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The weekend is here!  Yay sleep!  That’s where I’m a pirate!

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Bleeding Cool – Will You Sign The Petition For Rob Granito To Come Back To Comic Cons?No, I won’t.

Bleeding Cool – Avengelyne And Skullkickers Give It Away For FreeGreat to see creativity in how to profit from comics.

GeekWeek – THE GOON Adaptation Isn’t Dead Yet– I want to see this so bad!

Comics Alliance – Why Piracy is Not Responsible for ‘Ruining’ Comics [Op-Ed]One persons opinion.

Comediva – Personals: Super Seeking SidekickAnd you thought online dating was difficult.

PSU – The Darkness II PreviewHaven’t played the first, any good?

Bleeding Cool – Some Superhero Re-Construction Needed by Darin WagnerAn interesting read..

 

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CBR – Flash #5

CBR – The Walking Dead #93

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The news is coming and coming fast.  After a few weeks of speculation, the news broke of the post Flashpoint DC universe.  Below is the normal news, but also a special “Post Flashpoint” section.

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ICv2 – T-pop Says Manga Rights RevertingWill someone step up and grab the gems for US distribution?

Investor’s Business Daily – Stan Lee Creates ‘Heroes With Hang-Ups’A nice profile of the legend.

Geekweek – Matthew Modine Reportedly Playing A “Politician And A Key Villain” In BATMAN 3Completely fascinated by this one.

Bleeding Cool – Another Round Of Questions With Rob GranitoBleeding Cool brings the hard questions for the notorious scammer.

After Flashpoint:

The ComicChron – Restarts and reboots: DC’s plan and some historic precursors

Bleeding Cool – Full JLA Art including Flash & Batman Designs, Hawkman #1 With Robinson & Tan, Birds Of Prey #1 Without Gail Simone?

Bleeding Cool – The Hooking Up Of Superman And Wonder Woman

Comic Book Resources – Details Emerge On DC’s Relaunch

The Beat – Creators and retailers respond to the huge DC news

Bleeding Cool – OMAC #1

Bleeding Cool – Legion Lost #1

Bleeding Cool – Brian Clevinger Dropped From Firestorm Before You Even Knew He Was On It

Bleeding Cool – A New Multi-Colour Lantern Team Book

Bleeding Cool – The New Superman #1

Bleeding Cool – Bob Wayne Talks To Retailers About Day-And-Date Digital

Bleeding Cool – Deadman To Star In Adventure Comics #1

Bleeding Cool – Edge

Bleeding Cool – Geoff Johns And Jim Lee’s Justice League #1

Bleeding Cool – The Issue One Renumbering Of The DC Universe

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SeanPAune – Cowboys & Aliens

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New comics came out on Wednesday and the reviews are trickling in from around the net.  Find out what you should be getting when you head to the shop and all the other news you might have missed.  Priest also comes out today, who’s going?

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The Beat – Wonder Woman update: Pilot probably won’t fly after allNot sure how I feel about this.

Kotaku – Week In Comics As I’d guess the video game website focuses on Mega Man #1.

Bleeding Cool – Rob Granito Story Gets The Most Bizarre Twist PossibleI won’t be running the interview and hope other sites won’t be promoting this guy either.

The Comics Chronicles – April 2011 comics sales slip slightly, but noncomic categories surgeA great wrap up of comic sales in April.

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund – Tom Neely & Dylan Williams Speak Out On Their Customs Seizure ExperienceI’m now less likely to cross the border to go to cons up north, way to go customs!

Around the Tubes Reviews:

IGN – The Amazing Spider-Man #660

IGN – Astonishing X-Men #37

IGN – Batgirl #21

IGN – Batman: Arkham City #1

IGN – Batman, Incorporated #6

Good Comic Books – Batman Inc #6

IGN – Chew #27

Comic Book Resources – Chew #27

IGN – Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #4

IGN – Daredevil: Reborn #4

IGN – Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1

IGN – FF #3

Saffron Waldon Reporter – Fighting American

IGN – The Flash #12

Comic Book Resources – Flashpoint #1

IGN – G.I. Joe Vol. 2 #1

IGN – The Incredible Hulks #628

IGN – inFamous #5

IGN – Journey Into Mystery #623

IGN – Mega Man #1

IGN – Netherworld #1

IGN – The New Avengers #12

IGN – New Mutants #25

IGN – Northlanders #40

IGN – PunisherMAX #13

ICv2 – Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics’ TP

IGN – Superman #711

IGN – The Unwritten #25

IGN – X-Men #11

IGN – X-Men Legacy #248

Comicvine – Comic Book Reviews For The Week of 5/11/11

IGN – Comic Book Reviews for 5/11/11

Comic Book Resources – The Buy Pile

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It’s been pretty quiet in the last 24 hours as far as news.  There were a bunch of conventions this weekend so, I’m adding a generic convention section whenever there’s news.  Here’s the news and reviews from the last 24 hours.

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Comic Book Resources – ZIP Comics and Top Shelf Productions Partner to Publish Harvey Pekar’s “Cleveland”Having been born in Cleveland, you better believe this is on my read list.

Bleeding Cool – Nick Spencer And Emma Rios To Launch New Cloak And Dagger SeriesIt’ll be interesting to see where this series goes after their recent depictions.  Nick Spencer is a solid writer, so here’s hoping.

