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An article from Cleveland’s Plains Dealer discussing how a lack of tax breaks for the movie version of Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s fact-based thriller ‘Torso’ contains a surprising nugget of information: Matt Damon is set to play Elliot Ness in the movie.

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Cleveland. 1935. Eliot Ness, fresh from his legendary Chicago triumph oer Al Capone and associcates, se his sights on Cleveland. He went on a creusade that matched, and sometimes even surpassed, his past accomplishments. But dismembered body parts started washing up in a concentrated area of Lake Erie Sound. Headless torsos that left no clues to their identity or reason for death. Eliot Ness and his colorful gang of THE UNKNOWNS chased this killer through the underbelly of Cleveland for years. As far as the public ws concerned, he was never captured. But what really happened is even more shocking. This award winning series is finally collected into this handsome edition. Also included is material never seen before and a photo essay of the actual murders.

Transformers Animated on Cartoon Network! http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/transformers/ I know this is a little old news but I still like it.

For newcomers as well as longtime fans, IDW Publishing - under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is proud to announce the release of The Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1 — the first of a series of five ALL-NEW ORIGINAL comics. The story arc takes place in the continuity of the first season of the “Animated” TV show, airing on Cartoon Network. Read the rest of this entry »

Tekkonkinkkreet: Black & White
Trade paperback, all in one
Story and art: Taiyo Matsumoto
Published by: VIZ Media LLC
Reviewed By Shawn Swanson

“Tekkonkinkkreet: Black & White” is a 600 page long beast. The sheer size of this Trade paperback is a bit intimidating. The strange, and often surreal, black and white artwork lining the interiors of Tekkonkinkkreet feels so different from the common superhero fare that for a moment I contemplated passing it up and reviewing something more main stream. Two items caught my eye before I let this gem nearly slip through my fingers. First, I read an interesting factoid, which stated that ‘Tekkonkinkkreet: Black & White is the only Japanese Manga title in 2008 to win an Eisner Award’. Second, with that interesting piece of information floating around my brain, I cracked this book open and read an incredible Forward (which is really more an interview of Michael Arias than a common Forward). (Michael Arias, by the way, is the man in charge of turning this Manga tale into a feature length film, but we will talk more about that later). Anyway, with a mass of newfound curiosity, I opened to the first page and began to read. I read and read and read, and I didn’t stop until the back cover shut me out of this sad, savage and often heartbreaking world. Read the rest of this entry »

Paramount Home Entertainment is set to release every DVD and Blue-ray that you will want to buy this month. From The Transformers in Blue-Ray High Def to The Iron Man also in Blue-ray High def. If you can’t find your movie poison here then you are a lost cause. Check out this line up.

Sep 2 Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray
From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the heroic Autobots® and the evil Decepticons®. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the Decepticons and ultimate power is a clue held by young
Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Unaware that he is mankind’s last chance for survival, Sam and Bumblebee, his robot disguised as a car, are in a heart-pounding race against an enemy unlike anything anyone has seen before. It’s the incredible, breath-taking film spectacular that USA Today says “will appeal to the kid in all of us.” Read the rest of this entry »