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 Disney to Buy Marvel for $4B 


Aug 31, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(AP) - The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus... More »

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entertainment • Walt Disney Co. • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • Captain America • Disney • comics • Iron Man • X-Men • comic books

Disabled Identify With Heroes
at Comic-Con

'You have legs, you can become a warrior,' says fan at SD convention

Jul 25, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no accident that some of Comic-Con's most popular heroes are X-Men’s wheelchair-bound professor and Daredevil’s blind avenger. Many of the San Diego convention’s 125,000 guests say they relate to the struggles of their favorite superheroes, the Los Angeles Times reports. “You feel like... More »

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James Cameron • disabled • San Diego • comics • wheelchair • avatar • X-Men • comic books

(Newser) - Just in time for back-to-school shopping, the first family’s puppy will star in his own comic book, MTV reports. Puppy Power: Bo Obama, due out in September, will offer what the publisher calls an “insider’s look at the White House.” In the works from the same... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michelle Obama • female politicians • comics • comic books • Portuguese water dog • Bo Obama • Bluewater Productions

OPINION

 A Tough Guy for Everyone 

Why Wolverine has had such lasting appeal

May 3, 09 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wolverine has endured. The character has two comic-book series, a new blockbuster movie, and his own exhibit at New York’s comic museum 35 years after being introduced as a sidekick. Why has Wolverine had such long lasting appeal? With a dark, mysterious past, and a “penchant for berserker... More »

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superhero • racism • comics • minorities • Wolverine • action movie • X-Men

'Female Force' Comic Stars Michelle Obama

First lady joins Palin, Clinton in fast-selling biography series

Mar 14, 09 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama will join Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin with her own issue of Female Force comics next month, the Chicago Tribune reports. Publisher Bluewater says the biographical comic, the third in its series on America's powerful females, will tell the first lady's story from an upbeat perspective. As with... More »

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Michelle Obama • female politicians • comics • first lady • comic books

 'Geeks Have Won': 
 Hollywood Gaga Over Comics 

Big screen adaptations bring fame to writers

Mar 2, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Comic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • comics • movies • Iron Man • films • comic books • Watchmen

 Obama 
 Already 
 Stressed 
 Out? 

Mad turns satirical eye on new president

Jan 26, 09 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Crises at home and abroad seem to be taking a toll on President Obama already—at least through the lens of Mad Magazine’s cartoonists. The current issue depicts a stressed-out president—ashtray full, antacid flowing—poring over screaming headlines and classified reports. “The only thing the artist missed,... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • smoking • comics • President Obama • Mad Magazine

Comics Legend Stan Lee Creates Gay Superhero

Character will debut in a 1-hour Showtime special

Jan 14, 09 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Is the world ready for the first homosexual superhero? Comic legend Stan Lee has created the character Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who must deal with his sexual orientation as well as untrained superpowers, the Telegraph reports. The character, adapted by Lee from the novel Hero by Perry Moore,... More »

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Marvel Comics • superhero • comics • homosexual • gays • Stan Lee • comic books

Blind Comic Artist Battles
On, Like Daredevil
 

Andre Campbell, visually-impaired since birth, is still chasing his dream

Dec 14, 08 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Life as an independent comic artist is never easy. It's even harder when you’re legally blind, the Washington Post reports. Baltimore's Andre Campbell, vision-impaired since birth with a retinal-degeneration condition, has only sold about 100 copies of his company’s comics since the mid-'90s. But the artist, who idolizes... More »

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blindness • comics • graphic novel • vision impairment

 Batman (Apparently) Killed Off 

As killed off as anyone gets in comics, anyway

Nov 29, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Bruce Wayne appears to have fought his last crime. This week’s Batman #681, the conclusion of the ominously titled Batman RIP story, sees Batman (spoiler alert) apparently blown up on a crashing helicopter, in a confrontation with a villain who may or may not be his father. But... More »

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superhero • Batman • DC Comics • comics

