While doing press for Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, out next week, we got to check in with geek comedian Bill Hader. In an interview we asked the man who makes it rain food about possible new comic books from him and his SNL co-star Seth Meyers, why MacGruber gets a movie and Laser Cats doesn't, and what's happening with Simon Peggs alien road-trip film Paul.

I know you and Seth Meyers wrote that Spider-Man comic, [Spider-man The Short Halloween] are there anymore comic books in your future?

We have a Daredevil idea that we'd like to do.

What's this idea about? How will it be different?

I can't tell you what the idea is. I would say it's kind of the same thing as the Spider-Man book as it's kind of a stand alone. It wouldn't be in the current Daredevil arc. It would be in it's own stand-alone story, kind of how the Spider-Man book was. It doesn't fit into any sort of...but yeah that's how it would be different. And our idea is similar to the Spider-Man one, where it also involves peripheral characters are the main character and Daredevil is influencing the story in different ways. It is that kind of similar thing to the Spider-man one. I know people were kind of mixed on it. Some people liked it and some people were like, "why isn't Spider-Man the main character?" We weren't interested in that, we found that funnier.

My favorite part of SNL these days has been all the science fiction shorts, so when is Laser Cats getting a movie? MacGruber has a movie...I feel like it's justified.

I would love to do a Laser Cats movie. Yeah, maybe... I feel like Macgruber is a little bit more of a hit than Laser Cats is. Andy [Samberg] Akiva [Schaffer] and Jorma [Taccone] really find that so funny. And that's what's great about doing that, you really get a sense of the four of us just making each other laugh at how dumb it is. Because we all grew up making videos. What makes Laser Cats so funny to me is the idea that it's being presented to Lorne Michaels each week, and we actually think it's so good. The Steve Martin one was a lot of fun, where Steve Martin is totally into it like "hey look at this video I made, and it's total shit." Yeah we love doing that.

Will there be a lot more science-fictional sketches in the new season?

I don't know, honestly I have no idea what I'm going to do up until the moment we do it. We had a character last season that we want to do again called "Greg Is Not An Alien." We want to do that again. We tried it once with Zac Efron and it didn't fully work. So we might try that idea again. That was a lot of fun to do. That's John Mulaney, Simon Rich and I, they made that thing so funny.

We're all really excited to see more from Simon Pegg's movie Paul. What's going on with your character in this film?

In Paul, I play a guy named Haggard and it's me and Jason Bateman's character and Joe Lo Truglio's character are these agents who are tracking Simon, Nick and Paul, and Kristen Wiig's character. To put it pretty well, we're kind of like the epic Kota and Midnight Run.

What were the rumors that you were supposed to be the alien in Paul? But now it's Seth Rogen correct?

I think those rumors were started because I did a test for Simon and Nick to show the studios here's what Paul will look like and here's how he will interact with the actors. And Mottola and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost called me and said, "I know this is last minute but would you want to come here and do this real quick almost as like a favor. And I said yeah sure, free trip to London. So I went to London for three or four days, we shot the test and I came back. It was totally not an audition for the character, it was just to help them out. I think that's how all those rumors got started.

Is Paul, the alien, totally human form or CG?

You'll have to see. [Laughs] No I don't know. I honestly don't know now. It's funny you asked that because I don't know — it could be a mix of both.

Until the next season of SNL you can catch Bill Hader in the movie Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, out September 11.

As you might expect, the dystopias in question come from Marvel's X-Men franchise, where smiling is a sign of weakness. In addition to the collection of their WWII-era origin of Ian McKellan's favorite villain, Magneto: Testament, there are the more fictional hellscapes on offer in X-Men: Inferno (New York becomes infested with demons!) and X-Men Future History: Messiah War Sourcebook, which details the backstory of a future that makes Terminator Salvation look like the wonderful world of Oz.

