lightsabers

Records: Joe Wos has been working to complete the largest-ever hand drawn maze... since July. So far it looks like the last Guinness World Record holder may be in trouble. Anime: "Collectors Appear" in a new clip from the upcoming Mass Effect: Paragon Lost anime ...

Animation: Shout! Factory will release the much-maligned G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series two, season one on DVD in January. Get ready for the Dic goodness. Got to get tough. Yo Joe! Education: Gamma Squad rounds up a list of five online comics courses you can take for college credit...

Movies: Actress Cobie Smulders reports for duty as Maria Hill on The Avengers set. TV: AMC's The Walking Dead is coming to Netflix. For serious. Events: Toys "R" Us will host a Batman: Arkham City event on October 17, with special guests Kevin Conroy, Jim Lee, and Sefton Hill on hand...

Fresh Ink! Online: Blair Butler and Murs review last week's comics, which include Catwoman, Batman, Daredevil, Green Lantern Corps., Northlanders, A Game of Thrones, Near Death, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ultimate Comics: X-Men. Writing: Pastor Skye Jethani blogs at length about The Man of Steel ditching Superman's underpants on the outside...

Since 1977 Star Wars fans, shackled by the lameness of physics, have only had two options when it comes to lightsaber toys: 1. You can buy a retractable blade made of clear plastic that simulates "unsheathing" or 2. You can buy a solid saber, with a blade that's essentially a light-up tube...

Images: Chris Haley grafts The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield's Comic-Con speech about playing the Webslinger onto the film's poster in tribute to what the character is all about. Manga: Our own David Brothers joins Carlo Santos, Christopher Butcher, Eva Volin and Deb Aoki for Comic-Con's "Best and Worst Manga" panel, spotlighting some cool titles you may want to investigate.

Gaming: Sega has released new images of Captain America: Super Soldier relating to GameStop's preorder exclusive content for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions: Ultimates 1942 Captain America costume, the "Ballroom Blitz" Challenge Mode Map, early in-game access to Cap's "Weaponize" ability...

Stand-up comics (and drunk nerds at parties) often gripe about how the promise of common jetpack travel by the 21st century still hasn't been fulfilled. But I say any time period wherein a Star Wars fan can transpose lightsabers onto a video of old French dudes swinging sticks/canes/baguettes...