First serialized online and later published as a book by First Second, Zahra's Paradise was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, and has earned praise and coverage from sources around the world...

Gaming: New screens from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron show Optimus Prime, Grimlock and other favorites in action. Legal: After being sued by Julie Taymor, the current producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark are suing the fired former director right back...

This week, Jason Aaron and Carlos Pacheco's X-Men: Schism #1 hit shelves, kicking off the big event for Marvel's merry mutants by sending Cyclops and Wolverine to an international arms conference, and including a surprise gust appearance in the process...

-- It¹s nothing but a G Novel-Thang, baby. In attempt to refresh the brand, WIDEawake/Death Row is launching an extension called Hustle City, debuting as a graphic novel with a CD insert. (Billboard) -- Scott Mendelson on The Huffington Post recaps how Tim Burton's "Batman" has affected the movie industry. --...

Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian creator of the critically-acclaimed graphic novel "Persepolis" about her childhood during the 1979 revolution, has stepped forward to declare that Mir Hossein Mousavi was the true winner of the recent Iranian election...