Pixar is at work on an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter: Warlord of Mars" right now, but this won't be the first animated attempt at bringing the book to the screen, AMC reports.
...in the early 1930's animation pioneer Bob Clampett...approached Burroughs with an idea for an animated film about one of his favorite characters: John Carter.
Here's some footage from the 1930's showing Clampett's early work on the project...
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DC Comics plans a deluxe hardcover of "The Watchmen" to coincide with the movie version of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel, IVC2 reports.
The new hardcover edition will provide a deluxe presentation of the graphic novel classic at a lower price point than the $75, 464-page Absolute Edition.
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Did Steve Ditko create the Skrulls back in 1960? Again with the Comics investigates.
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Speaking of Ditko, Blake Bell's long-awaiting Fantagraphics book on the artist is due out in June and a new graphic novel by the artist himself is on the way too.
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The CW will begin airing back-to-back episodes of the new "Spectacular Spider-Man" animated series starting this Saturday.
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