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We didn't realize when we set out to list our favorite comic books of 2012 that it had been such a fun year to be a fan of the medium that we all love so much. The last twelve months offered readers a wide variety of work ranging from the most crowd-pleasing superhero epics to the most idiosyncratic of indies; the return of much missed mangaka and the emergence of exciting new talent; a new crowd-

Theme Parks: Universal Studios' two theme parks will get their own versions of The Walking Dead Escape from Comic-Con as part of "Universal's Halloween Horror Nights" this fall. Upcoming: Papercutz will apparently be following its line of Power Rangers Samurai/Power Rangers Super Samurai comics with Power Rangers Megaforce material...

The comics medium attempts to answer a lot of big questions: Is it right to take the law into your own hands? What would someone do with special powers, given the opportunity? "Are you ready for the world that's coming?" In that spirit, ComicsAlliance's Matt Wilson is asking comics creators, retailers and commentators some big questions of his own...

Office Supplies: Icon Heroes' upcoming Castle Grayskull Business Card Holder and He-Man Power Sword Letter Opener won't totally turn your office into Eternia, but they're a start. Creators: In an effort to deliver the highest quality version of the upcoming enhanced digital edition of Cerebus: High Society, Dave Sim is reaching out to owners of his original art to send him high quality scans of t

"WTF? I guess I don't count, again." That was cartoonist Michael Kupperman's tweeted response a few weeks ago to an exhaustive article in The Comics Journal about one-man anthologies. Well, it was almost exhaustive. It didn't include Kupperman, whose Tales Designed to Thrizzle has been the most consistently funny comic series on shelves since its start in 2005...

This week, DC released their solicitations for September, and with them, the eyebrow-raising art for Catwoman #0, in which artist Guillem March -- an artist we're generally pretty fond of here at ComicsAlliance -- poses the title character in a way that we can charitably refer to as "anatomically dubious...

Amazing: CA contributor David Wolkin alerted me to a Tumblr that draws Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles onto the noses of celebrity photos. You'll want to see this. TV: The Walking Dead's season two premiere on AMC this past weekend had a total of 7...

Art: Eric Drooker (The New Yorker, Howl) created a poster for Occupy Wall Street. Anime: New One Piece resumed this past weekend. What'd you think? Cosplay: Marvel has kicked off "Costoberfest," a promotion that profiles cosplayers via social media daily through the month of October...

Michael Kupperman -- the cartoonist who brought you the delightfully bizarre Tales Designed to Thrizzle and its brief Adult Swim spin-off Snake 'n Bacon -- recently published his latest book with Fantagraphics: Mark Twain's Autobiography (1910-2010)... Read More ...

Sales: Top Shelf is currently slinging some major savings across its line, with many TPBs priced as low as $3. Technique: CO2 Comics takes a look at the Ames Lettering Guide, which should make everyone thankful for their Adobe creative suite of choice...