Although writer Sid Jacobson and artist Ernie Colon are old pros in the comic-book business, they're doing what could be the most meaningful work of their life at the moment...

Fashions for boys and girls from elementary school through college have a lot of '70s and '80s flavor, with whimsical and colorful twists added by cartoons, comic books and Hollywood influences ranging from Batman and The Grateful Dead to Hannah Montana and "High School Musical."

Once vilified as the scourge of American society, comic books have today assumed control of the world. Well, at least its cinemas. If you're curious about the origins of this phenomenon, read David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and...

Students once sneaked comic books to class, hiding them from teachers who blamed them for juvenile delinquency, poor reading skills and declining education...

Changeling Angelina Jolie went escapist this summer with the ultra-violent comic-book fantasy Wanted. But with the changing of the seasons, its time for the more somber Jolie who wants to get noticed at Oscar time, and Changeling just might be her ticket. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film was a hit at this years Cannes Film Festival and is based on a true story. It takes place in...

Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky Crumb. Aline & Bob on Human Depravity, 2004, ink on paper. PHILADELPHIA.- In 1967, a young Philadelphia cartoonist named Robert Crumb arrived in San Francisco and quickly established himself as a master of the burgeoning comix movement...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tobey Maguire and "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi plan to reunite for the fourth and fifth installments of Columia Pictures' comic book franchise, dispelling speculation that a new actor would play the crime-fighter...

COMIC BOOK heroes are more accustomed to saving the good citizens of Metropolis and Gotham City but they took time out from their day jobs recently to rescue instead a fallen...

For an A-list actor with an Oscar, serious acting chops and an at least one-billion-dollar franchise behind him, Nicolas Cage certainly does do a lot of B-movies. Some, like ''Ghost Rider,'' you can understand. It's a comic book. It'll be a hit and raise the salary...

For an A-list actor with an Oscar, Nicolas Cage certainly does do a lot of B-movies. Some, like "Ghost Rider," you can understand. It's a comic book. It'll be a hit and raise the salary...

For an A-list actor with an Oscar, serious acting chops and at least a $1 billion franchise behind him, Nicolas Cage certainly does do a lot of B-movies. Some, like Ghost Rider, you can understand. It's a comic book. It'll be a hit and raise the salary...

Why does one of our best actors keep making trashy action thrillers and comic book movies? Because he feels like it...

Photo by Michael Alan Goldberg It takes no stretch of the imagination to believe that Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos might be of the slightly nerdy persuasion; just listen to an Art Brut record and you'll probably come up with the same conclusion. But there's a lot of different kinds of nerds out there, and until now, we had Eddie pegged as strictly one of our own: a rock'n'roll...

Bangkok Dangerous, {2stars} (McClatchy Newspapers) For an A-list actor with an Oscar, serious acting chops and an at least one-billion-dollar franchise behind him, Nicolas Cage certainly does do a lot of B-movies. Some, like Ghost Rider, you can understand. It's a comic book. It'll be a hit and raise the salary. Others, like Next and Wicker Man and the new Bangkok Dangerous, are harder to explain...

In March 1994, a Pinellas County, Fla., court found underground comic book artist Mike Diana guilty on counts of publishing, distributing and advertising obscene material, branding his series of graphic novels " "Boiled Angel' " void of "literary, artistic, political or scientific value."