Thor:TheMightyAvenger

The eighth night of Hanukkah is upon us, and we at ComicsAlliance still want to sincerely (if unintentionally retroactively) wish the very best to all of our friends, family and valued readers who celebrated the festival of lights. Thanks to the help of our own David Wolkin and the artistic prowess of Nedroid creator Anthony Clark, we've posted a special card commemorating the annual observance in the Considerably Compelling ComicsAlliance Custom. Feel free to print or copy them and send to your friends so they'll know exactly how much you're thinking about them this holiday season!

Fundraising: Alan Amato's planned "Illuminate Parkinson's" touring art show, which is designed to raise awareness about the disease, is currently seeking donations. Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman and more have lent their support by appearing in gallery photos...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Trad goth ^ Perky goth % Medieval goth * BATMAN INC. #3 The schedule for Grant Morrison's current Batman serial seems to have gone totally off the rails, but now might be getting back on them: #4 is due in two weeks...

As 2010 draws nearer to a close, ComicsAlliance has gathered its annual list of the top 10 best comics and graphic novels to come out in the last 12 months, as selected by our staff. Like any list, it is naturally subjective, but we've packed it chock full of books that had awed us, excited us, and entertained us, and book that we're passionate about recommending...

Free Comic Book Day: For those still mourning the loss of Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee's Thor: The Mighty Avenger, have heart! Fans can catch one more tale with a time travel adventure uniting the Thunder God with the Sentinel of Liberty this Free Comic Book Day with Captain America/Thor...

On Friday we announced a Thor: The Mighty Avenger tribute contest to pay homage to the recently canceled series, and we're pleased to announce the winner, Jessica Vizzone (who should e-mail us!), whose original two-page comic about finding Thor: TMA just in time to lose it forever may ring true with many others...

As we have mentioned numerous times this week, we were deeply saddened by the cancellation of Thor: The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee, one the best, most charming and attractive comics currently published by Marvel. If the book were a person, truly, we would have dated it...

A double rainbow has never looked so much like a double frown. We've talked numerous times about our love of Thor: The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee, and so our reaction to the breaking news that the comic will be canceled with issue #8 as of this January, was -- let's just say we were disappointed...

At C2E2's Mondo Marvel panel, the House of Ideas has announced a second ongoing Thor title with an all-new setting starting this July care of writer Roger Langridge and artist Chris Samnee. Not to be confused with the team book "The Mighty Avengers," this reimagined series will take an all-ages approach to a new "Thor" continuity...