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New comics shipping March 9, 2011

Things I'll buy

ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5

DONALD DUCK #364

Items of note

Prince Valiant: 1941-1942 (Vol. 3) (Prince Valiant)

Melvin Monster, Volume 3: The John Stanley Library

Zatanna: The Mistress of Magic

Hulk: World War Hulks (Incredible Hulk)

Marvel Adventures Thor: Bringers of the Storm

Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Volume 13

Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Vol. 2

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives Volume 5

The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art

Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes

Star Wars Omnibus: At War With the Empire Vol. 1

Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture

New CD, download, vinyl releases March 8, 2011

Collapse Into Now REM

Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition) (1 CD/1 DVD) Simon and Garfunkel

Elvis Is Back! (Legacy Edition) Elvis Presley

Bo Diddley's Beach Party

Remember The Shangri-Las

Hawaii Five-O The Ventures

DVD new releases March 8, 2011

The Walking Dead: Season One

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom (Story 85)

Doctor Who: The Ark (Story 23)

New Green Lantern movie image

Today's Google logo honors cartoonist Will Eisner

The logo featured on Google today pays tribute to cartoonist Will Eisner, creator of the Spirit and a pioneer of the graphic novel.

As cartoonist Scott McCloud puts it on the official Google blog:

Many of us who knew him still find it hard to believe he’s gone. He died in 2005, but for six decades, Eisner was a participant in, and inspiration for, much of the best in American comics, as well as a friend and mentor to multiple generations of comics artists.

Eisner influenced comics in dozens of ways. In the ‘40s, Eisner’s The Spirit—a seven-page newspaper feature—introduced an arsenal of visual storytelling techniques still used generations later, and provided an early testing ground for future comics stars including Jack Kirby and Jules Feiffer. (The Spirit also began a tradition of pictorially-integrated logos—inspiring today's snazzy rooftop doodle!)

Cary Elwes cast in Wonder Woman TV pilot

CORRECTION: I'd earlier said Elwes was playing Steve Trevor. My error, as pointed out by a commenter below. Here's the correct info:

Cary Elwes, star of "The Princess Bride" will appear as CEO of Themyscira Industries — the company owned by Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in the upcoming Wonder Woman TV pilot.

Adrianne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights") will play the Amazon princess and Elizabeth Hurley has been cast as villainess Veronica Cale, a recurring character.