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Warner Archive brings some forgotten animated movies to the market this month

The Warner Archive—which as far as I can tell is a label created by Warner Home Video specifically to combat the “It’s not available on DVD” excuse for piracy—is offering a few animated shows this month; these are pretty stripped-down offers, with literally zero special features and not even interactive menus (they’ve got just a [...]

Graphic NYC/SMITH combine on Harvey Pekar Week

During the week of November 30th, Graphic NYC teams with SMITH Magazine for Harvey Pekar Week, taking a look at the former file clerk’s career from American Splendor to The Pekar Project. There’s a series of events, and more information can be found at www.NYCGraphicNovelists.com. “Also this week, Graphic NYC will be enabling commenting, so we [...]

Linkarama@Newsarama

If you only click on one of these links today, make it this one: Writing for the LA Times‘ Hero Complex blog, Liesl Bradner discusses the “superheroes” of kamishibai, a sort of Japanese street theater that used large painted illustrations to help the storytellers. Some of these heroes are remarkably similar in certain aspects to [...]

Review: Special Forces

Special Forces Written & Illustrated by Kyle Baker Published by Image I have no idea what to make of this comic book. I’m usually a big Kyle Baker fan, but this book has just perplexed me on every level. It’s some sort of ungainly hybrid of war comics, humor comics and Frank Miller comics, mashed together, [...]

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"Iron Man 2" Poster Hits The Web

The official lobby poster for Marvel and Paramount's hotly anticipated summer sequel is revealed as well as early screen stills of Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell and more!

VIDEO: "Heroes" Clip for "The Fifth Stage"

Courtesy of NBC, CBR News presents a clip from tonight's episode of "Heroes" titled "The Fifth Stage" that sees Peter attempting to keep his brother Nathan alive, even as Sylar's persona tries to regain control of his body.

CBR TV: Jeff Katz & Christopher Daniels

Jeff Katz and The Fallen Angel, Christopher Daniels, stopped by CBR TV to talk about Katz's new American Original label, the company's origins and goals, the intersection of the comic book and wrestling worlds and much more.

When Words Collide - Monday, Nov 30th

As the end of the decade fast approaches, Tim reflects on Frank Miller's apocalyptic "Dark Knight Strikes Again" and Grant Morrison's also-apocalyptic "Final Crisis," and explains why one is so much better than the other.

THE GREEN ZONE: Jeph Loeb, Greg Pak & Jeff Parker

CBR kicks off a new weekly column focusing on the events smashing through Marvel's Hulk family of books featuring a round table interview with the writers behind "Fall of the Hulks."