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Football game + coming home late = late Around the Tubes.  I’m sure your morning wasn’t complete, so here’s the news you might have missed.

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CBLDF – Creators Come to the Rescue With New CBLDF Auctions! – Give to a good cause!

The Beat – Sales charts: the shape of the market – Always interesting to see trends over time.

Con Coverage:

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada Interview: Peter Milligan on The All-New ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011 Interview: Andy Kubert on The End of Flashpoint and The New 52

Bleeding Cool – Video: Lining Up With Len Peralta At Dragon*Con

Bleeding Cool – Inside The Exhibitors Room At Dragon*Con

CBR – C2E2 Announces 2012 Dates

Fantagraphics – Things to See: SPX 2011 program cover by Jim Rugg

Bleeding Cool – Wizard World, WonderCon And C2E2 Co-Operate Over Dates

Fantagraphics – Fantagraphics at SPX 2011!

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CBR – Incredible Hulks #635

Blogomatic3000! – Modesty Blaise – Million Dollar Game

CBR – Secret Avengers #16

IGN – Comic Book Reviews for 8/31/11

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And with that the new DC universe was born.  Everyone rushed out to get it, right?  Well, while you decided if you wanted to see what all the noise was about, here’s the news you might have missed.

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The Auburn Plainsman – Graphic novels provide alternative to traditional textbooks – Maybe I would have enjoyed school more if we used these.

Bleeding Cool – Differences In Justice League #1 Between Print And Digital – Pretty interesting stuff.  I wonder if the digital version will get updated.

MTV Geek – DC’s New 52 NYC Launch – With Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, and Pictures! – Sounds like a lot of shops had a great time at their midnight launches.

Kotaku – A Guide to the Likely Hits and Probable Stinkers of DC Comics’ 52 New Super-Hero Comics – Video game website Kotaku attempts to pick what they think will be the hits and misses for the upcoming relaunch.

Con Coverage:

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada Interview: Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak Take Alpha Flight To Ongoing Series Status!

Charleston City Paper – Hip-Hop and comics collide at Cola-Con

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Poisoned Rationality – Cardcaptor Sakura

IGN – Flashpoint #5

The Beat – Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1

IGN – Justice League #1

Bleeding Cool – Justice League #1

CBR – Justice League #1

Bleeding Cool – Secret Avengers #16

CBR – Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #1

MTV Geek – Image Comics Reviews for 8/31: Butcher Baker #6, Invincible #82, and more!

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It’s Wednesday which means new comic book day.  More importantly than means the debuts of Justice League #1 and Flashpoint #5.  How many of you went to midnight release parties and how many are grabbing it today?  While you think about that, here’s the news you might have missed.

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Korea Herald – Talk lifts lid on North Korean comic books – Not really enough info to justify it’s own blog post, but very interesting stuff.

Con Coverage:

CBLDF – Craig Thompson’s HABIBI Debuts at SPX 2011 to Benefit CBLDF!

CBR – Fan Expo: Marvel’s Next Big Thing

Fantagraphic Books – Exclusive Jim Woodring Tote Bag at SPX

CBR – Fan Expo: The X-Men Regenesis Panel

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Kung Fu Cinema – Infinite Kung Fu

Primary Ignition – Mr. Murder Is Dead

MTV Geek – Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #1

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The DC launch hits Wednesday at midnight at some stores.  How many of you are staying up tonight to be some of the first to read DC’s relaunch?  While you contemplate that, here’s the news you might have missed.

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ComiChron – Market share and performance graphics up to date – Lots of fantastic data to pour over.

Comics Alliance – Rise of ‘Anonymous’ Fuels Sales Of Time Warner’s ‘V For Vendetta’ Masks – 100,000 masks versus the normal 5,000? I wonder how Anon feels about making this corporation so much money.

Con Coverage:

CBR – Fan Expo: “Flashpoint” Panel Promises More From Major Players

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada Interview: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Goes Back to ‘Route 666’

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011 Interview: Dan DiDio On DC Comics’ Countdown To The New 52

CBR – FANEXPO: “FF” Team Spirit Full Audio

Comics Alliance – Marvel Drops ‘Season One’ Artwork At FanExpo Canada 2011 [Previews]

Bleeding Cool – CrossGen At Fan Expo – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang By Peter Milligan And Ramon Rosanas Announced

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: Marvel’s Pint O’ C.B. Panel Recap

CBR – Fan Expo: Aguirre-Sacasa Gets His Kicks on “Route 666”

MTV Geek – 20 Amazing Cosplay Pics From FanExpo Canada!

Comics Alliance – Marvel Fan Expo Canada Roundup: ‘Alpha Flight’ Ongoing, ‘Destroyers’ And Brian Wood Coming In 2012

Comicvine – FanExpo 2011 Announcements and Photo Superpost!

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CBR – Batman: Gates of Gotham #5

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Hopefully post earthquake and hurricane you’re all ok.  It’s a big week, with the launch of the new DC universe, how many are actually excited?  Ken and I did our latest radio show last night.  You can give a listen here.  While you do that, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Kotaku – Sunday Comics – Each week Kotaku brings some great web comics.

TechCrunch – Disney Inks Deal with Greenbox, Chinese eCommerce Is Taking Off – Could we see Marvel licenses coming soon? I think a billion people getting to know Marvel comics more might help with sales.

