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Labor Day weekend marks the 2/3 point of 2008, as crazy as that sounds.  The year’s already two-thirds over. What comics have made an impression on you in that time? Several of my favorites, off the top of my head, are the same as last year — “Criminal” and “Captain America”...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman:  By Matthew Price Assistant Features Editor WORD BALLOONS Unusual superheroes populate “Who Can Save Us Now?,” a superhero prose anthology from 22 writers, including Will Clarke, Jennifer Weiner and Sam Weller. The anthology was edited by Owen...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman:  The nine-episode strike-shortened first season of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” kicks in a year after the events of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” Sarah Connor (Lena Headley, “300”) and her son John (Thomas Dekker, “Heroes”) have...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman:  By Matthew Price Assistant Features Editor THE NEXT LEVEL Rocket to other worlds with the primates of “Space Chimps.” Ham III, grandson to the famous spacefaring Ham, is a circus chimp with great bloodlines. He’s recruited onto a team of...

Mark Millar talking about “Wanted” at Newsarama: “What I will be doing is providing them with a very small amount of stuff for a story, and that will be used as a basic story that they can build from. It will be a small outline that can possibly be picked apart and not used – but it will...

ComicsPRO has lined up BAWLS energy drinks as a sponsor for 24-Hour Comic Book Day.  If your location is near a BAWLS distribution point, the store can pick up free BAWLS Guarana Energy Drinks. Seems like a good idea to me. If you’re drawing a comic book for 24 hours, you’re going to...

From a link posted, somewhat appropriately, on Facebook. The Guardian UK is reporting that “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin is writing a film about how Facebook was developed.  As part of the process, he’s started a group page on Facebook called “Aaron Sorkin and the Facebook...

Press release: Empire Interactive today announced development on Unsolved Crimes is complete. The mystery puzzle solving game will release for Nintendo DS™ on September 23, 2008. Filled with suspense, mystery and intrigue, Unsolved Crimes will be teasing brains on college campuses across the...

A “good girl” artist and a hard boiled writer are among the scheduled guests for the year’s last big convention. Wizard World Texas has announced an initial lineup of guests for this fall’s convention, held Nov. 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center.  As previously...

Available on Hulu through the end of the month is the classic Bill Murray film, “Groundhog Day.” Long a favorite of mine — and probably not just because I have a Groundhog Day birthday — “Groundhog Day” stars Bill Murray as a weatherman stuck reliving the same day over and over. That...

Trailer for “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk.” Press release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Visitors will journey across the world’s most beautiful landscapes and back during Science Museum Oklahoma’s annual Film Fest September 11-14 and 18-21. Each with a unique focus, the featured IMAX...

If I had a spare few hundred thousand, I would really have been tempted by this.  Unfortunately, the $110,000 bid failed to meet the reserve. From the description: Here it is one of 5 cars that could have been in the “Batman” movie staring Micheal Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Five...

Look for episodes of “Firefly,” “Friends” and more at TheWB.com, moving to an open, public beta starting today.  But that’s not all — TheWB.com will have original series as well. Premiering today are the web series “Blue Water High,” “A Boy Wearing Makeup,” and...

USA Today and BamKapow are all talking about superhero cakes this week. And several of the ones linked are very cool.  Though they are pretty heavy in fondant, which is great for making stuff pretty or interesting, not as great for tasting. (“Ace of Cakes” guy is crazy about using...

From the Top Cow Moosletter: Dragon Prince is a five-part miniseries written by Ron Marz with art by Lee Moder.  It stars teenager Aaron Chiang, who discovers he’s the Dragon Prince, heir to the bloodline of all dragons.  This martial arts fantasy epic begins shipping in September.

Press release: Congers, NY (August 27, 2008) - Wizard World has been home to movie premieres, costume contests, A-List creators and big time Hollywood talent. Now the convention tour is adding an academic track to it’s growing list of crowd-pleasing events. The newly created Wizard World...

If you aren’t burned out on reading about Comic-Con: International, here’s an interesting post by two Comic-Con first timers.   Author and editor Henry Jenkins sums up the experience of Comic-Con near perfectly:  “So there are things that you would have killed to...

Cher (AP photo)  The Telegraph UK is reporting Cher is in talks to play an aging vamp Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s next “Batman” flick.  The site also reports Johnny Depp is on board as The Riddler. I’d take all this with a grain of salt, since last I heard the...

Feels like a big week this week!  Superman gets the spotlight in “Final Crisis: Superman Beyond,” written by Grant Morrison.  Brad Meltzer returns to comics with “DC Universe Last Will and Testament,” drawn by Adam Kubert.  Marvel brings some heat as well, as Mark...