The weekend is almost here! We’re still recovering from AwesomeCon (literally, stupid con crud). Some of the team will be at C2E2 (which we’ll have coverage) and of course we’ll be having some geeky fun! What are your plans? Sound off in the comments below! While you decide on that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Chicago Tribune – Iron Circus Comics brings diversity to the comic book market – And you should check it out!

Kotaku – Report: Stan Lee’s Stolen Blood Was Used to Sign Marvel Comics Sold in Las Vegas – As if things couldn’t get any weirder.

Broadway World – Nanits Universe Launches New Digital Comic Book Platform – Ok…

Newsarama – Black Panther to be First Movie Shown in Saudi Arabia in 35 Years – This is pretty cool.

The Comichron – How Action #1000’s reported 500k copies, DC Nation #0’s million might rank among century’s top comics – For those that enjoy the horse race.

Reviews

CBR – Venomized #1