Alternatively, you could just pick up the first issue of Dark Horse's Aliens relaunch, for a horrific world than requires less tolerance for superpowered soap opera, or Spider-Man: The Short Hallowe'en for a New York that is devoid of demons but written by Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader and Seth Meyers (All of today's Manhattan-based demons have been diverted to Jeff Parker and Kyle Hotz's Dark Reign: The Hood, which offers up tales of the New Avengers's newest crime boss, who just so happens to be evil-demon-powered).

If you're looking for something a little more optimistic, IDW's Star Trek Omnibus collects some of the better Trek comics from days pre-Abrams. Also, Doug (Earthworm Jim) TenNapel's Power Up tells the story of a man whose magic video game console gives him the ability to control the real world.

Old-fashioned superhero thrills, that won't make you feel bad about the future of humanity, can be found in the first collections of DC's Trinity series (Said trinity being Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, of course) and Dynamite's Death Defying 'Devil.

Meanwhile, the much-promised teens-in-tights can be found in DC's duelling teenage superhero collections, Robin The Teen Wonder - an anthology of stories about the various characters to sidekick Batman throughout the years - and Static Shock: Rebirth of The Cool, which'll remind you just how great the 1990s Static series really was.

Whether it's electric garbage-can-flying heroes or grizzled cyborg soldiers from a dying tomorrow, your local comic book store will have them all. And, if you're after something that doesn't fit into those two categories, why not check out the list of everything hitting stores this week (Psst: At least take a peek at the non-SF Bayou). But, come on. Static Shock, people.

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UPDATE: Wow another one Heroes is full of the big O. Thanks Kakkoister. This ones all about the brothers!

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Bill Hader should just be in all of the SNL sketches from now on, Laser Cats on down.

Besides the astounding fact that NPH made Saturday Night Live actually funny this week, it's great to pay tribute to the 14-year-old licensed doctor (who started the series at the ripe age of 16). It's an homage to the ultimate geek hero — plus everyone should have a little NPH in your week.

Little known Doogie Howser fact: In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, "Help", Willow briefly mentions writing Doogie Howser fan-fiction in her youth. Which is probably the most amazing thing I've ever heard of in my life. Somebody, somewhere has to have created their own version of Willow's Doogie fanfic. Please point me to it!

Gays In Space:
Jason Bateman and his flamboyant crew cruise the stars. Yes, Bateman is wearing silver mini shorts silver lace work boots.


Planet of the Men vs. Planet of The Women:
Hugh Hefner leads the men against the women in an intergalactic space war. Hef is Captain Macho, and he has to war against Captain Estrogena. The women fire "boob rays" and then men retaliate with a "mouse ray." Stereotypes fly and eventually the two ships "collide forming a unison, and the men fall asleep".

Future Jeopardy In 1999:
This is what future Jeopardy would be like in 1999, from the eyes of the SNL cast of 1979. It may seem ridiculous now, but in truth, everyone I know has hair like that.

Enemy Mine Sketch:
Jack Black gets stuck on an deserted alien planet with Glurk the alien with both male and female parts. SPACE WINE!

Astronaut Jones:
Tracy Morgan smoking in space and hitting on big-breasted alien chicks, awwww.

Beach Blanket Bimbo From Outer Space:
Carrie Fisher strapped on the gold bikini once again to attend her first Beach Blanket party with Buzz, Skeeter and Moondoggie. Too bad she's marked a space slut for hitting on Annette's guy. In the end Carrie sings about being a teenager from outer space with an Obi Wan Kenobi chorus.

Robot Repair:
It's about a robot teaching you how to fix small things. Yes, the name is confusing, but it's a work in progress.

Shop At Home Network Sells More Star Wars Crap:
How much would you pay for the actual Mark Hamill? Personally, I think I'd rather have a Jawa ashtray.

Laser Cats:
Who knew that cats shooting lasers out of their mouths would cause so much commotion?

Old Glory Insurance:
Sam Waterson sells old people insurance against robot attacks. Why do they need insurance? Because robots are everywhere and they eat old people's medicine for fuel, of course.

The Coneheads:
To end on, a classic: The SNL aliens so beloved by America that they got their own movie.

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