Beyoncé Wants to Be Wonder Woman

Aspiring superhero ready to try on Amazon's outfit for size

Nov 8, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s no film in the works yet, but Beyoncé has made her intentions clear: She wants to be the first big-screen Wonder Woman. The star shared her ambitions with DC Comics and Warner Bros. after being wowed by Linda Carter’s original costume at superhero-themed museum exhibition earlier this... More »

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superhero • DC Comics • comics • Beyonce • action movie • Wonder Woman

Comic Becomes Bible of Asia's Wine Culture

Wannabe oenophiles takes cues from The Drops of the Gods

Oct 23, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do Freddie Mercury and a Jean-François Millet painting have in common? Both have been used to describe wine in The Drops of the Gods, a Japanese comic series that’s quickly becoming the go-to wine literature in Asia, reports the New York Times. Customers tend to ask for... More »

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Asia • wine • pop culture • comics • wine industry • trend

 Tales From Crypt 
 Casts Palin 

Tales From the Crypt  takes a swipe at censorship with Palin cover

Oct 21, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop culture can’t get enough of Sarah Palin right now: The vice-presidential candidate will grace the cover of Tales From the Crypt’s next issue, reports the New York Daily News. In a swipe at Palin's book-banning inquiries as Wasilla mayor, she brandishes a hockey stick at three of... More »

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censorship • horror • comics • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

'Bloom County' Cartoonist Retires Again

After 30 years, Breathed will turn focus to children's books

Oct 6, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, the genius behind “Bloom County,” will retire his current strip, "Opus," on Nov. 2, the Washington Post reports. "With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I'm suspending my comic strip to assist the nation,” Breathed joked in a... More »

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Washington Post • cartoon • comics • Berkeley Breathed • Bloom County • Opus

As Stocks Sink, New Cash
Cows Emerge

Alpacas, coins, comic books; a stampede to alternative investments

Oct 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With stocks tanking, 401(k)s plummeting, and the market’s usual safe haven—real estate—at the heart of the current crisis, investors are seeking refuge in unusual investments—everything from parking spaces to comic books to alpacas, the Wall Street Journal reports. A growing number of retirees are taking individual... More »

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retirement • alpaca • IRA • investment • comics • 401k • gold coins

A 'Prose Guy' Explores the Comics Boom

How graphic novels went from nothing to something

Aug 23, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Thompson is a self-professed “prose guy,” but still can’t ignore the biggest trend in publishing: graphic novels. Thompson sets out for the Washington Post to discover how literature that uses word balloons can be book world's sole growing sector. He discovers that many “little see-saws”... More »

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literature • publishing • comics • graphic novel


 'Garfield' Without
 Garfield Lands
 Book Deal

Surreal blog branches out with original creator's blessing

Jul 31, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some comic strip authors might be miffed—or turn litigious—if a fan became a minor celebrity by systematically removing the namesake character and posting the edited strips on the Internet. Not "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, Editor & Publisher reports. With his blessing, Davis’ publisher will issue a... More »

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Internet • publishing • cartoon • comics • book • Garfield • Jim Davis • Dan Walsh

 Watchmen
 Dazzles at
 Comic-Con

Film adaptation of classic graphic novel wows thousands of fans

Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen, the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time's list of the 20th century's greatest... More »

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San Diego • comics • graphic novel • Zack Snyder

GLOSSIES

 Next Batman May Be
 Lurking in Obscurity 

Radar lists subversive characters who deserve shot at breaking out of comics

Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With The Dark Knight—featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including:
  • Female Furies:
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Julia Roberts • Batman • The Dark Knight • comics • Mark Wahlberg • Sharon Stone

MOVIE REVIEW

 Hellboy Burns Up the Screen 

Red-hot sequel showcases del Toro's dazzling imagination

Jul 11, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hades' greatest hero is back in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and most critics agree it's a hell of a ride. Director Guillermo del Toro returns with comic book creator Mike Mignola, ensuring the dynamic sequel is "shot through with the franchise's signature goofiness, sarcasm and good heart,"... More »

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movie review • comics • Guillermo Del Toro • action movie • movies • Selma Blair

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