The official Alterna Comics store is having a $1 clearance sale this week which showcases a host of independent comic books.

Included in this showcase is the kids-friendly The Unlikely Trio: The Last Barn on The Left, as well as the more adult-oriented books The Chair (signed), Attack of the Alterna Zombies, volumes one and two of American Terror, Risers (signed), and Morbid Myths (signed). A lot of these books have great reviews on their site (and ours too!), and span from various different genres. So, if you’re looking to get yourself a graphic novel as well as looking for something for your children, you can’t do much better than getting something for the whole family for only a few bucks [...]

Moriarty #5
Written by Daniel Corey
Artwork by Anthony Diecidue
Colors by Perry Freeze
Letters by Dave Lanphear
Image Comics
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Cover Price: $2.99

Death is a part of life, and also one of its great mysteries. Despite death’s inevitability, we know very little about what occurs after our final moments. It can be very upsetting to dwell on this thought, and it is easy to ignore because the majority of us have no idea when or how it will happen. It’s impossible to change or prevent an event you know nothing about, so what point is there in fretting over it? Life is certainly easier not knowing what fate will befall you, but what if you did know? What if you were shown the exact moment of death, but not the events leading up to it? In Moriarty #5, one of fiction’s greatest minds must contemplate this, and in doing so must delve into darkness for his answers [...]

While at the New York Film Festival for the premiere of his latest film, A Dangerous Method, filmmaker David Cronenberg took the time to debunk some rumors in an interview, including the long-standing one that he was looking to direct an English language remake of the 2007 Spanish sci-fi thriller Timecrimes. But while discussing the rumor that he was possibly writing and directing a reboot of The Fly, the 1958 sci-fi horror film he successfully remade in 1986 with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis in the leads, Cronenberg dropped an interesting little nugget about his involvement with that project [...]

Transformers #27
Written by Mike Costa
Art by Brendan Cahill
Colors by Joana Lafuente
Letters by Shawn Lee
Covers by Marcelo Matere, Brendan Cahill
IDW Publishing
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

OK, let’s face it, there’s a lot of people out there who think licensed comics are inferior. To them, I say pick up a copy of Transformers #27 and then get back to me. This issue has everything you want in a Transformers comic: Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.

Writer Mike Costa and IDW set the stage right off the back with a RECAP page!!!! People argue that the recap of the storyline should be told in the first few pages of the comic, but WHY waste the time when you’ve got so much story to tell? It’s a great, single paragraph that brings you up to date on what’s been going on, without talking down to you or making you feel bad if you haven’t read the previous issues. But, I’m telling you, if you haven’t read the previous issues — shame on you! You’re missing a fantastic comic [...]

The MP3 album deal of the day over at Amazon today is Paul McCartney‘s brand-new classical album Ocean’s Kingdom for only $3.99.

The album, which was released today, October 4, 2011, has four classical songs (running around 20 minutes each) composed by the former Beatle which are performed by the London Classical Orchestra conducted by John Wilson. This MP3 download also comes with the digital booklet.

If you’d like a physical copy of Ocean’s Kingdom, it’s also available on CD and vinyl [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called “Who Needs a Shirt” by artist kal5000.

The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Author George R.R. Martin‘s wildly popular A Song of Ice and Fire book series has had fans whisking themselves off to the lands of Westeros for many years now. And with the booming first–season success of HBO’s adaptation of the book, Game of Thrones, people haven’t been this excited about this particular brand of fantasy in a long, long time.

But what if I told you we could soon take that geekdom for the world and its characters a step further? As you may have heard, a video game company called Cyanide Studio has been working on a real–time strategy game based on Martin’s mythology titled Game of Thrones: Genesis. What you may not have heard, however, is that the studio is also working on a Game of Thrones role–playing game along the same lines as Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the PC and next–generation consoles…and that, my dear friends, is something to be very excited about. [...]

Kevin Sorbo, star of the late syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Andromeda, revealed in a recent interview with Neurology Now that during his time on Hercules the actor suffered no less than three strokes. The first stroke occurred in 1997 when the 38-year-old Sorbo was promoting the film Kull the Conqueror. Sorbo recalls, “I had several doctors on my publicity tour check me out, but they didn’t believe it was anything serious. I even had what seemed like a rational explanation, having recently injured my ulnar nerve—the funny bone.”

After two more occasions when he experienced shoulder pain, dizziness, and slurred speech Sorbo underwent a surgical procedure where an angiogram tube was used to insert platinum coils around an aneurysm in an artery near his left shoulder that had caused a severe disruption of blood flow to his lower arm. It was only after the surgery when Sorbo learned that he had suffered three strokes. [...]

