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This Week's Comics Are Full Of The Undead, Abducted, Possessed And Rapping

Signs that you can tell that it's getting near San Diego Comic-Con, Part 23: Indie comic publishers start releasing more material, hoping to avoid con glut while making sure that they'll have something to show the eager masses. So while Marvel and DC have relatively restrained Wednesdays, you'll still be able to find alien abductees, classic reprints and members of the Wu-Tang Clan in stores and under the jump. More »

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9:00 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,386 views, 8 comments

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The Man Who Wrote Comic Books In KISS Blood

We told you that Steve Gerber passed away earlier today, but did you know the guy created the first ever Marvel Super Special in 1977, featuring the band KISS? Not just any normal KISS, but a superpowered group who encounters villains from the Marvel archives, including Doctor Doom and his tutor, Dizzie the Hun. If that wasn't weird enough, the actual members of the band mixed in drops of their blood with the printing ink for that issue, which probably horrified mothers across the country. More »

5:30 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,510 views, 13 comments

Latest by ideaman2020: @goldfarb: Yeah, well, that's also appropriate because they appeared in HtD before the Super Special. @samuelk: Me too. My brother had/has a copy [somewhere...] more »

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Steve Gerber, R.I.P.

The passing this weekend of Steve Gerber leaves the world of science fiction a lesser place. He's probably best known for creating Howard The Duck. (Ignore the movie and read the original comics, which trailed the way for Alan Moore and the rest of the British Invasion writers of the '80s.) But he's known for some other great books as well. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Graeme McMillan
823 views, 9 comments

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Alien Bestiality, Brought To You By George Lucas

1986's Howard the Duck may have been the moment we stopped having quite so much faith in George Lucas. His big-screen adaptation of the comic about an alien duck who falls to Earth tried hard to capture writer Steve Gerber's gonzo sensibility, but veered badly off course. Like this scene, where Howard has a weirdly sexy moment with his friend Beverly. "Do you think I could find romance in the animal kingdom?" she asks. But we also have a clip of the genuinely awesome opening, where Howard whizzes through space while a cheesy voice-over explains the multiverse. More »

11:50 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By charliejane
5,100 views, 23 comments

Latest by snotcopter: I think I just threw up all over my keyboard and mouse a little. I worked as a theater usher the summer that piece of celluloid tripe was released. I must have ignored it fifty times. more »