Deal alert: Prisoner complete series on Blu-ray $40.99

Click here to buy the complete Prisoner TV series on Blu-ray for $40.99 today only.

Pictures from Disney's Tangled

New Jonah Hex cast pictures



New Squeeze tour/album on the way

Squeeze is one of my favorite groups, although -- as with most bands -- the later albums aren't nearly as good as the earlier ones. Still I'm interested in anything new they'd turn out and would love to see the reunited band live.

This interview with co-leader Chris Difford says the band has a new album in the works. Presumably that means new material, but I've also recently become aware of this peculiar project. Either way, I'm eager to hear it.

Photo: Tina Louise

Trailer and character posters for Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice




A look at Steranko's funny book special effects

Artist Jim Steranko did innovative work for Marvel in the late 60s, incorporating all sorts of nifty op-art effects into his stories. Diversions of the Groovy Kind offers a nice selection here.

On e-Bay: Superman newspaper comic sample book

This 1938 booklet was used to help sell the Superman comic strip to newspapers. The auction listing features some nice scans.

Discounted new comics releases June 9, 2010

DARK HORSE COMICS

NOV090041 BLACKSAD HC VOL 01 $29.99
APR100057 BUZZARD #1 (OF 3) CORBEN CVR $3.50
APR100056 BUZZARD #1 (OF 3) ERIC POWELL CVR $3.50
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 19: Deathmark and Other Stories (Chronicles of Conan (Graphic Novels))
FEB100014 CHRONICLES OF CONAN TP VOL 19 DEATHMARK $12.14
Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others (Hellboy (Graphic Novels))
FEB100044 HELLBOY TP VOL 10 CROOKED MAN & OTHERS $12.14
FEB100024 MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION TP $16.99
NOV090063 OKIMONO KIMONO HC $12.99
APR100009 PREDATORS #1 (OF 4) $2.99
FEB100016 SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #4 (OF 4) $3.50

DC COMICS

APR100170 BATGIRL #11 $2.99
APR100131 BATMAN #700 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
APR100190 BOOSTER GOLD #33 $2.99
DC Dynamics: Batman Statue
OCT090326 DC DYNAMICS BATMAN STATUE $170.00
APR100181 DOC SAVAGE #3 $3.99
APR100191 DOOM PATROL #11 $2.99
Doom Patrol Vol. 1: We Who Are About to Die
MAR100238 DOOM PATROL WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE TP $10.19
APR100257 FREE REALMS #10 (OF 12) $3.99
APR100249 GEN 13 #36 $2.99
Gotham Central, Book 3: On the Freak Beat
FEB100182 GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 03 ON THE FREAK BEAT $19.79
Green Arrow/Black Canary Vol. 5: Big Game (Green Arrow (Graphic Novels))
MAR100248 GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY BIG GAME TP $13.49
OCT090338 HEROES OF THE DCU JOKER BUST $70.00
APR100199 HUMAN TARGET #5 (OF 6) $2.99
APR100194 JONAH HEX #56 $2.99
APR100145 JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #3 (BRIGHTEST DAY) $2.99
MAR100191 OUTSIDERS #30 $2.99
Poison Ivy 1:6 Scale Collector Figure
OCT090323 POISON IVY 1/6 SCALE COLLECTOR FIGURE $89.99
APR100207 SECRET SIX #22 $2.99
APR100237 SUPER FRIENDS #28 $2.50
Superman/Batman: Finest Worlds (Superman (Graphic Novels))
MAR100251 SUPERMAN BATMAN FINEST WORLDS TP $10.19
APR100153 TITANS #24 (BRIGHTEST DAY) $2.99
APR100243 TOM STRONG AND THE ROBOTS OF DOOM #1 (OF 6) $3.99
APR100208 WARLORD #15 $2.99