ICv2 – ‘Social Network’ Actor is Ra’s Al GhulThis is reportedly a flashback scene.  It’ll be interesting to see how it fits into the main narrative.

Con Coverage:

Comics Girl – VA Comicon

Bleeding Cool – Kapow In Pictures – Cool As A Cucumber

Bleeding Cool – Kapow – The Marvel Panel

Bleeding Cool – A Look At Kapow Day One, From My Vantage Point

Bleeding Cool – Kerpow – The CLiNT Panel

Bleeding Cool – Rob Granito Makes It To Kapow

Comic Book Resources – WC11: Archaia Comics Presents 2011 and Beyond

Comic Book Resources: Spinoff Online – WC11: Star Saoirse Ronan On Hanna’s Grim Grimm’s Fairy Tale

Comic Book Resources – WC11: DC Icons

Comic Book Resources – Vado Recounts 25 Years of SLG

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With Great Power – Sabretooth: Back to Nature

Comics Alliance – April 8: ‘Fresh Ink! Online’ Pick of the Week [Video]

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It’s a wrap of the week, and we’ve got an extra long Around the Tubes since we missed yesterday’s edition.  Below you’ll find the latest news and reviews that we didn’t bring.  Hope you enjoy!

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The Beat – Rob Granito launches pay-for-chat plan; plan failsYeah, we won’t be paying.  But, if someone wants to pay to interview me….

ICv2 – ‘Dark Knight’ in PittsburghRoad trip anyone?

ICv2 – ‘Green Lantern’ InjuryInjuries are very common, Spider-Man just has a bad wrap and some horrible PR.

NY1 – Manhattan Company “Saves” Comic Books For The Digital AgeNice to see digital comics get more coverage.

Fantagraphic Books – SPX adds Diane Noomin, Johnny Ryan as guestsI probably should start planning interviews and coverage now, I guess.

The Beat – SPX unveils 2011 flyer by Craig Thompson — UPDATED with more guestsLooking forward to this show.

Comics Alliance – New Avengers Team Up with FDNY for Free Fire Safety Comic [Preview]Marvel continues to team up with New York City government.

Cheat CC – Top 10 Comic Books That Need To Be Video GamesSome interesting choices on this list.  What do you all think?

WonderCon Coverage:

Comicvine – WonderCon 2011: Geoff Johns

Comicvine – WonderCon 2011: J.T. Krul (Part 2-Aspen Comics)

Comicvine –WonderCon 2011: Peter David

Graphic Novel Reporter – WonderCon 2011: Two Views

Graphic Novel Reporter – WonderCon 2011 in Review

Movie Viral – WonderCon 2011 Recap and Gallery

Comics Alliance – Mattel Shows Off Gobs of ‘Green Lantern’ Movie Toys at WonderCon

Examiner – Recap: WonderCon 2011

Comicvine – WonderCon 2011: Green Lantern Emerald Knights Interviews

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Comics Alliance – Action Double Feature

Boing Boing – Anya’s Ghost

Comic Book Resources – Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #5

Bleeding Cool – Brightest Day #23 and Green Wake #1

Bleeding Cool – Nonplayer #1 and Fear Itself #1

Comicvine – Comic Book Reviews For The Week of 4/06/11

Kotaku – Week in Comics

Newsarama – Best Shots Rapid Reviews: FEAR ITSELF, BRIGHTEST DAY, More

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It’s a new week and there’s a lot coming down the pipeline for the site (trust me, you’ll like it).  I’ve been checking out Heroclix more and probably checking out DC convention synDCon.  Anyone in the DC are play and want to teach me?

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Publishers Weekly – Warner Bros. Takes Control of DC Comics’ Licensed PublishingWarner Bros. continues to take over responsibilities for DC comics.

Complex – The 10 Most Bizarre Comic Book CrossoversThankfully this is one discussion I never had to have when I worked in a comic book shop.

BG Daily News – Comic Book GuyAnother teacher uses comic books to engage his students.

TMJ 4 – Wisconsin Man Publishes Comic BooksA nice highlight of an indie writer and comic.

Washington City Paper – Meet a Visiting Cartoonist: A Chat With Christopher CardinaleSpeaking of indie comics an interview with Christopher Cardinale and one of the worst interviews I’ve ever read.  It reads like a middle school report.When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?  Where are you based now?” is actually a question.

Bleeding Cool – Rob Granito’s MegaCon Adventure With Mark WaidCan we have a new rule of people not swiping articles?

Comics Alliance – ‘The Wire’ Re-imagined as Illustrated Victorian Novel: Omar Comin’ on Dickensian StreetsJust awesome on so many levels.

The Beat – “Do you really think the families of Superman’s creators should be treated this way?”A must read.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Comic Book Bin – After Dark #3

Comics Alliance – Captain America and Batroc the Leaper

Primary Ignition – Superman: The Black Ring

Comic Book Resources – Wolverine and Jubilee #3

Comics Nexus – The Weekly Round-Up #68 Featuring Echoes, Fables, Meta 4, New York Five

Paradix Comics Group – Mini Reviews 27/03/2011

Revolver – Anthrax Guitarist Scott Ian Shares Five Of His Favorite Comic Books