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‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday…

Aw Jimmy Woo (Oh, that guy on the far left is supposed to be Jimmy Woo, by the way), why do you have to spoil Ken “Gorilla Man” Hale’s fun? If Marvel Boy doesn’t mind having a miniseries with the word “Uranus” in the title, why not let him? Anyway, it looks like everyone finally [...]

David Finch jumps to DC Comics

When it comes to the Young Guns, it looks like Marvel has one less weapon in its arsenal, as the Source announced today that Ultimatum artist David Finch would be joining DC as an exclusive artist! “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining the DC family!” Finch said on the blog. “It feels too good to be [...]

So Super Duper - Page Ninety Five! Fly Boys!

If you like what you’ve read so far (c’mon, how can you not?) totally check out more super cute comics at:www.sosuperduper.com!  

Chuck back in action on DVD, TV this week

NBC’s Chuck: The Complete Second Season hits the stores today on DVD and Blu-Ray. Go buy it. Chock full of geek humor, clever homages and plain, old-fashioned great characters, Chuck is the story of a brilliant-but-underachieving retail employee who becomes conscripted to work for the government when a top-secret intelligence-gathering computer is downloaded into his brain, leaving the [...]

WORLD OF HURT - “The Thrill-Seekers” Episode 19

(Click the image above for a larger version of the strip.) WORLD OF HURT - The Thrill-Seekers - Episode 19: “Delivering Pain” This was more like it.  To make up for, what I felt were lackluster efforts in the previous two weeks, I decided to bring some action, a recap panel, and two tiers of bonecrushing action. The [...]

Walters and Francia on "Mass Effect: Redemption"

"Mass Effect 2" hits stores in late January and BioWare and Dark Horse have teamed up to whet fans' appetites with "Mass Effect: Redemption." CBR spoke with writer Mac Walters and artist Omar Francia about the series.

REVIEW: "Siege" #1

CBR's Doug Zawisza reviews "Siege" #1 and gives the first installment of Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel's Avengers epic 3.5 stars, stating that "This issue certainly seems well-constructed to withstand the test of time."

Rick Remender's "Voodoo" Nightmare

In "Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural" the title character's worst dream has literally come true with the supernatural Nightmare taking over Earth. We spoke with writer Rick Remender about the series.

Pipeline - Tuesday, Jan 5th

Augie takes the time for one last look back at 2009 with a handy index to the best of last year's Pipeline columns. Also, see what comic titles he contributed to CBR's Top 100 list with his personal Top Ten comic choices for the year!

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Greek Street" #7

Courtesy of DC Comics and Vertigo, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Greek Street" #7 by writer Peter Milligan and artist Davide Gianfelice with a cover by Davide Furno. The issue will hit stores tomorrow, January 6.