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“Boxcar Astronaut” comic strip

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Comics

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“Going Batty” comic strip

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Comics

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‘Dark Knight’ swings past $500 million mark

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Movies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman’s rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. “The Dark Knight” on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.
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Couture close to coming back to the UFC

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · MMA / Pro Wrestling

Rumors regarding UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture’s (16-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC) possible return to the UFC, first reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), are continuing to build momentum.
Five Ounces of Pain recently reported that preliminary negotiations would have Couture return for UFC 91 on Nov. 15 in Portland, Ore.
New reports from BloodyElbow.com confirm the previously reported negotiations [...]

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“Going Batty”

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Comics

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“The Dark Knight” news

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Movies

“The Dark Knight,” which now looks likely to top the $400 million mark in international grosses today, will also pass the $900 million mark in total earnings this weekend. The film may even have enough firepower to become only the fourth film to hit $1 billion in combined foreign and domestic box office. The only [...]

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From Small Screen to Page: TV Writers on Moving to Comics

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Comics

Writers on some of the most popular shows on television have an unusual pastime in common – more and more of them are writing comic books on the side.
“A lot of TV writers grew up on comic books,” said Marc Guggenheim, co-creator of the ABC show Eli Stone and current writer on the Amazing Spider-Man [...]

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PS2: The Console that Will Not Die

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Video Games

The PlayStation 2 debuted in 2000, March in Japan, October in the US, and November worldwide. The system sported a DVD drive, a first for game consoles, and may have been the key to quick adaptation of the new video format. Sporting backwards compatibility with the first PlayStation, the system debuted with a gigantic library. [...]

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Making Sense of DC’s Film Projects (or trying to)

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Comics, Movies

A common complaint, fair or not, among comic book fans is that DC Comics are more confusing than Marvel Comics.
Without indulging that argument, it’s undeniable that at the moment the upcoming slate of Marvel Studios films is much, much less complicated than Warner Bros. films based on the “distinguished competition” currently in development. Since May [...]

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The Dark Knight Updates

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Movies

Counting inflation, Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight has now officially surpassed Spider-Man to become the biggest comic book movie of all time. The Christopher Nolan sequel has reached $492.689 million domestically while Spider-Man hit a total of $491.952 when you look at the inflated number ($403.7 million without inflation).Looking at the worldwide numbers, Variety [...]

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