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COMICS NEWS: God Hates Astronauts Collection Announced

Image Comics have announced that they will release a trade paperback collection of Ryan Browne’s webcomic God Hates Astronauts on October 9.

In God Hates Astronauts, the announcement explains,NASA hires the Power Persons 5 to keep the nation’s farmers from launching themselves into space in homemade rocket ships. The bad news is that NASA is wasting their money, because this gang of hooligans is going to hang out, get drunk, have extra-marital affairs, and occasionally save the day in spite of themselves.”

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God Hates Astronauts: Volume I will not only include the original webcomic, but also a hundred pages of “rare and all-new material not available on the web.”

This, the release says, will include  “18 all-new two-page origin stories written by Browne and drawn by some of the best talent in comics, including Tradd Moore, Tim Seeley, Riley Rossmo, Tom Scioli, Nick Pitarra, C.P. Wilson III, Zander Cannon, Jenny Frison, Chris Mitten, and Hilary Barta,” as well as more than 20 pin-ups from such artists as Rebekah Isaacs, Mike Norton, Chris Burnham, and Tom Fowler, and “a reference guide that explains the parodies and inside jokes.”

God Hates Astronauts: Volume I is currently available for preorder from Amazon for $13.49.

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Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising Blu-ray, DVD Announced

 

Shout! Factory have announced that Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising will be released on DVD and in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack on October 8.

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DVD NEWS: Marvel Knights Animation: Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk Announced

Shout! Factory have announced that Marvel Knights Animation: Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk — a motion comic adaptation of the comic series by Lost co-creator and Star Trek movie writer Damon Lindelof, and drawn by Secret Invasion artist Leinil Francis Yu — will be released on DVD on September 10.

In Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk, the not-so-jolly green giant is presumed dead, but S.H.I.E.L.D. head honcho Nick Fury knows better. When stories of a big green man being to surface, Fury decides to clean up his mess by sending Wolverine to kill The Hulk.

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DVD/BLU-RAY NEWS: Cockneys Vs. Zombies Announced

Scream Factory have announced that the undead British comedy  Cockneys Vs. Zombies will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 3.

Written by James Moran (Torchwood) and directed by Matthias Hoene (Beyond The Rave), Cockneys Vs. Zombies — which has a bunch of retirees joining with some damn kids to save their homes from both developers and the living-impaired — stars Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman), Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), and Alan Ford (Snatch).

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Funko Announces Second Series Of Adventure Time Toys

 

Funko have announced that they will release the second series of Adventure Time POP! Vinyl figures on September 28.

According to the press release, “This line includes several characters suggested by FANS! Thanks fans.”

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BLU-RAY NEWS: Argo Extended Edition Announced

Warner Home Video have announced that an extended version of Argo will be released on December 3.

The longer version of the film will include nine additional minutes that, according to the announcement, “delve deeper into CIA specialist Tony Mendez’s personal relationships with his wife and son.”

In addition, the Argo: Extended Edition will also include some previously unavailable extras.

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TOY NEWS: Funko Announces Regular Show POP! Figures

Funko have anounced that they will release five Pop! vinyl action figures based on characters from the ’toon Regular Show on September 26.

Created by J.G. Quintel, Regular Show follows the adventures of a Blue Jay named Mordecai (voiced by Quintel) and a racoon named Rigby who work as groundskeepers at a local park. It airs Monday nights at 7:30 (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network.

Along with Mordecai (figure #47)

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and Ridgby (46),

Rigby

 

Funko are also releasing Pop! figures of such Regular Show favorites as Benson (48),

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Skips (49),

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and Muscleman (50).

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While no price was officially announced, Amazon currently has all five Regular Show figures available for preoder for $11.99 each.

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BLU-RAY NEWS: The Vincent Price Collection Announced

Scream Factory have announced that they will release The Vincent Price Collection — which presents six of the horror icons movies on Blu-ray for the first time — on October 22.

The four-disc set will include 1960’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher, 1961’s The Pit And The Pendulum, 1963’s The Haunted Palace, 1964’s The Masque Of Red Death, 1968’s Witchfinder General, and 1971’s The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

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Out Of Print Launches Book-Flavored iPhone Cases

Out Of Print have launched a new line of iPhone cases that — like the cool t-shirts they sell — are all emblazoned with imagery from the jackets of classic novels and other literary references.

And, as with all of Out Of Print stuff, they will donate a book to the charity Books For Africa for every item sold.

Available for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5, the 4 and 4S cases, the press release states, “feature a canvas plus plastic hard shell, access to all of the buttons and collaboration with speck designs. The iPhone 5 cases feature a slim hard shell snap-on case with a smooth matte finish and access to all buttons.”

There are current six different iPhone cases based on the covers of classic novels:

Lewis Caroll’s Alice In Wonderland

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Jack London’s The Call Of The Wild

Call Of The Wild

 

William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

 

Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange

Clockwork Orange

 

George Orwell’s 1984

1984

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

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In addition, there’s a seventh called “Poe-Ka-E Dots” that has Edgar Allan’s Poe’s famous mug repeating…

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…and “Library Card,” which should be self-explanatory.

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All of the cases are $25.00 and are available now.