In case yesterday's look at March M.O.D.O.K. Madness didn't quite satisfy your desire for all things related to the giant-headed scientist supreme, I've got a little something extra for you: Hooray For Gooba's touching, toe-tapping love song, "MODOK, MODOK (Why Are You Killing Everybody?)," available to stream from the band's MySpace and well worth the three fun minutes you'll spend listening to it.

In reality, "Hooray For Gooba" is Canadian comic book fan Daniel Wagner, who not only lists four-color musical acts like Dazzler, the Amazing Joy Buzzards and Josie and the Pussycats as his influences, but even went so far as to name his actual band after an obscure-but-awesome panel from a 1964 "Legion of Super-Heroes" story that features a competition where men throw dinosaurs with "deadly evolutionary buzzsaw blades" through hoops:



And really, if that's what Wagner's basing his band around, that's something I can get behind. And if you find yourself hungry for more comic-influenced rock 'n' roll, check out Kirby Krackle, who just dropped their new album today in preparation for a concert at this weekend's Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle!

So, it's March. For me, that means it's my birthday month. For sports fans, it's basketball season thanks to March Madness. But for Darren Rawlings, March Madness means something else entirely - for him, it's all about The Incredible Hulk.


Rawlings, a Toronto-based artist and the creator of "Agent Orange," has decided to use March Madness as an opportunity to explore the Hulk's own madness in a series of illustrations that pit the Jade Giant against several of your favorite comic book heroes. So far, Hulk has gone fist-to-jaw against Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man and members of the X-Men. Further battles are sure to come as Rawlings plans to post "at least 2 or 3 Hulk sketches a week."

The artist is also opening the floor to reader suggestions for sketches, so if you've got any urges to see Hulk square off against particular characters, make sure to give him a shout at his blog. See his current images after the jump.

I'm sure you've heard it by now-- "The internet is the future of comics. Digital comics are where we need to go. Blah blah blah, iPad, blah blah blah Kindle, blah blah killer app." No one quite knows how digital comics are going to work out yet, though there are several different attempts on the market. Manga publishing giant Viz seems more than ready to blaze a few trails, as they've leapt into the digital comics arena with both arms swinging. Rather than playing it safe and taking it slow, Viz has leapt into the fray with SIGIKKI.com.



There are no gates or subscription fees when you visit SIGIKKI.com. All you have to do is load up the site, select one of the thirteen series currently serialized on the site, and begin reading. A built-in review system allows the editorial team to judge which series are making a big splash and which aren't. Series are regularly collected and printed as part of the Viz Signature line, assuming that the reader demand supports it.

Novelty super hero kicks are all well and good in the kids aisle, but it's always nice when higher-end sneakers find their way into the big kids sections - especially when they're from a company like Airwalk, which I trusted to keep my feet on the skateboards I routinely fell off of throughout my clumsy youth.

Streetlevel has a look at the line's Captain America (noticeably brandished with an Airwalk logo "A"), Silver Surfer and more. There's not a whole lot of information to go on at this point, with proper release dates and pricing info as of yet undisclosed by Airwalk and Marvel, but it's fun to imagine the kinds of pairings the duo would be capable of.

Can you say Adam X: The Extreme Airwalks? You know you'd kick it in those! Or maybe that's more Vans' territory... Check out some additional mockups via Sneakerfiles after the jump. Think they didn't take it far enough? Check out Seen All Over for their ideas on the mashups that could have been.

This week, "Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki" hits shelves, putting one of the newer "Street Fighter" characters into a starring role for the first time!


We've got a ComicsAlliance exclusive five-page preview, and an interview with writer and UDON Studios project manager Jim Zubkavich after the jump!

The new "Tron: Legacy" trailer has kind of set the Internet ablaze with equal parts nostalgia and awe - and rightly so - but some comic fans might point out that this is actually the film's second sequel thanks to SLG Publishing's 2006 six-issue miniseries (and a novelization) "Tron: Ghost in the Machine."

While "Ghost in the Machine" got a collected edition last year, all six single issues are still prevalent on both SLG's online store and Amazon. Fans can check out the TPB over at SLG's shop as well.

"Legacy" and "Ghost" are stacked with similarities, most notably that each series' protagonists are versions of Alan Bradley's or Kevin Flynn's sons from the present sent into the digital world. "Ghost" has something of a darker tone, however, with a son returning to a somewhat unpleasant world rather than visiting it for the first time to see his father.

You can check out the 2006 trailer for SLG's series after the jump for the full scoop on its creative team of Landry Walker, Eric Jones and artist Louie De Martinis. It may just be the thing to tide fans over until "Tron: Legacy" arrives in theaters on December 17.

In 2006, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie debuted the first "Phonogram" volume, "Rue Brittania." Introducing the concept of "phonomancers" -- magicians using music to enter magical states -- the series quickly gained a dedicated cult following and tastemaker Warren Ellis' seal of approval. With the completion of the second volume "The Singles Club" and the trade collection (or album) set to be unveiled at Emerald City ComicCon, writer John Parker reached out to Gillen to talk about music, magic, and what the future held in store for "Phonogram."

As he quickly discovered, there may not be a future for "Phonogram." So they didn't get to talk much about music or magic.

I know, I know, it's kind of weak to take cheap shots at "Smallville." But seriously, when promo images show the Silver Banshee making like Teen Wolf in an upcoming episode, it's hard not to share.


Silver Banshee makes her "Smallville" debut on Friday, April 2 in an episode entitled "Escape." Something tells me that's all actress Odessa Rae wanted to do when wardrobe brought her the seemingly woodland-inspired villainess outfit - most notably the corn cob grill she's been forced to sport.

I'm totally down for adaptations taking a few costume design liberties when needed, and in fairness to whoever designed this outfit, it does inspire enough fear to merit Banshee a spot in the Sinestro Corps. Of course, I don't think fans would have been upset by a slightly less feral design. I'd keep an eye out for a lot of hair product commercials when "Escape" hits the airwaves next month on The CW.