Disney Buys Marvel Entertainment!

The Walt Disney company has bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. Now, Marvel, like DC comics whose parent company is Warner Bros, is owned by a major Hollywood studio. That being said, it'll be...

"Captain America Reborn": The Title Speask for Itself

Captain America Reborn, that's the title of the upcoming comic by Ed Brubaker and if you couldn't guess by the title, the plot centers on just that, the re-birth of Captian America. After fanboys around the world wept when Captain America was killed in March 2007 Steve...

Chicago Firm to Release Barack Obama Comics

Officials at Devil's Due, a Chicago comic books publisher, plan to offer "Obama comics with a twist" in the form of ruthless political satire from Larry Hama and an alternate reality from Mark Powers. A company...

Criminalizing Emo: Russia Looking To Ban Goth And Emo Music

Russian Parliament is apparently in the process of drafting a bill to outlaw goth and emo music. Evidently they're operating under the misconception that, by eliminating the outlet for negative feelings, they will...

Pompidou Center Pays Homage to Hergé

"The adventures of Tintin and Snowy turned comic books into an art form. Now their creator Hergé is being honored by a mega-exhibition in Paris. On show are drawings, illustrations and recordings -- and documents...

Canada Censors Cartoons

"Canada Censors Cartoons While everyone is getting on their high horse about censorship and freedom of speech over the issue of the Danish Cartoons, and I plead guilty, lets look at the fact that in Canada in the Criminal Code cartoons are banned as well. Yep. In particular...

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