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It's going to be just a little late for Halloween, but on November 15, San Francisco is going to transform into Gotham City for a day and a 5-year-old named Miles will be its Batman. That's what the little Dark Knight, who has leukemia, told the Make-a-Wish Foundation he wants, and the plan is to fill his day with fighting bad guys such as The Riddler and The Penguin.

Director George Lucas may have largely turned over the fate of his Star Wars franchise to other hands following the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in October, but fans still have plenty of reason to be excited by his projects. One of his latest projects since announcing he'd be using some $4...

WonderCon is breaking from tradition in 2012, scheduling a March 16-18 show in Anaheim, Calif. rather than at its San Francisco home of 25 years. Responding to the March date, Reed Exhibitions has rescheduled its Chicago convention C2E2 for April 13-15, 2012 while Wizard World has agreed to slot its Wizard World Anaheim show even later in the year...

Scott McCloud came up with the idea of the "infinite canvas" -- where the digital medium allows creators to make comics that can scroll forever without the limits of a traditional page -- nine years ago, and while the concept is an exciting one, perhaps its biggest problem with is that it is often impossible to translate into print...