Today is new comic book day, so what are you picking up this week?  While you ponder that question, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Comics Alliance – Why Marvel and DC Should Be Making Superhero Webcomics – While both have dipped in comics online, this is a bit different and would be great to see.

ICv2 – Top 300 Comics Down 17.3 % in May – A shitty economy and underwhelming titles don’t help matters.

ICv2 – Top 300 Comics Actual–May 2011 – The fact that Flashpoint came in second shows how much DC needed a shake up.

ICv2 – Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual–May 2011 – Congrats to Avatar and their topping the chart.

ICv2 – No Titles Over 100K Again – Get out there and buy something!

Post Flashpoint:

Bleeding Cool – Gail Simone And B Clay Moore: The Gender Politics Of The DC Relaunch

Around the Tubes Reviews:

IGN – Alpha Flight #1

IGN – DV8: Gods and Monsters