Around the Tubes

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Brett

We should be pretty back to normal this week as far as coverage, going a bit heavier when it comes to games since we just came off of Gen Con. We’ve missed a few “Around the Tubes,” so below is catch up with some older news and throughout the day, we’ll be posting news we might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – The Superhero With Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Well that’s just shitty…

Bleeding Cool – How A Soft Cowboys & Aliens Opening May Affect Platinum Studios – Doh!

IGN – Race in Comics: Spider-Man’s Impact – A take on Marvel’s recent announcement.

Bleeding Cool – Joe Quesada Commissioned By President Obama – We are so raising revenues through sales of alternate covers.

ICv2 – Sony Sets Date for Garfield ‘Spider-Man’ Sequel – Yes, that’s a sequel to a movie that hasn’t even been released yet.

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

Obsessive Reaction – Race in comic books, does it even matter? – An interesting take on the new ultimate Spider-Man.

Comics Alliance – Warner Bros. Purchases Film Rights to Nate Simpson’s ‘Nonplayer’ – Has the second issue even come out?

ICv2 – ‘Game of Thrones’ Helmer in Talks for ‘Thor 2’ – Could be a really good fit.

Monthly/Quarterly Sales Numbers:

ICv2 – Game Sales Grew in Q2