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C2E2 and Silicon Valley Comic Con are a wrap! Lots of news coming out of conventions this week. What stood out to you? What are you excited for? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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Scroll.in – A graphic novel series sees Marine Le Pen lead France after winning the May polls – Sounds rather interesting.

Builder Magazine – This Graphic Novel Aims to Teach Teens To Care About Urban Design – Sounds like a really interesting use of graphic novels.

Kotaku – Later this year, Splatoon will debut as a manga, publisher Viz Media announced today. – Very nice. Hopefully, it brings some video game fans into comics.

KWTX – Ex-Texas DA’s investigator sentenced in theft of rare comic books – Sigh….

Twitch – And now, something for our non-partnered streamers! – Interesting….

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Talking Comics – Helena Crash #2

Talking Comics – Secret Empire #0

The Outhousers – Venom #6

Amazon Purchases Twitch.tv

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After long rumors of a buy-out by Google, Twitch has been purchased by Amazon for $970 million. The service which allows live video streaming of video games started a little over 3 years ago. According to reports, Twitch will be “keeping most everything the same,” and that the company will remain independent from Amazon. The acquisition will close in the second half of the year.

Twitch is the latest company to be purchased by the giant. Earlier this year Amazon acquired comiXology, the leader in digital comics.

Now, to dream up what Twitch might bring to the table for comiXology…..

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It’s a new week of geeky goodness. What’s got everyone excited?

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Boing Boing – Bowie’s takedown of Hadfield’s ISS “Space Oddity” highlights copyright’s absurdity – Yup, the system is pretty broken.

Badass Digest – We Need To Talk About Spider-Man – This is a really solid article on the Spider-Man movies.

The Verge – YouTube reportedly buying Twitch for $1 billion – Not comic related, but still important.

Mashable – 18 Ways to Punch Up Your Wedding With Comic Books – Well, there goes some money of mine.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Talking Comics – Superman/Wonder Woman #8

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