This is a pretty cool idea, if I didn’t want to be cremated I’d request something similar.

Nice to see Batman comics getting a bit of coverage instead of just the films, and not a “Pow” or “Blam” in sight. The BBC reported the current story here in a sensible manner and then followed it up here, which for part of the day was both the most read and most e-mailed story on the BBC site. I’m also glad they treated the story, and medium, with respect (the spoiler warning amuses me too). If every time there is a new James Bond or Doctor Who it gets decent coverage then why shouldn’t comics? It really does seem that comics are slowly becoming a more respectable part of mainstream entertainment. Just a shame The Guardian had to ruin it with the “Holy *insert comment here* Batman” cliché. Their follow up article was a bit better, but why use images from the films for both articles? Use images from the comics and show non-readers how good comics can look! Of course, we all know that Bruce Wayne isn’t really dead. Not showing the body has been used in comics for years as a get out clause for bringing characters back from the dead. Mind you, Marvel have done well with Captain America, over 18 months and he’s still dead, and Jean Grey has gone 3 years without coming back, possibly a record .

Scary but edible!

Great little article about rising comic sales amongst kids here in the UK, my childhood wouldn’t have been the same without Transformers weekly and the Beano, so it’s great to see that the internet and computer games haven’t changed things as much as people like to harp about.

Michael Rosen, the Children’s Laureate, welcomed the rise of comics as “terrific”.

He said: “I don’t know how it is they came to be regarded as simple in this country. They are very complex.”

The main thing was that children enjoyed reading them as “an artform in themselves”, he said. If they graduated to books that was just an added bonus.

Rosen is a living legend, especially for that last line.

Awesome behind the scenes photography of the Iron Man film by Jeff Bridges himself.

Giant squid, this thing is amazing, around 7 metres I believe! Imagine what it’s dad looks like

Lastly today, better hide my copy of Lost Girls and my Sandman collections.

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