Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNRDGjjQwwE&has_verified=1

Y'all remember Garth Ennis' The Pro, drawn by Amanda Conners with Jimmy Palmiotti on inks yeah? If not, it's an amusing little book about a superheroine who's more likely to be turning tricks rather than turning in crooks. It sits proudly on my bookshelf snuggled inbetween all my other Ennis books but now you don't even need to it, you can watch it thanks to this animated short. Thanks Mr Palmiotti. The Video is for Adults only so to watch it please click on the image below or here.

Link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=20833

This should give you a pretty good idea how the Thor movie is going to play out. Not what I expected at all, don't know how I feel about this, will get back to it after I've performed my civic duty today. Oh yeah, Agent Phil Coulson is the man, yo!

Link: http://marvel.com/avengers_movie

It's what we've all been waiting for, it's what Marvel have worked so hard to unveil at SDCC and it was worth it. It's Hall-H, the end of the Marvel movies panel and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) introduces Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), The Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). Then Downey takes over in full on Tony Stark style and introduces the final two Avengers; Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).

But Downey wasn't done there, his final introduction was saved for the movies director and writer, a man he describes as 'someone we'd all approve of'; Joss Whedon. Now I know we've all known for some time that Joss would be directing The Avengers but I for one didn't realise he'd be writing it? That is some of the best news I've heard all year, he is so the man to do this film and now he get's to do it his way. If I hear nothing else from San Diego then I'll be a happy man, roll on 2012.

We can all thank one of our favourite Sidekicks; Rich McAuliffe for drawing my attention to this perfect Something Silly candidate.

The book this film is based on is the next on my to-read-list as I continue to further my education in the comic book world and move away from the Marvel blinkers I've had on for most of my geeky life. Only problem is I can't find a copy of the trade anywhere for love nor money so I may just have to wait until the film comes out, looks bloody good and funny though. Oh and is that a possible future Judge Dredd I see there, I think it is.

Link: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45851

Star Wars, Blade Runner, HellBoy, The Goonies, CannonBall Run and now The Walking Dead. What exaclty do all these prodcutions have in common (other than being awesome)? Well they've all had posters done by the great Drew Struzan, truly stunning.

We all knew it was coming, they'd given us enough warning and I'd even commented on one of the three charcaters Stan Lee was creating for Boom! here. What I hadn't guessed was that Paul Cornell would be writing the story for the character known as Soldier Zero and I couldn't be more happy about it. I wasn't so sure about these books but now I know there will be one of them that I'll definitely be picking up. For more details on all three books and a look at the cover of Soldier Zero #1 check out the press release below:

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Link: http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/2755/2010-comiccon-reveals#photo0

I'm guessing over the next few days we can expect to see a hell of a lot of this kind of thing as San Diego Comic Con (SDCC from here on in) spills it's geek drenched guts out on onto the expectant world. I'm not going to be doing full coverage as a) I'm not there, boo! b) I have a job and a life...well...kinda and c) as always I'm only going to put up the stuff that I'm kinda interested in, selfish I know but we've got to have some kind of filtering system and this seems as good as any.

I'm loving this concept art for Captain America: The First Avenger, especially as it looks so close to one of my favourite Cap images of all time. If this is the direction the film is going in, I'll be a very happy man. I may be able to tell you soon as the film will be filming in Wales I'm going to make every effort to get down to the set and take a look.

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Link: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/17/insomnia-publishing-to-cease-publishing/

Running an independent comic book publisher is a hard business. It takes time, determination and some very deep pockets. You also have to choose your titles very carefully and keep to just a few at first until you're up on your feet because you really need to get behind the ones you've got. And last but not least you need to look after the people, your editors, letterers, writers, artists, colourists, admin, the lad that makes the tea, because these people are your company without them there is nothing.

It's a shame Crawford Coutts; managing director and editor in chief of Insomnia Publishing didn't really do any of these things as now he's got dick all. Some months ago I talked about the problems Insomnia were having and I wished everyone there the best of luck, well it seems that wasn't enough as Mr Couts has filed with UK Companies House that Insomnia have ceased trading. These things happen, things don't work out. How you behave in situations like this allows your true character to show through. You should at least be able to man up, keep everyone concerned fully informed and take it all on the chin. Or like Mr Couts, you could not tell anyone, do a runner and never be heard of again. Maybe he's gone looking for that fabled money tree he seemed so sure existed or maybe he's chilling with Lord Lucan on a desert island somewhere. Wherever he is I hope he knows that he's let a lot of good people down, just by not being upfront and honest, it's not a hard thing to do. My best wishes and hopes go out to all those left in limbo by these developments and I really do hope to see some of those books that almost made it, at another home that will treat them with the respect they deserve.

Marvel's globetrotting talent scout extraordinaire C.B. Cebulski has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Creator & Content Development of Marvel Entertainment. Yeah I don't know what that means either but I'm guessing it means he'll be getting more money for doing the same job but he'll get to boss more people around, that sound about right?

Dan Buckley, Publisher & President of the Print, Animation & Digital Divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc had this to say “It’s with tremendous pride that I announce C.B Cebulski’s promotion to Senior Vice President, Creator & Content Development. C.B. has been an instrumental part of Marvel’s success, recruiting the top talent in the industry and developing key global relationships. As he moves into this new role, I’m excited to see just what kind of new talent and creative directions C.B. brings to Marvel.”. It's nice to see the people that deserve the credit actually get it sometimes, well done Mr Cebulski, I just hope this doesn't mean we won't see any actual comic work from you?

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