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You may be seeing a lot of press about a new version of Superman these days, from a graphic novel called Superman: Earth One that comes out today. People have been throwing around adjectives with no regard for the safety of those around them, words like "cinematic," or "staggering," or "hipster." You may be wondering how this new version of the Man of Steel will affect you and your loved ones. Is he really a hipster? Does he still stand for Truth, Justice, and the American Way? Is he going to lobotomize me with his laser eyesohgod. Allow us to explain.

Exactly two weeks ago, Marvel comics announced that it would be cutting the price of "selected" titles debuting in January, but, unlike DC, Marvel's price announcement didn't mention specifically how many or which titles would be miraculously cheaper. Eyebrows have risen regarding how closely Marvel's price announcement followed DC's. With only an hour between the two, many wondered whether Marvel had really planned on it, or if it was an emergency statement made so that they could say that they had it planned all along and totally weren't scooped by DC, guys. Whether that is true or not is neither here nor there. However, Marvel has now made public knowledge exactly which titles will go on sale for $3 instead of $4 this January, and, well. Turns out that "selected" means 3 out of 10.

Cool Dudes Talk About H.P. Lovecraft (Comic Book Resources) They're Making a Petz MMO?! (Massively) This is What Happens When You Go Out To Eat With Jim Lee (Twitpic) The Marvel Universe Goes Speed Dating (Comics Alliance) Emma Stone is Mary Jane? (Bleeding Cool) Fractal Cupcakes, Mmmmm (Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories) Who is the Swedish Chef's Wife? (ToughPigs) (pic is P. Craig Russel's alternate cover to Action Comics #894 (you know, the one with Death), via Paul Cornell, click to embiggen.)

The Webcomic Model Works for Warren Ellis (Warren Ellis Dot Com) Guy Gardner Shares My Feelings On Recent Batman Plot Developments (Comic Book Resources) A Mr. Bill Game for iOS (Joystiq) Putting the President in Your Video Game (Kotaku) Fallout: New Vegas TV Spot (gameinformer) Iron Man Whines at Robots for Five Minutes (Marvel News) This Is A Clockwork Carl Sagan (Larriva) (pic via shirt.woot!)

Maryland State Senator Nancy King is running for reelection on a platform of education reform, and her ill-thought out direct mailer is slightly confusing for a moment, and then, once its meaning is fully grasped, starts raising the blood pressure of anyone who has ever worked in or enjoyed the fruits of sequential art. It implies, for the record, that if children don't have teachers to educate them, they will start reading comic books. The HORROR.

Via Brian Cronin's regular Comic Book Resources column "Comic Book Legends Revealed", a particularly interesting tidbit:  See, back in 1969, Charles Schultz made a few strips that featured Snoopy writing a novel, and used them to make a series of jokes about narrative and the writing process. And more than a decade later, Len Wein turned it into a Batman comic. The beagle's novel begins:

It was a dark and stormy night.

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StarCraft 2 Didn't Actually Cost $100 Million (That Videogame Blog)

How To Turn An Inkjet Printer Into A 3D Printer (Shapeways)

Tarp Surfing Is Back (RuseEntertainment)

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The Eisner Awards (Comic Book Resources)

(picture via Marvel.)

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Could the highlight of this trailer possibly be Bruce Willis getting out of a car? Yes. See it below.

I have to admit that the shiny, metallic costumes of Odin and Loki, and the clean machine-worked stone of Asgard left me a little disappointed. Were these really the gods who inspired the Vikings to war? The same pantheon with trickster god who has three kids with a giant, two of whom are a serpent and a wolf? And also once turned into a mare, had sex with a stallion, and gave birth to an eight-legged foal that his dad rides around now? I guess I'm not a big devotee of technology-as-magic. But! I have revised my position upon seeing this new shot, revealed today in the print edition of The LA Times (but not online, /shrug) and diligently scanned by Superhero Hype. I understand now.

Space Invaders Now on the iPad (Joystiq)

StarCraft II One of the Most Expensive Games Ever Made (That VideoGame Blog)

Arrested Development Movie is Go (Bleeding Cool)

Tron Legacy Banners (ScreenRant)

How To Win At Rock Paper Scissors (BuzzFeed)

Static Shock is Back (Comic Book Resources)

Surprisingly Beautiful Red Dead Redemption Time Lapse Vistas (Digital Foundry)

(image via Toycutter.)

Everybody watched the MTV movie awards this weekend, right?

Yeah, that's what we thought. It might interest you to see the three exclusive clips of previously unseen footage from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and...

Well, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Looking for something to help you celebrate Cinco de Mayo that won't end with you emptying the contents of your stomach (equal parts margarita and microwave burritos) into what you hope is an appropriate receptacle? It's cool, us too. And we have the perfect solution! Head on down to your local comic store and pick up a copy of Hellboy in Mexico (Or, A Drunken Blur), written by Mike Mignola and drawn by Richard Corben. The story features everyone's favorite Antichrist, demons, Mexican wrestlers, and Ape Sapien. There might even be tentacles.