Comics: ‘First Wave’ takes super out of heroes (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

It’s a world with heroes — but no superheroes.

Mel Gibson says Viking movie may be his last (Los Angeles Times)

The actor-director says “It’s the thing I have been going toward, in a way, since I was young, and I think when it’s done I may be finished.”

Spring ahead (Belleville Intelligencer)

Superheroes, remakes, 3D animated comedies — who says summer hasn’t started? Not Hollywood, which will try to keep post-Avatarmoviegoers lulled into submission with sequels, stars and special effects untilIron Man 2opens May 7.[…]

Christopher Nolan: Inception, Batman, Superman, Oh My! (UGO - UnderGroundOnline)

The director offers up new details on the long-awaited comic-book projects. Credit: Warner Bros.

Kick-Ass Review (IGN Movies)

Is Matthew Vaughn’s violent, bloody and hilarious adaptation of the cult comic book the best superhero movie ever made? IGN will tell you.

Holy makeover! Big changes come to comic books (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

Green Lantern is fighting half of his superhero friends who have been turned into Black Lanterns of death. Halo characters have left their bestselling videogame and are on the cover of their own comic.

New comic book coming about former comic Sen. Franken (MinnPost)

A new comic book will be released this spring about Al Franken, whose superpower may be that he’s a U.S. senator in a country that’s a superpower. He’s also got super comedy skills, or at least Lorne Michaels of “SNL” used to think so.

A Familiar Can of “Kick Ass” (indieWIRE)

The prevalence of superhero movies at the multiplexes has made them ripe for self-reflection. On the surface, Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” fulfills that opportunity. Adapted from Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.’s 2008 comic book mini-series, which focuses on a nerdy high school student named Dave (U.K. star Aaron Johnson in the feature version) - whose fascination with superheroes leads to his …

Superheroes invade Seattle; fans go wild (KOMO Seattle)

Stars of the comic and sci-fi world came out Saturday in downtown Seattle for the Emerald City Comicon - and you could tell this was no dentists’ convention.

Comic book author Morrison brings the surreal to Batman (The Johns Hopkins News-Letter)

Grant Morrison, a popular Scottish comic book writer and playwright, has no problem creating work that’s pretty damn crazy. His new works, “Batman and Robin #10″ and “Doom Patrol, vol. 1,” are no exception. Indeed, he regularly points to surrealism, automatic writing, and shamanic visions as inspirations for his work.

DC Comics’ pulp ‘Wave’ takes the super out of heroes (Boston Herald)

It’s a world with heroes - but no superheroes. The first issue of “First Wave,” a six-issue miniseries…

Herald Scotland (EveningTimes Online)

He is the Coatbridge comic book writer who has taken Hollywood by storm and wants to direct his first film in Glasgow.

Hirst: Comic books to the rescue (Yale Daily News)

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved comic books. My earliest memories (and cutest baby pictures) are of my dad and me dressed up as Superdad and Superbaby, attending Purim festivities as Betman (the Hebraic equivalent of Batman), waiting in line for Space Mountain at Disney World as my dad told me the origin story of Captain America, at Passover Seder observing the similarities between …

Mind in the gutters (Orlando Weekly)

From chicks in chain-mail bikinis to musclemen in tights, from the Tijuana bibles of old to the latest panty-flashing fan service in Japan, sex and comics go together like a complete lack of social skills and comics. So here’s a brief roundup of some notable comic book hotties – according to me.

Batman Beats Superman At Heritage Auctions (Antiques and the Arts)

:The Caped Crusader pounds the Man of Steel — and the recession — in a comic book auction on February 25 at Heritage Auctions. An anonymous superheroes fan paid a record $1,075,500, including the buyer’s premium, for a 1939 comic book with Batman’s first appearance.

Fantasy Mirrors Reality, Spiderman Laid Off (CBS 3 Philadelphia)

Fantasy mirrors reality, when even Superheroes get fired. The reality of un-employment is spinning its ugly web into the fantasy world, catching Superhero Spiderman off guard in comic book series out today. Spiderman’s’ alter-ego Peter Parker, A Daily Bugle newspaper photographer is laid off.

Online gamers could be ’superheroes’ (MalaysiaNews.net)

“Urgent Evoke” is an online game that seeks to cure real-world problems Players earn points by responding to weekly challenges The game begins on Wednesday; it focuses on Africa, but anyone …

Spider-Man and other comic-book characters help explain scientific ideas (Washington Post)

Even Spider-Man needs to accept the laws of physics. (AP) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.

Comic book exhibit on Civil Rights no laughing matter (Observer-Reporter)

This article has been read 0 times. Here’s something you probably never learned in school: A comic book helped propel the Civil Rights movement.

Batman Comic Fetches $1.075 Million, Rewrites Record (Art Daily)

A 1939 copy of Detective Comics #27, with the first appearance of Batman. The comic book was sold by the auctioneer for a record price of $1,075,500, during an auction conducted online Feb. 25, 2010. AP Photo/Heritage Auction Galleries.

Turning a 10-Cent Comic Book Into a Million Bucks (New York Times)

Last week’s record-breaking auctions are lesson for all those parents who threw away their children’s comic books.

Kerpow! Batman throws killer punch in comic book wars (Times Online)

It’s a question that has exercised generations of schoolboys: Superman or Batman - who would win? Now, finally, we have the answer. Four days ago, a near-perfect sample of the comic book in which Superman made his debut, Action Books No 1 dated June 1938, went up for sale via an auction website.

Batman beats Superman: early comic book sell for more than $1m (Daily Telegraph)

Comic books first featuring the superheroes set auction records.

Bash brings superheroes to campus (The Shorthorn)

A rivalry between Spider-Man and Superman surfaced Friday night. The students that dressed as the comic book superheroes, Blake Manning and Brent Burns, took it outside after Spider-Man won the costume contest.

A Toonseum exhibit celebrates a nearly forgotten comic book that aided in the struggle for civil rights. (Pittsburgh City Paper)

“Martin Luther King gave direct edits of this comic book.” By Anna Reilly.

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