It’s new comic book day! What’s everyone excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below.

While you wait for your shop to open, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Around the Tubes

The Hollywood Reporter – ‘G.I. Joe’: The Story of the Cartoon That Sold Wartime Heroics to a Generation of Kids – This is pretty cool.

ABC – How comic books helped a Darwin man learn to read and write – This is cool to see.

Android Community – Oniride releases Magnetique, first VR graphic novel for Gear VR – How big do you think this will blow up?

CBR – Stan Lee’s Life Story to Be Adapted as Period Action Movie – Oh, this will be interesting.

Newsarma – Neal Adams Hired As Spokesperson For Animation App Swipe – Congrats!

The Beat – Next Year’s Angoulême Comics Festival Will Not Be As Awful As This Year’s – Good to hear!

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

The Beat – Ghosts

The Beat – Paul Up North

Front Row Review – Stardust Nation