The so-called “Oscars of comic books” will be awarded at Comic-Con in San Diego in July, and the nominees for the 2008 Eisner Awards were announced yesterday.
Notable nominees (in Ian’s book):

Y: The Last Man (Best Continuing Series)
Immortal Iron Fist (Best New Series)
The Infinite Horizon (Best New Series)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Winter 1152 (Best Publication for [...]

As I was reading DC: The New Frontier Volume 2 earlier, I began thinking about something a friend asked me.  Why do I read comics?
The more and more I consider the question, the more I have to view comics as an escape and a fantasy.  Of course they are fantastic, nobody can fly in real [...]

Slashfilm has a post on new photographs from The Dark Knight. There’s also a link to the original article, which is a little spoiler-ish on the NYT website.

Ian’s pull for this week:
Mouse Guard Winter 1152 #3. Its finally out! It was originally supposed to be out
in December, but David Petersen got caught up in other things, I suppose. Speaking of, I have an interview I did with Petersen to post soon.
Marvel Zombies 2 #5. Final issue. I’m kind of glad its over, [...]

So I feel like I should mention a few things from my last two weeks of comics reading that I’ve somehow forgotten to bring up before.
The Sword. I love the Luna Brothers. The latest issue delves into how people perceive what’s going on with the titular Sword. Dara is captured by the government, and everyone [...]