Do you remember where you were when you first watched Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back and experienced its big reveal at the end? Some of you likely do and many of you probably do not, but technology has come a long way and moments such as that can now be captured for all eternity.

Enter Faris, a four–year–old who recently saw the ending of Empire for the first time, captured on camera by his parents. After recording the reaction they sent the video to Harry Knowles over at AICN, who started a column that looks at we who grew up as geeks and kids today who are well on their way. The column is called “Raising Geeks.”

You can see the video of young Faris reacting to the end of The Empire Strikes Back by continuing on below now, and you can see more by heading to the source link. [...]

Musician and activist Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave fame has turned his incredibly talented mind to the comic book page where he is telling the story of Orchid.

According to the Dark Horse Comics solicitation, Orchid is “a tale about a teenaged prostitute that who learns that she is more than the role society has imposed upon her.” The rest of the solicitation goes on to build a little bit more of the dystopian future world in which Orchid takes place. It sounds like a really cool concept, and if anybody should be telling this story, Morello is that person [...]

NBC comedy television show Community recently included a very short parody/rip-off/tribute (choose your label) to Doctor Who. The clip shows a Doctor-like character called Inspector SpaceTime, who travels through history, and includes a Dalek-like villain. You can view the video of the Inspector SpaceTime portion of the episode here at the bottom of this post [...]

Coming out of TIFF this year, one film that got a shockingly good amount of buzz was director Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous. Now, good buzz isn’t something usually said within the same sentence as Emmerich’s name, but it appears as though that may be changing.

Now, according to Deadline, the director has gotten a brand new writer for one of his upcoming projects, with the hopes of continuing this good streak [...]

We first reported back in February that iconic actor William Shatner was hard at work on his next album titled Seeking Major Tom (read about it HERE).

The album will be a conceptual recording in the form of a collection of 18 covers of classic rock anthems. Recently the Shat released a video of him laying down the final vocals for his cover of the classic Black Sabbath tune “Iron Man” and you can watch that video here below [...]

While the best television shows often die an early death, it appears as though one of the best is getting a second chance at life.

As talk continues to circulate around a possible film based on Arrested Development, it looks as though the TV series is coming back, as according to EW, producers of the series are in talks with the likes of Showtime and Netflix to bring back the show for a “limited number of original episodes.” [...]

DC Comics announced last week that they will be bringing at least 100 collected works exclusively to Amazon‘s brand new Kindle Fire eReader.

Contrary to the thoughts in my head, the Kindle Fire is not an unfortunate malfunction of the popular eReader. It is, in fact, a brand new model that allows full-color appreciation of digital media. And with this new device’s announcement, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing information about comics. The interesting thing about this, though, is that DC will be offering these 100 books exclusively to the Kindle Fire. This sounds like a really big deal as it abandons the comiXology model and the extremely iOS devices from Apple. Well, at least it sounds like it’s interesting [...]

Spoiler Alerts go out to all listeners, for the season finale for Doctor Who Series 6 — The Wedding Of River Song — is here, and finds the Doctor (Matt Smith) stepping forward to face his ultimate destiny at the fixed point in time at Lake Silencio in Utah. But before he allows the Silence to accomplish their goals, he begins to investigate their motivations. The quest will bring him answers – and more questions [...]

Starting today, Monday, October 3, 2011, Things From Another World will be offering up tons of comic books from 20%-70% off in their Fall Into Savings Sale.

The sale ends Sunday, October 9, 2011, but don’t wait til the last minute because these discounts are only good while supplies last.

All the comics book that were released in August 2011 are now 20% off; there’s also hundreds of back issue comics now available for 40% off, with some even 50%-70% off with some Nick & Dents added in as well [...]

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is a mash-up of South Park and Portal called “Stinking with Portals” by artist Chuffy.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Monday, October 3, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Star Wars-themed shirt based on the Cheers logo called “To All My Friends” by artist jkilpatrick.

The sale began at Teefury today, Monday, October 03, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

I know exactly what you’re thinking: WHO?!

Unfortunately for good ol’ Victor Crowley his creator Adam Green, the writer and director of the first two films in the Hatchet series, won’t be directing the next installment in the kill-tastic adventures of the swamp-dwelling slasher. B.J. McDonnell, the cameraman on Hatchet and last year’s controversial sequel Hatchet 2, will be making his directorial debut on the upcoming Hatchet 3. Green will likely remain on the new sequel as a producer [...]