magic

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our years on the Internet, it’s that there’s no aspect of comics that can’t be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there’s no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we’re taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Five lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics. From the earliest days of comics, there have been characters who performed heroic deeds. Whether they use spells or sleight of hand, this week we're saluting five of the very best magic heroes.

Sabrina Scott draws her inspiration from American mysticism, Western astrology and modern Wicca, creating pieces that highlight the magical qualities of the natural world. But she adds to her clean and intricate lines deliberate imperfections: stormy and bleeding watercolors that emphasize the power and unpredictability of nature...

If I had to guess, I'd say that the Venn diagram of adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and people who have at least some passing familiarity with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game has an overlap somewhere in the neighborhood of 100%...

TV: The Walking Dead's season two premiere on October 16 will be 90 minutes, but the season itself will have a slow march in two sections. The first six eps will air in the weeks following the premiere with the rest to resume February 12 and its following Sundays...

Ask anyone in the know whether it's possible to be a successful cartoonist in this day and age -- online or otherwise -- and one title will pop up time and time again, Scott Kurtz's PvP. Over the past 13 years the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning PvP has, along with a handful of other sites, forged something of a precedent for how things can work in the world of webcomics...

A upcoming biopic on comics writer Grant Morrison ("The Invisibles," "Final Crisis") has released a trailer, and is now scheduled to debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. The documentary-style feature, which was created in collaboration with Morrison himself, sounds like it will be pretty thorough, and not shy about exploring some of the more eccentric aspects of Morrison's person

-- Comics are always enchanting to us, but Need Coffee has picked out the "Top 5 Comics That Get Magic Right." -- Replacing the original voices of "Futurama" would be blasphemy, and lots of other fans think so too. Sign the petition to keep the original cast of characters on the upcoming new season of "Futurama...