Con Coverage:

CBR – Fan Expo: A Pint O’ CB

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada Interview: Fred Van Lente and Kyle Hotz Bring “Destroyers” To Marvel

Newsarama – Fan Expo ’11: MARVEL: NEXT BIG THING Panel (New CrossGen)

CBR – Fan Expo: DC’s Bold New 52

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: James Robinson Spotlight Panel Recap

Digital Journal – Fan Expo 2011 descends on Toronto

VG Chartz – PAX Prime 2011 Hands-On: X-Men: Destiny

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: Marvel’s Fear Itself Panel Recap

CBR – Fan Expo: Pak & Van Lente Upgrade “Alpha Flight” to an Ongoing

CBR – Fan Expo: Van Lente Does the Monster Mash With “Destroyers”

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FanExpo is just one of the conventions this weekend, along with PAX.  And while we weren’t there, below is some of the news from other sites covering the convention.

Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – Comix Kiss Comix Cancelled, Blamed On Piracy – Sad to see this, but I can’t help think there’s more to the story.

Con Coverage:

CBR – FanExpo: Spotlight on James Robinson

National Post – Fan Expo: Sights, sounds & spandex

CBR – FanExpo: The “Fear Itself” Panel

CBR – Brian Wood Returns to Marvel

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: ‘Terra Nova’ – We’ve Seen The First Hour, Here’s The Recap (Spoilers!)

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: DC’s LAST Flashpoint Panel Recap (Spoilers!)

Bleeding Cool – Fear Itself – Bullet Points From Fan Expo Canada

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It’s hours until Hurricane Irene hits the DC area, but that makes the days activities pretty easy to choose, read comic books and write reviews.  So, while the east coast gets pounded by rain, here’s the news you might have missed.

Con Coverage:

Comics Alliance – Parting Shot: Marko Djurdjevic Quits Marvel Comics, Burns Bridges at Fan Expo

Bleeding Cool – One Letter Stopped Ethan From Attending Fan Expo Canada

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: Building The FF with Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting, and Marko Djurdjevic

Bleeding Cool – Marko Djurdjevic Gives Marvel A Slapping At Fan Expo Canada (UPDATE x2)

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011 Interview: Katie Cook On Her Crazy Cute Batman And More

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada 2011: Spotlight on Jeff Lemire (With DC’s Dan DiDio!)

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A Cupcake and a Latte – Vampire Academy

Fan Expo 2011 and the Djurdjevic Incident

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The bloggers are all a twitter over a supposedly tense panel that occurred at Fan Expo 2011.  The panel about Marvel comics featured Marko Djurdjevic, Steve Epting and Jonathan Hickman.  It was reported elsewhere that Djurdjevic was a bit pissy on the panel slamming Marvel.

Over on their Twitter account ForeignMatter, who was there, recounts the panel.  In an extended Tweet, they wrote:

I was at the panel last night and Marko Djurdjevic came off as charming and honest about his feelings of how he was treated with Marvel. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that Hickman, and I paraphrase, said something like “Sounds like you are going through a divorce”, at which Marko and the rest of the crowd had a good chuckle at.

Some of the comments said about Straczynski may be a little incendiary, but people are entitled to their opinions and some are not always going to get along with others. In my mind Marko saved the panel from being boring as Hickman didn’t arrive until half the way through, but Marko also had to deal with technical difficulties which may have annoyed him a little.

And while they came down from the platform they were all amicable. So villainizing Marko for press reasons, and a story that is blown way out of proportion is horrid. I thought press was supposed to be objective.

Below are all their related tweets on the “incident.”

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As we prepare for a hurricane (seriously, an earthquake and now this!?) and catch up on writing reviews and reading a few weeks worth of comics, here’s the news you might have missed.

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Bleeding Cool – Jim Lee, Geoff Johns Morning Radio Show Blitz Beginning Tomorrow – With a week to go, better late than never.

ICv2 – Showtime Gets ‘The Damned’ – This has been sitting on my shelf for a while now.  Guess I should finally read it.

Con Coverage:

Bleeding Cool – Wizard World Chicago Vs Baltimore Comic Con As Seen From Artists Alley

CBR – Orlando MegaCon Announces Initial 2012 Guest Lineup

Hollywood Soapbox – YOUR GUIDE: FanExpo Canada comes to Toronto, Aug. 25-28

Bleeding Cool – Collectors Cornered #6 – The Big Baltimore Comic Con

The Mary Sue – Baltimore Comic Con Cosplay

The Mary Sue – Interview: Frank Cho at Baltimore Comic Con

The Mary Sue – Interview: Amanda Conner at Baltimore Comic Con

MTV Geek – FanExpo Canada Starts Today – Here’s What We’re Looking Forward To!

MTV Geek – PAX Prime Primer: Your Guide to Tabletop Gaming

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – Punisher #2

Saffron Walden Reporter – Turf

IGN – Comic Book Reviews for 8/24/11

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I’m still trying to recover from the Baltimore Comic Con this weekend and we have one more article about the event coming today.  But, while you wait for that, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

SouthWard Patch – Newark Firefighter Shuns Life of Crime through Comics – It’s great to see articles focusing on local stores and those that work there.

Con Coverage:

CBR – Image Comics Heads to Fan Expo Canada

CBR – BCC – DC Comics’ New 52 Panel

Comics Alliance – PAX Prime: The Comics Panels You’ll Want To Catch

Publishers Weekly – Baltimore Comic-Con Attendance Way Up

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – Daredevil #2

Fangoria – Strange Girl Omnibus

MTV Geek – Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1

Saffron Walden Reporter – X-Men: Age of X

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