SDCC: Comixology celebrates a half decade of digital

It might seem like digital comics haven't been around that long, but comiXology is changing that perception with their Comic Con 2012 celebration. The world's leading digital comic reading software has bunches of giveaways and some excellent panels you're going to want to check out.
 Oh, and free iPads. Did I mention that?

Nerd is the word this Summer

That according to website Wordnik anyway. The word and term tracking site is predicting a big Summer season for comic book 'nerd' words. Not too unexpected when you consider that a good chunk of the biggest movies debuting this year are of the superhero variety.

Ex Sanguine Finally Brings Something New to the Vampire Genre

Calling all vampire fans (but maybe not of the glittery variety)- you're going to want to check out Dark Horse's Ex Sanguine.

LA Comic Con Becomes Stan Lee's Comikaze

Comikaze, Los Angeles' newest (and only) Comic Convention, is being rebranded as industry legend Stan Lee's own con- aptly renamed Stan Lee's Comikaze.

Mattel Cans DC Universe & Young Justice Toys

DC comics fans are about to feel the pain Marvel fans went through when Legends switched companies. The difference here is that, while ML moved from Toy Biz (who knew what they were doing) over to Hasbro (who were clueless), the DC license is staying put at Mattel.