IDW PUBLISHING

FEB100966 ASHLEY WOOD FI #1 $9.99
Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 10
APR100397 COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 10 $26.39
APR100342 GI JOE COBRA II #5 $3.99
Golden Collection of Krazy Kool Klassic Kids' Komics
FEB101007 GOLDEN COLLECTION OF KLASSIC KRAZY KOOL KIDS KOMICS HC $23.09
APR100356 JAMES PATTERSONS MURDER OF KING TUT #1 $3.99
APR100374 PANTHEON #3 $3.99
APR100369 STAR TREK MCCOY #3 $3.99
APR100371 STAR TREK TNG GHOSTS TP $19.99
APR100347 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #8 $3.99
APR100354 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING TP VOL 01 FOR ALL MANKIND $19.99

IMAGE COMICS

APR100463 LIGHT #3 (OF 5) $2.99
APR100464 SAM & TWITCH WRITER #3 (OF 4) $2.99
SEP090283 SPAWN ORIGINS DLX ED HC VOL 01 $100.00
SEP090284 SPAWN ORIGINS DLX ED HC VOL 01 LTD S/N ED $150.00

MARVEL COMICS

APR100501 ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS #2 (OF 5) $3.99
APR100679 ATLAS TP MARVEL BOY $19.99
APR100550 AVENGERS ACADEMY #1 HA $3.99
APR100699 AVENGERS HEROIC AGE BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC POSTER $34.99
Avengers: I Am An Avenger II TPB
APR100689 AVENGERS I AM AN AVENGER II TP VOL 02 $16.49
Avengers: Vision & Scarlet Witch - A Year In The Life TPB
APR100686 AVENGERS VISION & SCARLET WITCH TP A YEAR IN LIFE $23.09
MAR100524 CAPTAIN AMERICA #606 HA $3.99
Captain America: America First
JAN100651 CAPTAIN AMERICA AMERICA FIRST HC $13.49
APR100572 DAREDEVIL #507 $2.99
APR100526 DEADPOOL CORPS #3 $2.99
APR100600 DEADPOOL MGC #1 $1.00
APR100529 DEADPOOL WADE WILSONS WAR #1 (OF 4) $3.99
APR100613 DRACULA #1 $3.99
Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Classic Volume 2 TPB
APR100692 GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH CLASSIC TP VOL 02 $19.79
APR100509 HERALDS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
APR100587 HEROIC AGE PRINCE OF POWER #2 (OF 4) HA $3.99
Hulk: Son Of Hulk - Dark Son Rising HC (Incredible Hulk)
APR100683 HULK SON OF HULK TP DARK SON RISING $13.59
APR100590 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #27 HA $2.99
APR100598 IRON MAN NOIR #3 (OF 4) $3.99
New Avengers, Vol. 5
JAN100649 NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 05 $19.79
APR100698 NEW AVENGERS POSTER $8.99
MAR108140 NEW MUTANTS #13 2ND PTG ROBERSON VAR (PP #920) $2.99
APR100611 RAWHIDE KID #1 (OF 4) $3.99
APR100663 RAWHIDE KID PREM HC SLAP LEATHER $24.99
APR100609 SHIELD #2 $2.99
APR100542 SPIDER-MAN FEVER #3 (OF 3) $3.99
Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat
APR100695 SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF BLACK CAT TP $13.49
APR100605 SUPER HERO SQUAD #6 $2.99
APR100665 SUPER HERO SQUAD TP SUPER STARS DIGEST $9.99
APR100604 SUPER HEROES #3 $2.99
APR100531 ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 #3 $3.99
APR100533 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #11 $3.99
JAN100650 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 11 $39.99
APR100621 UNCANNY X-MEN #525 XSC $2.99
APR100634 X-MEN FOREVER 2 #1 $3.99
APR100630 X-MEN HELLBOUND #2 (OF 3) XSC $3.99
APR100618 YOUNG ALLIES #1 HA $3.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

