Mario, you are by far the single worst party host EVER.

Adventure TIme's fan favorite gender-swapped universe is getting its own six-issue comic series from Boom! Studios. Boom! has been cranking out some truly fantastic comics in the Adventure Time universe, and Fionna & Cake should be no exception. Look out for this bad mutha starting in January.

Hulky Potter has no time for wizard bullsh*t.

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Karl Kesel, a writer and inker for DC Comics, is selling a trove of old comics that he's been collecting and preserving since childhood.

What for? The Kesels recently adopted a baby with heroin-addicted birth parents, and need money to pay for the child's rehabilitation costs.

Karl has found some solace in the sale:

I don't necessarily feel like I'm putting away childish things. I may be putting away my childish things. But I'm embracing Isaac's.
I think I'm getting another childhood here.

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Hit-Girl, Mark Millar's Kick-Ass spinoff, will start carving up comic book shelves June 27. In preparation, there's a six-page preview and additional artwork available for perusal. The series takes place between the events of Kick-Ass 1 and 2, so anyone who's only seen or read Kick-Ass 1 is already up to speed.

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Chuck & Beans.

As promised, DC Comics has revealed the major DCU character they're reintroducing as gay in the New 52, And, as many have speculated, it's the Green Lantern.

Alan Scott, the only version of the Green Lantern on Earth 2, will be revealed as both homosexual and in a relationship in next week's Earth 2 #2.

While his sexual orientation is no longer a mystery, Scott's origins as the Green Lantern are still up in the air. According to DC's The Source, Scott took up the Lantern mantle after "a traumatic event." We'll learn more in issue 3.

Here's Earth 2 writer James Robinson's take on the new Alan Scott:

I'm trying to show the 'classic' Alan Scott at the same time. He's still the same dynamic, heroic guy he was. He's still the head of a media empire like he was in his prior version, but of course with the form of media changing and evolving with the times. And in many ways, his origin mirrors the original one also. Oh, and on Earth 2 there is only one Green Lantern, so Alan's title is The Green Lantern. Alan's sexuality is just one facet of him, along with his innate goodness, valor, charisma and skill at leadership that makes him the perfect man to wield the power of the green light in the world of Earth 2.

In an interview with The Advocate, Robinson also promised that Scott "won't be the only gay character in Earth 2."

Earth 2 #2 hits comic shops next Wednesday.

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