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Marvel offers First Look at the Marvelous Land of Oz

Media Release -- Marvel is proud to present your first look behind the scenes of The Marvelous Land of Oz #1 (on-sale tomorrow), the hotly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in an all-new free sketchbook RIGHT HERE . Courtesy of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, get an in-depth look at L. Frank Baum's masterpiece as the critically acclaimed team of Eric Shanower and artist Skottie Young provide exclusive commentary on their stunning adaptation! With a slew of new characters, never before seen artwork, and commentary by the creators themselves, this sketchbook is a must read! Read more
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SCREAM 2009 Featuring BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s “Final Farewell”

VAMPIRES, VULCANS AND VILLAINS DESCEND UPON THE GREEK THEATRE FOR SPIKE TV’S 4TH ANNUAL “SCREAM” Tobey Maguire Presents Tribute To Comic-Con Icon Award Recipient And Comic Book Marvel Stan Lee “SCREAM” Will Celebrate The Year Of The Vampire And The Phenomenal Popularity Of The “Twilight” Saga With Cast And World Premiere Footage From The Highly-Anticipated “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” “True Blood” Cast And Creators Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Tramme
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High Country Comicon: Boone’s Own Comic Book Convention

THIS SATURDAY:  If you or your kids love Comic Books, Super Heros, Sci-Fi, and all that, you will want to be at the Boone National Guard Armory from 10 AM – 4PM It’s a family friendly event with comics, toys, collectible stuff, and an art table for youngsters.  Some Comic Arts Creators will be at the
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Vampires, Vulcans and Villains Descend Upon the Greek Theatre for Spike TV’s 4th Annual ‘SCREAM’

Vampires, Vulcans and Villains Descend Upon the Greek Theatre for Spike TV's 4th Annual 'SCREAM' Tobey Maguire Presents Tribute To Comic-Con Icon Award Recipient And Comic Book Marvel Stan Lee "SCREAM" Will Celebrate The Year Of The Vampire And The Phenomenal Popularity Of The "Twilight" Saga With Cast And World Premiere Footage From The Highly-Anticipated "New Moon" "True Blood" Cast And Creators Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell And More Will Also Be On H
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Two very odd articles

A few months ago Comic Book Bin’s Hervé St-Louis declared that copyrights were for wussies and part of an evil cabal called The Cult of The Creator, something he promised to expose more fully in the future. Now, bear in mind, if there is a Cult of the Creator, then we have signed on for Guyana, bought new Nikes and got $5.75 in our pocket. Here at Stately Beat Manor, we feel Creators Are Very Important People, and giant corporations clearly recognize this fact because they are always find
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The initiation continues!

I've written before about how I'm trying to indoctrinate my younger daughter into the world of comics. She used to paw through the Archie digests at the comics shoppe, she made me buy issue #1 of Marvel's Wizard of Oz series (granted, Eric Shanower and Skottie Young were the creators, so it's not like it was bad), and my lovely wife and I taught her the theme song of the old 1960s/1970s Spider-Man cartoon. And today it continued! She graduated to the next level at her swimming class, and coul
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