Apparently there’s been talk between Marvel and his group to play a “lead” role in an upcoming Marvel film. We mention a “lead” role because these bigger actors often won’t sign “retainers”, meaning everything should be 100% locked (character, film, etc) for Josh once he’s signed the dotted line.

Comics can entertain us, but they can also send us powerful messages about life and society. The latest comic being launched in Mumbai as a part of Mumbai Cyber Safety Week teaches a very valuable lesson: don’t download torrents. Yeah, right.

In Escape from Terror Byte City, (above) boys Jeremy and Ben download a pirated copy of a movie only to find themselves trapped in a virtual city full of scary green blob viruses and spyware with giant fangs.

First of all, it seems odd that, while the comic is admittedly aimed at Cyber Safety, it really touches minimally on the issue of illegality concerning downloads of pirated content. But with a target audience of five through ten year olds, maybe the legal issues would have gone over readers’ heads. Either way, the political message just doesn’t seem to be in the storyline, though the incentive of the comics is clear: don’t let these kids get addicted to torrents.

Just saying: This is the most likely file to get disseminated as a virus-infested torrent ever. It’s as cruel and fun as sending out a spyware-infused movie, but now with overflowing irony!

In honor of the perhaps misguided efforts of the organization behind Terror Byte, we have compiled a list of some comics that were more effectively -- and often controversially -- political.

File this under 'awesome': Living in the big city tends to have it's own perils, being mugged not being the least of them. So it's understandable that places like Gotham, Metropolis, and NYC have superheroes to cover you better than insurance. Still, it's nice to know that life can be as badass as fiction. A German med student down in Sydney, Australia was defended from muggers by a team of ninjas. No joke. I am so jealous!

Somebody write a script because this demands some kind of fan love: Sesame Street Fighters. Thanks to graphic artist gavacho13, gamers can finally imagine what it would be like to have Bert aka Beryu face off against Ernie aka Kernie in the duel to end all duels. All before the school bus comes!

Seeing even fan-made 8-bit game on this would be amazing as this is yet another entry into a tradition of street fighter appropriation. Can you imagine? How ever will Bert defeat Elmo? How long will the battlefield keep Kermit and Miss Piggy apart? And WHERE is Snuffy? Prepare yourselves for pictures after the jump.

Neil Gaiman, as a part of the ongoing One Book One Twitter event, went down into the trenches for an hour Q&A session this morning with the masses reading and tweeting about his novel, answering questions about characters, his writing process, future plans, and whether or not he'd like to be deified.