In Girl and Boy, the debut comic by Andrew Tunney, a heroine named Girl explores her relationship with the titular hero in a story that may or may not really be about superheroes. "We fight crime and loneliness," says Girl as the two masked crusaders race through the streets. "I think he's my favorite sidekick ever." Superhero comics love to pair characters off as heroes and sidekicks (not to ...

In Glory #26 by Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell, the titular heroine helps a young girl named Riley learn to defend herself in order to prepare for the coming war. Read more for a six-page preview of the issue, out today from Image comics with a totally sweet cover by CA favorite Ulises Farinas. ...

Comic Book Comics, the six-issue miniseries by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey that retold the history of comic books in comic books, finally gets collected on May 23 in an IDW trade paperback collection titled The Comic Book History of Comics: The Inspiring, Infuriating, and Utterly Insane Story of the American Comic Book History. This week, our exclusive preview from the The Comic Book ...

In Saga #3, the newest issue of the sci-fi comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Alana finds herself tending to a wounded Marko, surrounded by the ghosts of the native murdered by their warring peoples, and faces a terrible choice: saving her husband and making a deal that will affect the very soul of their daughter, Hazel. Saga #3 hits shops next Wednesday from Image Comics. Read more ...

The familiar sailor suits of the Sailor Senshi get a series of dramatic and fashionable reinterpretations by Abraham Cruz aka PandaRojo07 on DeviantArt. Check out his gallery for more (and bigger) Sailor Moon redesigns! [Via The Mary Sue] ...

In an interview at ICv2, IDW Publishing CEO Ted Adams discusses the growth of digital comics to 10% of the publisher's overall direct market sales, and how contrary to the expectations of some critics, print sales have actually increased 25% as digital sales soared. Read the full interview for more. ...

The charming gentlemen of the effects studio FinalCutKing, who previously gifted the internet with their video of a kitten Tie Fighter/light saber battle, have returned to the world of cat/geek video mashups with a new clip about a kitten that is also Pikachu. Don't belabor the logic; it doesn't matter. While I usually view both talking animals and talking babies as two of the most unnecessary ...

Comic Book Comics, the six-issue miniseries by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey that retold the history of comic books in comic books, finally gets collected on May 23 (note: not May 9, as previously announced) in an IDW trade paperback collection titled The Comic Book History of Comics: The Inspiring, Infuriating, and Utterly Insane Story of the American Comic Book History. Our exclusive ...

Over at Fab.com, Lamp-In-A-Box is selling a series of Marvel Comics-themed table lamps, currently marked down to $26 a pop (down from the regular price of $39.95). You've got your Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Woman, Thor, Medusa, She-Hulk, and X-Men lamps, along with the unfortunately named "Women's Comics Covers Lamp," which I have retitled for accuracy. The sale ends in less than a week, so grab ...

These days we'd probably call it a "motion comic," but back in 1992 when Dragonfly Entertainment adapted Paul Chadwick's Concrete story "Watching a Sunset" into animation, they referred to it as a "video portfolio." It involves a lot of pixelated waves and trippy music as Concrete decides to take a walk and hang out at the bottom of the ocean (he's made of stone, remember) and maybe do a ...