* From the moment I saw it, there was no doubt in my mind that this wonderfully violent red-band trailer for Neil Marshall’s Centurion would be today’s lead item. Two words: General McNulty.
* This hidden cache of scanned comics by everyone from Crockett Johnson to Dave Kiersh on Kevin Huizenga’s website is like the find of the year for me. Sadly, my attempt on Robot 6 to drum up other such treasure troves was mostly a bust.
* Ali Arkan’s piece on Joe Dante’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch makes me think that movie was even blacker than I rememeber. Arkan’s fast becoming one of my “sure, I’ll eat it” film critics.
* Here’s a fine tribute to five books published by Buenaventura Press from Matt Seneca. This panel-by-panel look at Frank Quitely’s work in Batman #700 is worth your time too.
* Very cool map of the Lost island by Jonah Adkins. I remember loving the hell out of the last Lost map this guy did. Click to enlarge. (Via Jason Adams and io9.)
Re:Gary Brooks Faulkner, the ersatz Solomon Kane who tried to enter Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden:
FUCK YEAH!