With creators like those contributing to Mark Waid's Thrillbent site, the indie Trip Fantastic and elsewhere working to add meaningful features to comics built for the web, it was only a matter of time before a company released a specialized program catering to online comic presentation. Following months of press, Smith Micro Software Inc, the makers of Manga Studio, have released the full ...

Following the announcement that Chris Pratt would take the starring role in Marvel's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie as half-human half-alien Star Lord, fans have been waiting to see who else would help him in, well, guarding the galaxy. Now, Dave Bautista, former WWE wrestler and current MMA fighter, has signed on to portray the green-skinned warrior Drax the Destroyer. ...

Digital manga retailer and reading platform, JManga, has announced its imminent shutdown after just about two years in business. The company has ceased selling its in-app currency and is giving users until March 26 to redeem any unused "points" before operations cease completely on May 30. ...

After saving the world for almost 75 years, Superman's publication history across comics of all kinds is pretty staggering, meaning some of the Man of Steel's printed adventures were bound to slip through the cracks. Take the Superman newspaper strips that ran from 1939-1966. Only about 10 percent of its 25-year run have been reprinted. Luckily for Man of Steel completionists, the Library of ...

Not content with putting its heroes and villains on the big and small screens, it looks like Marvel's working to bring its characters to a city near you with a new touring stage show. Marvel has announced that it's teaming up with Feld Entertainment Inc., the organization behind the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus, and Disney on Ice, to produce a Marvel superhero live show. ...

Following a flurry of other casting announcements, NBC's The Sixth Gun TV pilot has officially named its Drake Sinclair. Michiel Huisman (Treme) will play the roguish gunslinger in the adaptation of the long-running The Sixth Gun comic from Oni Press, created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Brian Hurtt. ...

One of the best things about the comics medium is its relatively low barrier to entry for storytellers, tool-wise. All anyone needs is a pencil or pen and some paper to translate what's in their imagination to the page, after all. Annual events like 24-hour Comic Day and Hourly Comic Day serve as healthy reminders of this each year, and while they've passed until 2014, Mini-Comics Day is ...

Despite the fact that Man of Action's Ben 10 is now in its fourth consecutive animated series, it's been awhile since the hero last appeared in a proper ongoing comic. Viz Media's set to rectify that starting this fall with a new series of Ben 10 Omniverse graphic novels inspired by the current cartoon. ...

Director George Lucas may have largely turned over the fate of his Star Wars franchise to other hands following the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in October, but fans still have plenty of reason to be excited by his projects. One of his latest projects since announcing he'd be using some $4.05 billion to fund education is building an illustration, comics, and animation art museum based in ...

Cartoon Network's action and anime-focused Toonami programming block returned to Sunday nights last May following a four-year hiatus, with plans to re-air much of its classic content while developing original programming and continuing to acquire freshly-localized anime. This past weekend at the MomoCon anime convention in Atlanta, Toonami staff announced its plans for the block's second year ...