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 shops to open up, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Around the Tubes

LSU Now – Minnesota professor gives lecture on science of superheroes, uses physics to explain comic book phenomena – This is pretty cool.

HyperAllergic – “The World You’re Crafting Isn’t in a Vacuum”: A Zimbabwean Comics Artist on Social Justice and Storytelling – This is a very cool read.

CBLDF – Egyptian Cartoonist Featured in New Documentary – We’ll have to check out this documentary.

The Beat – Fire marshals shut down the Elkhart Comic Con, but plans are already afoot for next time – A good problem to have.

Around the Tubes Reviews

Talking Comics – Grass Kings #1

Talking Comics – Low #16