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-- The new behind-the-scenes footage of "Iron Man 2" reveals that it is awesome, insane, and annoying. (Topless Robot) -- Wednesday Comics wrapped up all 15 storylines this week in its final issue, and J. Caleb Mozzocco does a post-mortem on the retro-groundbreaking superhero newspaper comics...

As more newspapers fail and money grows tight, the current "Doonesbury" storyline addresses the smaller and smaller sizes of comic strips in print. As Gary Trudeau points out, nobody wants to make comics smaller -- but it's difficult to avoid as newspapers fight tooth and nail to stay afloat...