News You Already Know

The big Comic Con is right around the corner and yours truly will not be attending because im stuck in Mass. I also won't have 24/7 coverage because I'll busy doing something else and you can get that Newsrama.com. If you're too lazy to go there and read all the great coverage they're going to have then you can wait for my Half Ass Coverage later in the week. Now let's move on to News You Already Know.....

* Aquaman is not cool. Green Arrow is very cool though. In the upcoming season of Smallville not only are we going to see Jimmy Olsen, but Oliver Queen is coming to town too. The actor playing Ollie will be Justin Hartley. Justin was cast as Aquaman in the pilot episode of Mercy Reef. Mercy Reef did not get picked up by the WC but I'm sure you can find a bootleg of it at Comic Con.

* Multiple sites are reporting that casting for Silver Surfer has been made. Sorry Wylde Stallion fans its not the chosen One. Instead it's being reported that Doug Jones will be motion-capture actor used for Silver Surfer. Doug Jones also played Abe Sapien in Hell Boy.

* The return of pizza power. Hey is everyone gonna go see "The Ant Bully"? What if I told you the teaser trailer for TMNT was going to attached to it? No? You say you're just gonna wait for it to show up on You Tube? Well played my friend, well played.

* The deal is final with New Line Cinema and DC. This October expect to see "Nightmare on El Street", "Friday the 13th", and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" books being published by DC. In other words stop buying the ones put out by Avatar. Those will be in a quarter bin very soon.

* Oni will be publishing a "My Name is Earl" comic book. You'll be able to find this book right next to those Avatar horror books for a quarter very soon.

* Brian K Vaughn will be doing a new Dr.Strange book with artist Marcos Martin, Alvaro Lopez, and Javier Rodriguez. Newsrama.com has a 3 page preview that has me sold on it. Make sure your local comic store is going to stock up on this one.