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Michael Cho's tribute image of Jack Kirby used on t-shirts without permission.

An offensive Rip-off Not only is he rightly insulted that someone took his art, erased his signature and printed these without his knowledge. He is also offended at the fact they somehow are doing it to honor Kirby, a man who fought for recognitio

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The sparks!

What are the five to ten comics (individual issues or titles) that sucked you into the habit? Which stories made you say, "Hey, I wanna read more of these!"? For me: Disney comics (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Mickey Mouse): These probably started i

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Marvel in October, 2009

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22116 I am looking forward to Spider-Woman...I admit it...

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A new site of kid-safe web comics

http://www.kidjutsu.com/ Lots of great comics to sample...all of them are all-ages...

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Supernatural Law - "Rights of the Werewolf"

I'm not sure if anyone else here follows the Supernatural Law webcomic, but... Is it just me, or has the current storyline, about Leon the werewolf, been going on for a REALLY LONG TIME? I'd been away from the strip for at least month, and when I ju

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Marvel Comics in September

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21603 Hmmm...Spidey classified until next Monday? Will Cap be making appearances...written by Mark Waid? A guy can hope. The new Captain America trade has an NPR quote on the cover...go NPR!

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Happy birthday, Dan Jurgens!

Dan Jurgens is 50 today!

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Soviet Super Soldiers question

Can you help me find which Marvel comics featured the Soviet Super Soldiers as antagonists? Based on the recommendation of the Legion, I bought Marvel Team-Up Annual #2. It sounded like it might have been the right issue but it wasn't. The Super Sold

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Captain America #600 - What's Your Speculation?

Rich Johnston's got his...but what do you think will happen in Captain America #600 and Reborn #1? A new new Captain America? The return of Steve Rogers? Something else altogether? I don't have a full idea myself, but I think the Bucky Cap has prove

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Previews for September, 2009

First off...I'm getting all of the little Halloween packs of mini-comics...trick or treaters in our neighborhood LOVE these things. Dark Horse Beasts of Burden #1 - I love these Evan Dorkin/Jill Thompson "pet investigators of the supernatural" stor

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DC October 2009 solicits

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090720-dc-october-09-solicitation.html Just in time for my 40th birthday...the last issue of Planetary!

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Hulk Numbering -- What?

Okay, now I'm confused. Later this month, Incredible Hulk #600 is coming out. I had thought that the Hulk series was taking over the numbering, as it were, of the previous Hulk series, but as I look at things, that doesn't appear to be the case, wha

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Marvel's Ultimate Universe

I was filling out my Previews order form today (finally), and saw the Marvel is rolling out the reboot of the Ultimate line. I also saw that they were being priced at $3.99. I, personally, had a mild interest in the new line, but the price was the de

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Dorkin talks Beasts of Burden

I love Dorkin and Jill Thompson's stories about a group of neighborhood pets who stop metaphysical creatures as seen in the Dark Horse Books of Hauntings, Monsters, etc. Now, they're getting their own mini in September and Evan is asking folks to pr

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Jane Foster cast

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21999 So, Luke Skywalker's mama as Nurse Jane. What do you think about that?

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Who's Kitty referring to?

I love Wolverine: First Class because it takes me back to the tail end of "my" era of the X-Men. Of course this also means I'm hypersensitive to errors that creep in. For instance, in #15 as Kitty harangues Logan incessantly, one of the things she sa

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Happy birthday, Tom DeFalco!

Tom DeFalco is 59 today. Happy birthday!

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DC Comics in September

DC's September solicitations, courtesy of Comic Book Resources.

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Dwayne McDuffie fired from JLA for "revealing too much"

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/05/28/dwayne-mcduffie-fired-from-jla-for-saying-too-much/ This is just sad on a lot of levels...this man was a major force in making the JLA cartoon the great thing it was... ...I hope to see a lot more McDuffie i

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Happy birthday, Dick Giordano!

Artist & editor Dick Giordano is 77 today!

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