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SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009

SPIKE TV'S GUY CHOICE

Mickey Rourke, who is currently filming his role of Whiplash in Iron Man 2, took home the top prize from Spike TV's Guy Choice ceremonies on Saturday night at Sony Studios in Los Angeles.

Rourke won Guy of the Year at the show, which will be televised on Spike on Sunday, June 21 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Among the other winners were X-Men's Halle Berry for a Decade of Hotness, Watchmen's Malin Akerman for Hot 'N Fresh, Wanted's Angelina Jolie for Femme Fatale, The Dark Knight's Christian Bale for Deadliest Warrior and Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen's Megan Fox for Hottest Girl on the Planet.

For a list of all the winners, and more images, CLICK HERE.



IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and four-page previews of upcoming Image Comics titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem #1 and G-Man: Cape Crisis #1.

For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.

For previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.

For previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.

For previews of IDW Publishing titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on June 3, CLICK HERE.



AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:

* Antarctic Press.

* Archie Comics.

* Aspen Comics.

* Avatar Press.

* Bluewater Productions.

* Bongo Comics.

* BOOM! Studios.

* Dabel Brothers Productions.

* Dark Horse Comics.

* DC Comics.

* Devil's Due Publishing.

* Dynamite Entertainment.

* IDW Publishing.

* Image Comics.

* Marvel Comics.

* Mercury Comics.

* Moonstone Books.

* Oni Press.

* Radical Publishing.

* Red 5 Comics.

* Top Cow Productions.

* Zenescope Entertainment.



BRIEFLY

* The "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!" episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold will premiere on Cartoon Network on Friday, June 5.



COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.

* Tuesday, May 26: IDW Publishing for August, BOOM! Studios for August, Dynamite Entertainment for August, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

* Monday, May 25: Marvel Comics First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and weekend box office.

* Sunday, May 24: Antarctic Press for August, Red 5 Comics for August and Bongo Comics for August.

* Saturday, May 23: Image Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks. youneek.com

* Friday, May 22: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Wolverine and the X-Men.

* Thursday, May 21: Aspen Comics for August, Devil's Due Publishing for August, Oni Press for August, IDW Publishing First Looks and Smallville.

* Wednesday, May 20: DC Comics First Looks, Green Lantern: First Flight, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Teen Titans.

* Tuesday, May 19: Marvel Comics for August, Thor movie, Heroes, Human Target television series, Wanted, Aspen Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.

* Monday, May 18: DC Comics for August, Human Target on Fox, Thor movie, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Image Comics for August, Marvel Comics First Looks and Image Comics First Looks.

* Sunday, May 17: Top Cow Productions First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and weekend box office.

* Saturday, May 16: Kick-Ass' Yancy Butler, Mitch Breitweiser, Archie Andrews gets married, BOOM! Studios First Looks and Top Cow Productions for August.

* Friday, May 15: Moonstone Books for September, Radical Publishing for August, Marvel Comics First Looks and Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem.

* Thursday, May 14: Green Lantern: First Flight director Lauren Montgomery, IDW Publishing First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.

* Wednesday, May 13: Transformers, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Archie Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.

* Tuesday, May 12: DC Comics roundup, Image Comics' G-Man, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Marvel Super Hero Squad.

* Monday, May 11: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Terminator Salvation, Eminem teams with Family Guy, King City, Marvel Comics roundup and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.

* Sunday, May 10: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office and First Looks.

* Saturday, May 9: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, DC Comics First Looks and Friday box office.

* Friday, May 8: Dark Horse Comics for August, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.

* Thursday, May 7: Archie Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Dear Dracula.

* Wednesday, May 6: IDW Publishing First Looks, Green Lantern: First Flight, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Deadpool movie, Wolverine and the X-Men, Bluewater Productions for August, DC Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Stewie Griffin in Bones.

* Tuesday, May 5: Aspen Comics First Looks, Moonstone Books for August, Marvel Super Hero Squad's Jennifer Morrison, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Marvel Comics roundup.

* Monday, May 4: Kevin Sorbo voices Ka-Zar in Marvel Super Hero Squad, MTV Movie Award nominations, The Simpsons, DC Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.

* Sunday, May 3: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.

* Saturday, May 2: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.



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