The Incredibles

In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Superhero movies are a dominant force in modern blockbuster cinema, but with so many heroes appearing on our screens it can be tough to keep up with the release calendar. To help make it a little easier for superhero fans to know which weekends to keep free over the next few years, designer Dylan Todd has created this infographic featuring all the upcoming releases from Marvel Studios, Fox, Sony, Warner Bros and more, starring characters from the DC Universe, the Marvel Universe, the X-Men books, Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Valiant Universe, and more.

The countdown is on to Incredibles 2.

Pixar Animation Studios' fifteenth feature film, Inside Out, opens in theaters across North America this weekend, and it's already receiving rave reviews from critics --- with an aggregate score at this writing of 99% positive on Rotten Tomatoes. It's with Inside Out’s release and the twentieth anniversary of Toy Story in mind that we take you through a visual celebration of Pixar’s history, including behind the scenes production art, promotional pieces, and fan creations.

Just last month, Brad Bird revealed that he is finally (finally!) working on a screenplay for a sequel to Pixar’s The Incredibles — of all the Pixar properties, fans have wanted a sequel to this one the most. And now we’re finally getting one. It may still be a while, given Pixar’s production time, but Bird has confirmed that the sequel to his animated superhero hit is very likely his next project.

I'm a sucker for concept art. It's hard for me to look at concept designs for Alejandro Jodorowsky's never-made Dune adaptation or the test animations for the discontinued 1936 John Carter cartoon and sigh at the movies that will never be made...

Movies: Fans may not know what Bane has in store for Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, but Tom Hardy seems to have cheerfully "broken" at least one crew member while working on the film. Digital: Counter to what CA was originally told, Dark Horse has "chosen to release all new single-issue comics digitally for the price of $2...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * "Okay, when's Doomsday? Later? Some other time? Tomorrow?" ^ There's always a war on somewhere % Super Soldier alumni * % ACTION COMICS #904 Good night to the rock 'n' roll era...

-- We comic nerds love us some mashups: Check out "Cyberspamalot," a "Doctor Who" meets "Monty Python" video, and then another fan-made mash of "The Incredibles" and "Quantum of Solace." -- Also for your viewing pleasure, a cute lil' Superman art film from Foghat Studios...