APR100704 TOYFARE #156 BATMAN ARKHAM DC DIRECT CVR $4.99
APR100705 TOYFARE #156 TRIFORCE GEARS OF WAR CVR $4.99
APR100702 WIZARD MAGAZINE #227 SCOTT PILGRIM CVR $5.99
APR100703 WIZARD MAGAZINE #227 SOLAR MAN OF ATOM CVR $5.99

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COMICS

MAR101189 ARATA THE LEGEND TP VOL 02 $9.99
APR100738 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #144 $2.99
APR101151 BAMBOO BLADE TP VOL 05 $10.99
MAR101192 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA LAST ORDER TP VOL 13 $9.99
MAR101197 BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO SHONEN JUMP ED GN VOL 04 $9.99
JUL090883 BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY SUNDAYS HC VOL 01 $60.00
MAR100806 CARS #6 $2.99
MAR100692 CHIP #2 (OF 2) $3.99
MAR100760 CLAW AND FANG #2 $3.99
APR101152 DARKER THAN BLACK OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $18.99
APR100909 EXPENDABLES #2 (OF 4) $3.99
MAR100761 FAME #1 LADY GAGA $3.99
MAR100763 FAME #2 ROBERT PATTINSON $3.99
APR100823 FARSCAPE SCORPIUS #2 $3.99
APR101032 GFT INFERNO #1 NDC EX CVR $19.99
APR100832 GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT HC (BOOM) $25.00
MAR101191 INU YASHA TP VOL 49 $9.99
MAR100798 IRREDEEMABLE TP VOL 03 $16.99
MAR100680 JESUS HATES ZOMBIES LINCOLN HATES WEREWOLVES GN VOL 04 $6.99
MAR100765 JUDO GIRL THE BEGINNING TP (NEW PTG) $14.99
MAR100697 KADE ORIGINAL SUN TP $14.95
MAR100698 KADE SHIVAS SUN TP $14.95
MAR100858 KEVIN SMITH KATO #2 $3.99
JAN100787 LOGANS RUN #3 $3.99
APR101154 MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA GN VOL 06 $10.99
APR100747 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #142 $3.99
JUL090884 PHANTOM COMP DAILIES HC VOL 01 1936-1938 $39.99
APR100931 PHINEAS & FERB EARLY COMIC READER #1 NOTHING BUT TROUBLE $4.99
APR100932 PHINEAS & FERB EARLY COMIC READER #2 CHRON OF MEAP $4.99
APR100860 POWER OUT GN $9.95
APR100897 RED SONJA #50 $4.99
APR100830 ROBERT E HOWARD HAWKS OF OUTREMER #1 (OF 4) $3.99
FEB100839 ROBERT E HOWARD PRESENTS THULSA DOOM TP $19.99
FEB100667 ROBIN HOOD ONE SHOT ONE SHOT $3.99
MAR101225 SCHIZOPHRENIC ONESHOT $3.99
MAR101124 SHRAPNEL HUBRIS #1 (OF 3) $4.99
APR100978 SIEGEL AND SHUSTERS FUNNYMAN TP $24.95
APR101155 SOUL EATER TP VOL 03 $10.99
APR100997 STARDROP GN VOL 01 $9.95
APR101156 SUMOMOMO MOMOMO TP VOL 04 $10.99
APR101157 TENA ON S STRING GN VOL 03 $10.99
MAR100677 TERRY MOORES ECHO #22 $3.50
JAN100838 TOY STORY HC VOL 01 RETURN OF BUZZ LIGHTYEAR $24.99
APR100851 UNCLE SCROOGE #392 $2.99
NOV084211 WYATT EARP VS CISCO KIDD SIX GUN SPEC PACK $5.50
APR101158 ZOMBIE LOAN TP VOL 09 $10.99

MAGAZINES

JAN101210 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #118 TIGRA $12.00
APR101247 DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 37 (NOTE PRICE) $14.95
APR101249 SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 38 (NOTE PRICE) $14.95
APR101194 TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #189 $5.95