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Superpowered Prose: China Mieville’s KING RAT

 You could argue that the sewer-trolling, wall-shimmying, supernaturally powered protagonist of China Mieville’s King Rat is not really a superhero. He doesn’t wear a crazy costume, he doesn’t really fight crime, and since he counts garbage-eating as one of his powers, maybe there’s good reason to distance him from the likes of Superman and Spider-Man. [...]

The Fourth Kind: A Failed Experiment in Suggestibility

“The Fourth Kind” begins with its lead actress, Milla Jovovich, insisting that “real” footage was used wherever possible throughout the film, including audio and film recordings. This is followed by the “real” footage of the film’s director interviewing a strikingly alien-looking “real” Dr. Abigail Tyler. This creepy woman starts to ramble on, giving clues [...]

Linkarama@Newsarama

“Anyone with half a brain who had a love for Diana will hate it”: That’s Margaret Funnell, co-founder of the Diana Circle UK, lashing out against Bluewater Productions’ Female Force biographical comic book about Princess Diana. From the looks of the samples shown, and the looks of the other Female Force bio-comics, Funnell seems right [...]

Global Freezing Strip 0029

Find out more about Global Freezing here on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or at ComicsByEgg.com.  

Eddie Campbell talks… well, everything

The Rumpus has a fantastic interview up with Eddie Campbell, first talking about the collection of his Alec stories, “The Years Have Pants,” but ultimately going through his career, the state of making comics, his fan reactions, etc. Here’s a great highlight: Campbell: No, the reason I got out of it was because it was becoming more—the [...]

BOOM! Studios Titles On Sale November 18, 2009

BOOM! Studios has provided CBR with advance looks at new comics on sale November 18, including the landmark "Walt Disney's Comics" #700, "Farscape's" ongoing debut, and more!

ROBOT 6: Marvel's Monkey Business

Who is this monkey? Why is he two-fisting handguns? Who's his tailor? Information is sparse about the Frank Cho illustration, ROBOT 6 has all the details that are currently available about Marvel's new simian character.

CUP O' Q&A: Marvel - From Digital To Print And Back

Marvel E-I-C Joe Quesada returns to his weekly column to answer reader questions about everything from the future of online comics to the fate of books like "Iron Fist" and "X-Men: Origins," and much more.

Cup O' Joe - CUP O' Q&A: Marvel - From Digital To Print And Back

Marvel E-I-C Joe Quesada returns to his weekly column to answer reader questions about everything from the future of online comics to the fate of books like "Iron Fist" and "X-Men: Origins," and much more.

CBR TV: Damon Lindelof

"Lost" co-creator and "Ultimate Comics: Wolverine Vs. Hulk" writer Damon Lindelof spent an afternoon at L.A.'s Golden Apple Comics for a combination signing and CBR TV Q&A session about comics, Hollywood, and more.