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Steampunk convention OctopodiCon is this weekend at Magnuson Hotel, 737 S. Meridian in Oklahoma City. There are lots of events planned for the weekend, which you can check out at OctipodiCon.org.

“I don’t want to kill anyone. I don’t like bullies; I don’t care where they’re from.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, star Andrew Garfield and director Marc Webb have signed on for a sequel to “The Amazing Spider-Man.”  Emma Stone is also in talks to reprise her role, Gwen Stacy. The film, to star Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, is set for a May...

“The Avengers” movie was a box-office bonanza for Marvel Studios, and was released on DVD this week. Marvel’s comics branch is hoping for the same kind of relative return for the launch of its new Avengers comic book series, titled “Uncanny Avengers,” launching on Oct. 10. “Uncanny...

Green Lanterns face rage-fueled Red Lanterns in computer-animated series The DC Comics superhero Green Lantern is the star of the Cartoon Network animated series, “Green Lantern: The Animated Series.” But it’s not just the earthborn hero Hal Jordan who stars in the computer-animated...

Here’s the first of a series of looks back at the comics of 1991.  In this post, I’ll look back at the comics I bought in Jan. 1991, and at some of the other comic books that were available.  I’m using the newsstand option at Mike’s Amazing World of Comics as my reference guide...

“Transformers Prime” Episode 221 “Alpha/Omega” airs at 7 p.m. ET  on Friday, Sept. 28 on the Hub. Nerdage has received some exclusive artwork from the episode. Here’s the episode description: The Autobots learn of the Omega Keys and the incredible secret they hold, while...

Artist Mike Allred, who had a memorable run on “X-Force” and “X-Statix,” returns to the X-Men line for a one-issue story in “Wolverine and the X-Men” #17, in an issue featuring a character he co-created, the green, bloblike Doop. The issue, written by Jason Aaron, deals with how...

Michael D. Hamersky on Comics points out that, according to Holiday Insights at least, it’s National Comic Book Day! I don’t know about National Comic Book Day — but hey, any holiday with comic books is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. How about this as a tradition? Go to a...

Chef Kurt Fleischfresser and his crew are the hosts for a benefit dinner for Kyle Roberts’ superhero teen film, “Posthuman.” (Disclosure: I wrote the original story on which the film is based.) The event will include a silent auction, dinner, meet-and-greet and possibly an early look...

Today is National Punctuation Day. If you’re looking for a fun way to learn punctuation and grammar – and involve superheroes – the book “Super Grammar” might be just what you’re looking for.  Here’s some information on the book from a news release: Super Grammar gives kids...

Superherohype has revealed the first official picture of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the film “The Wolverine.” The film, based on the Chris Claremont-Frank Miller comic-book miniseries that featured Wolverine in Japan, is directed by James Mangold.  IMDB quotes Jackman about the...

“Until mankind is peaceful enough not to have violence on the news, there’s no point in taking it out of shows that need it for entertainment value.

Marvel has released a preview for “Avengers vs. X-Men” #12, the final issue of the best-selling miniseries. Here’s Marvel’s description of the issue: You’ve heard “it’s coming,” experienced “no more Avengers,” saw Cyclops take up the reigns as the “one” with the...

New ‘Judge Dredd’ comic series will be released in November in the U.S. by IDW The character Judge Dredd was created in 1977 by writer John Wagner, along with artist Carlos Ezquerra, working with editor Pat Mills. The over-the-top character first appeared in the second issue of “2000...

Marvel has released two more teasers for Marvel NOW! Point One, featuring a project by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven, and a second with a project by Dennis Hopeless and Gabriel Hernandez Walta. “Marvel NOW! Point One” is written by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jeph Loeb,...

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie are the creative team for the story promoted with the fourth Marvel NOW! Point One teaser.  It features Kid Loki and Miss America from the recent “Vengeance” series.   A July “Marvel NOW!” teaser featured an image of Wiccan, Miss America...

This month, I’m kicking off what will be a multi-part weekly series, taking a look back at one of comics’ greatest sales years, 1991, through the eyes of a then-teenager obsessed with comics, a little more than 2 decades later. About a year and a half ago, I did an extensive post on the...

The “Movie Clubbed” crew of genuinely funny guys Rod Lott, Brian Winkeler, Spencer Hicks, Greg Elwell and Richard York will be at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art at 8 p.m. Saturday for their “Mystery Science Theater 3000″-style riffing of the 1970s film “Skatetown U.S.A.” Here’s...

More than 100 illustrators entered the latest contest at Project: Rooftop,  in which the costumes of the Fantastic Four were redesigned. The entries were judged by a panel of 10, including Marvel artist Stuart Immonen (New Avengers, Fear Itself), Dark Horse editor Rachel Edidin and...