Man Accused Of Stealing Mentally Disabled Superman Fan’s Collection Now in Jail
There's been an outpouring of support in the comics community for Superman fan Mike Meyer these past few weeks after the 48-year-old mentally disabled man from Granite City, Ill. was robbed of a...
View ArticleLink Ink: Capcom’s Bar Food, He-Man’s Sexiness and Extreme Pokeballs
Eats: Capcom Bar will serve dishes based on its Resident Evil and Phoenix Wright games, among others, when it opens in Japan on January 25. Manga: Digital Manga will bring Osamu Tezuka's Barbara manga...
View Article‘The Criminal Lawyer’s Guide to Criminal Law’ is an Illustrated Primer on Law...
When I was in law school, my absolute least famous class was criminal procedure. It's affectionately termed the "Law & Order" class, because it deals with the sorts of things...
View ArticleAvatar Press Convention Trailer and Comic Book Contents Stolen in Anaheim
In an event dreaded by all movers, touring rock bands and anyone else who has ever depended upon portable storage, Avatar Press EiC William Christensen reports that the publisher's convention trailer...
View ArticleLink Ink: New DC Skelanimals, The ‘Power Rangers Megaforce’ Debut And A...
Toys: Toynami will release another wave of DC Skelanimals later this spring. TV: Power Rangers Megaforce will officially debut on Nickelodeon on February 2, at 1 p.m. Tech: Cregle Inc.'s iPen 2 aims to...
View ArticleBatman Apprehends Criminal In England Before Disappearing Into The Night
It may not be Gotham City, but it looks like Bradford, Northern England has a caped crusader righting wrongs and defending the defenseless, nonetheless. On February 25, a man dressed in an Adam West,...
View ArticleThe Bradford Batman Unmasks On British TV [Video]
He might not be the hero we wanted, but he just might be the hero one city deserved. The Bradford Batman, the previously-unidentified vigilante who delivered a wanted felon to the Bradford Police...
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View ArticleCrime In A New World In Johnston And Greenwood's 'The Fuse'
On its own, the police procedural doesn't have that much traction within modern comics. In the early days of the medium -- especially in newspaper strips -- it was a different story, and straight-up...
View ArticleCrime Pays: The Greatest Crime and Noir Comics, Old and New
Crime is in. Although noir and crime stories were wildly popular in comics during the 40s and 50s, thanks to the ultra-conservative Comics Code of 1954, it soon became almost impossible to tell gritty,...
View ArticleComics And Meth: Partners In Crime
It turns out comics are useful for more than just escapist reading -- especially if you're into selling meth. A Colorado drug ring that police say laundered their money through sales of classic comic...
View ArticleRogue ‘Spider-Man’ Recieves Seven-Year Sentence For Armed Robberies
In a story echoing Peter Parker's identity theft problems at the hands of villainous imposters like the Chameleon, a Chattanooga, Tenn. area man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison...
View ArticleSpider-Man Spins A Web And Stops A Shoplifter On Free Comic Book Day!
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can - and apparently, what a spider can do is bust comic book thieving criminals with ease. The Guardian reports the story of Michael Baulderstone, the...
View ArticleBatman Turns to Crime at a Taco Bell Drive-Thru [Video]
Where once Batman ruled Taco Bell with promotional movie cups and kid's meals, it seems the Caped Crusader (or an impersonator) has now turned to crime, taking food from an unsuspecting drive-thru...
View ArticleLink Ink: Universal Gets ‘Pluto,’ ‘Underground’ Gets a Sales Boost and...
Movies: Universal and Illumination Entertainment are teaming up with Tezuka Productions to produce a live action/CGI hybrid adaptation of Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Pluto manga, which...
View Article8 of the Best Noir Comics: Crime Does Pay
With last week's release of L.A. Noire -- the latest blockbuster video game from Grand Theft Auto creators Rockstar Games -- there's been a sudden spike in interest in hard-boiled crime stories....
View ArticleLink Ink: Giant Gundam Deconstructed, ‘Our Love Is Real’ Gets Image Release...
Anime: Japan's giant 1/1 scale Mobile Suit Gundam statue can now be observed at ground level in its deconstructed state in Tokyo for the low, low price of about $6.50 USD. Indie: Our Love is Real by...
View ArticleTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Robs Wendy’s, Local Pizzerias On High Alert
In this week's installment of news designed specifically to make your ten year-old self cry, io9 reports that a gun-toting Ninja Turtle robbed a Wendy's restaurant in Wisconsin. Of course, the...
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