stop motion animation

Movies: If you thought Bane's The Dark Knight Rises design was a departure from his comic book look, concept art from Behind the Scenes with Batman: The Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy is proof that Tom Hardy's costume could have been even more different...

Video: Sausage Party proves that you haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises trailer until you've seen it recreated with hot dogs. Music: Kirby Krackle will release new full-band live album, "Live In Seattle" on July 10 in physical and digital formats...

Digital: Top Shelf is currently running a sale on digital versions of select titles on comiXology through Sunday, April 29. Charity: Marvel Comics and the St. Baldrick's Foundation have teamed for an exclusive Marvel-designed "Super Heroes Save Lives" t-shirt, with all profits used to help raise awareness and funds to battle kids' cancer...

Art: Colleen Coover pays homage to an almost legendary rejected '90s Marvel Comics try-out page that teamed Wolverine and Queen's Freddie Mercury. Digital: Dark Horse Digital is having a 10 percent off sale April 27-29 for fans who sign up for the publisher's newsletter by Thursday...

Though its a branded app promoting a specific -- but by most Lego/Batman fan accounts, really fun, toy line -- the new Lego DC Universe Super Heroes Movie Maker app that's now available for free on iOS devices seems like a solid stop motion animation tool for anyone trying their hand at bringing toys to life through film...

Batman: This '66 Joker mannequin is here to ensure you never sleep again. Digital: Marvel has announced its $3.99 print titles will all come with free digital download codes beginning in June. Digital comics will apparently remain $3.99 on their own, though...

Of all the 1980s animated series with opening sequences far better than the actual shows that followed (like, nearly all of them), the most famous is arguably that of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' first few seasons. Devastatingly dope in every perceivable way, the theme song and accompanying animation saw April O'Neil drive the Turtle Van a million miles per hour, Splinter painfully transformi

Lego has its share of official plans for Marvel characters starting this spring in preparation for The Avengers movie, especially for the Star-Spangled Avenger, Captain America. ForestFire Films has plans of its own, however, which are considerably less E for Everyone...

Gaming: New screens from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron show Optimus Prime, Grimlock and other favorites in action. Legal: After being sued by Julie Taymor, the current producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark are suing the fired former director right back...

Movies: Empire Magazine's 2012 Summer Movie preview has new shots of Judge Dredd, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Hobbit in action. Creators: Sam Humphries, Ramon Perez and cover artist Julian Totino Tedesco are teaming for John Carter: The Gods of Mars, a five-issue series adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' same-named novel, in March...