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By Jim Beard on Friday, January 8th, 2010

In a first for the long-running “Smallville” TV series it will broadcast a two-hour “movie”…

By Jim Beard on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

What can $4 billion buy these days? For one entertainment giant it means the acquisition…

By Jim Beard on Friday, August 21st, 2009

The famous comic book company whose first title, “Fantastic Four,” hit the stands in 1961…

By Jim Beard on Friday, July 17th, 2009

“I am not Tommy Taylor!” So implores the lead character of writer Mike Carey and…

By Jim Beard on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Imagine a comic book measuring 14″ by 20″. Difficult? The more seasoned among us may…

By Jim Beard on Friday, June 26th, 2009

Captain America, Steve Rogers, is coming back. You’re probably thinking three things: “The guy with…

By Jim Beard on Friday, April 10th, 2009

A new volume of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” comic opus…

By Vicki L. Kroll on Friday, March 13th, 2009

Ron White, the comic always armed with a cigar and a glass of scotch, is…

By Jim Beard on Friday, December 12th, 2008

You only think your true love isn’t into comics. With the incredible expanse of comic book…

By Michael Miller on Friday, November 28th, 2008

For 20 years, cubicle drone Dilbert has focused his pupil-less eyes on the world of…

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