He has generated $2.6 billion in worldwide box office grosses, countless millions in toy and merchandise sales and survived not one, but two battles with a homicidal maniac. What’s more, he’s not done yet.  

Long Beach Comic Con, October 29 and 30 will be the only scheduled Southern California convention appearances by Aspen Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW and Top Cow for the rest of the year.  

So, all you know that The Big 4 are playing NYC this Wed, well there is a ton of “Pre – Gaming ” going on in NY this week…Like Anthrax playing live in NYC tonight. Watch the Live stream of this event.  

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that the action comedy Men in Black(TM) 3 will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 25, 2012. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, Men in Black 3 is the first in the franchise to be released in IMAX.  

  Today French black metal legion GLORIOR BELLI premiere the title track off their upcoming new full-length, The Great Southern Darkness, through Pitchfork. Check it out at THIS  LOCATION.  

With his band’s newest album, Next To Parallel, hitting the streets later this month, Allele vocalist Wally Wood offers fans a look inside each one of the songs that make up this emotionally-driven and powerful release. As any musician should, Wood feels very strongly about his latest creation, stating,    

Michael Schenker, a true purveyor first-class hard guitar rock, is set to release the aptly titled “Temple of Rock” on October 11 on CD, digital formats, and vinyl. He will also be touring with Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West on the 3 Guitar Heroes tour (complete schedule below). The list of Schenker’s successes is extensive… As a young man he lent his very special sound, together with his brother Rudolf, to the Scorpions, which later made the band one of the first real international hard rock stars from Germany. In the 70s, he similarly helped the British rock legends U.F.O. to their definitive breakthrough, turning songs like “Rock Bottom” or “Doctor, Doctor” into hits... 

Eve to Adam will be chatting with fans on their Ustream channel this coming Monday (9/12) on the eve of the release of their new album Banquet for a Starving Dog. The chat, which will commence at 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST, will have the band playing clips of the new album and taking fan questions.  

Multi-platinum Atlantic recording artist, STAIND have announced they will mark the release of their new self-titled album by performing a special show in New York City to benefit the families of 9/11. The show will be held at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square on September 15th.  In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, tickets to the show will be priced at $9.11, with all revenue from the show to benefit the families of 9/11 victims.  

Andy Whitfield, recent star of the Starz TV show Spartacus, has passed away. In March 2010, Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, beginning treatment immediately in New Zealand.[10] This delayed production of season two of Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[10] Whitfield died of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on 11 September 2011.  

Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and 1821 Comics announced today that they will debut Romeo and Juliet: The War at New York Comic Con.  

So, another week passes and another batch of DC Comics hits the retail market. So what does the new DC 52 mean to the comic book industry and to a larger extent the pop culture world? DC Comics release of their recent and upcoming #1’s has taken the comic book world by storm. Is this good for comic books and is it good for DC Comics?