Starting next week, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block will officially restore your chance to anime your life away via basic cable on Saturday nights. That's right, the fan-favorite Toonami will return on Saturday, May 26, reviving the anime-centric programming block that ran from 1997-2008 and introduced a generation to the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile ...

Despite acting as heroic agents of soil fertility around the globe, with the exception of Doug TenNapel's Earthworm Jim, the humble worm is rarely celebrated in pop culture. Artist and professional designer Andres Juarez is working to change that image, however, with a series of worm cosplay drawings called Super Lombrices. Sure, Juarez has had to make a few creative adjustments to worm ...

Saving the planet is dirty work, but for full-time heroes Jake (the dog) and Finn (the human), cleaning up is even messier business in this week's Adventure Time #4 by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb. Boom! Studios has provided us with a look at five pages from the new issue, which features variant covers by Chris Houghton (Reed Gunther), animator Kassandra Heller, Scott C. (Double ...

Movies: Sony has unveiled a four-minute preview of The Amazing Spider-Man movie, which might make you avoid bridges for awhile. [SMM] Sales: ICv2 reports that graphic novel sales in comic book stores are better than expected over the past few months. Could things be looking up for the industry? [ICv2] Auctions: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles drawing ...

There's no shortage of affection for Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series in these parts, especially in light of Oni's pending re-release of the indie rock/romance epic in full-color hardcovers. Similarly enthused about all things SP, rapper extraordinaire and friend of CA Adam WarRock has unveiled a free new MP3 and video coupling his words with a remix of the "Sex Bob-Omb" song from the ...

NECA and Wizkids' HeroClix game has been a staple at comic shops and gaming stores for years, but that doesn't mean the brand is resting on its miniature figure laurels, having spent the better part of 2011 expanding the game into the digital space with HeroClix Online. This October NECA's Icarus Studios will fuse aspects of the game's physical and digital aspects with the HeroClix TabApp for ...

DC Direct Collectibles will expand its line of Batman: Arkham City action figures on September 19, with brand new versions of Azrael, Ra's al Ghul, the Penguin, two clown thugs (one with a knife, the other with a baseball bat) and Batman himself. As usual, the toys will stand around 6.75", with the diminutive Penguin keeping in scale at just 5.25" tall, as seen during NYCC this past fall. ...

Office Supplies: As part of its promotions for The Avengers movie, Marvel has released pixel art templates of each of the film's heroes that fans can assemble using Post-it notes. [Marvel] Donations: The Hero Initiative has received $2,871 in Avengers movie related donations (up from around $1,000 last week). Meanwhile, The Kirby Museum has received roughly $1,300. [The Comics Reporter] ...

One of the most important themes in superhero comics is "control." Spider-Man works to use his powers responsibly, the X-Men train to master their abilities to protect a world that hates and fears them and Bruce Banner works to help those in need while constantly suppressing the Hulk within. It's a good thing, too, because as proved by animator Junaid Chundrigar's quirky "Disassembled" short, a ...

THQ and Vigil Game's Darksiders series is known for creator Joe Madureira's bright and bulky figures and an overall aesthetic that pulls straight from the longtime comic book artist's illustration work. The franchises comic book ties resulted in two projects back when the first game dropped in 2010, and now Dark Horse Comics will provide yet another Darksiders project when the game drops in ...