Read more comics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12275/comics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:59:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68212/disney-to-buy-marvel-for-4b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus...http://www.newser.com/story/68212/disney-to-buy-marvel-for-4b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 8:35:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65303/disabled-identify-with-heroes-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s no accident that some of Comic-Con's most popular heroes are X-Men ’s wheelchair-bound professor and Daredevil ’s blind avenger. Many of the San Diego convention’s 125,000 guests say they relate to the struggles of their favorite superheroes, the Los Angeles Times reports. “You feel like you can be...http://www.newser.com/story/65303/disabled-identify-with-heroes-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 17:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59753/bo-obama-becomes-comic-book-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust in time for back-to-school shopping, the first family’s puppy will star in his own comic book, MTV reports. Puppy Power: Bo Obama , due out in September, will offer what the publisher calls an “insider’s look at the White House.” In the works from the same company are “Political Power”...http://www.newser.com/story/59753/bo-obama-becomes-comic-book-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 14:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57806/a-tough-guy-for-everyone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWolverine has endured. The character has two comic-book series, a new blockbuster movie, and his own exhibit at New York’s comic museum 35 years after being introduced as a sidekick. Why has Wolverine had such long lasting appeal? With a dark, mysterious past, and a “penchant for berserker rages, he’s...http://www.newser.com/story/57806/a-tough-guy-for-everyone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 4:56:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53310/female-force-comic-stars-michelle-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama will join Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin with her own issue of Female Force comics next month, the Chicago Tribune reports. Publisher Bluewater says the biographical comic, the third in its series on America's powerful females, will tell the first lady's story from an upbeat perspective. As with...http://www.newser.com/story/53310/female-force-comic-stars-michelle-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 5:36:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52186/geeks-have-won-hollywood-gaga-over-comics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s not the only one...http://www.newser.com/story/52186/geeks-have-won-hollywood-gaga-over-comics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 15:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49039/obama-already-stressed-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrises at home and abroad seem to be taking a toll on President Obama already—at least through the lens of Mad Magazine ’s cartoonists. The current issue depicts a stressed-out president—ashtray full, antacid flowing—poring over screaming headlines and classified reports. “The only thing the artist missed,” Frank...http://www.newser.com/story/49039/obama-already-stressed-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 18:15:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47912/comics-legend-stan-lee-creates-gay-superhero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs the world ready for the first homosexual superhero? Comic legend Stan Lee has created the character Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who must deal with his sexual orientation as well as untrained superpowers, the Telegraph reports. The character, adapted by Lee from the novel Hero by Perry Moore,...http://www.newser.com/story/47912/comics-legend-stan-lee-creates-gay-superhero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 13:44:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45290/blind-comic-artist-battles-on-like-daredevil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLife as an independent comic artist is never easy. It's even harder when you’re legally blind, the Washington Post reports. Baltimore's Andre Campbell, vision-impaired since birth with a retinal-degeneration condition, has only sold about 100 copies of his company’s comics since the mid-'90s. But the artist, who idolizes the sightless...http://www.newser.com/story/45290/blind-comic-artist-battles-on-like-daredevil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 18:40:58 CST