[COMICS BULLETIN The highly anticipated “Batman: R.I.P.” storyline is off to an explosive start, with BATMAN #676 selling out one day after arriving in stores on May 14. Now, DC Comics sends this issue, written by Grant Morrison with art by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea, back to press for a new, second printing.

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The "Batman: R.I.P." Checklist:

• BATMAN #677 - May 28.

• BATMAN #678 - June 25.

• BATMAN #679 - July 23.

• BATMAN #680 - August 27.

• DETECTIVE COMICS #846 - July 2.

• DETECTIVE COMICS #847 - August 6.

• NIGHTWING #147 - August 6.

• ROBIN #175 - June 18.

• ROBIN #176 - July 16.

Rounding up the latest news from the "back capes"...

[SUPERHERO FLIX] Joss Whedon's latest brain-child, a 40-minute long online musical about an out-of-work supervillain titled Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, is almost ready to air on the web. Whedon spoke to SCI FI Wire about the project which stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day.

"It's about a low-rent supervillain [Harris as Dr. Horrible] who's trying to get into the Evil League of Evil and defeat his nemesis, Captain Hammer [Fillion] and work up the nerve to talk to the pretty girl at the laundromat [Day]," Whedon said. The idea occurred to Whedon a while back, and it was co-written by Whedon and his brothers, and brother's fiancée. They put the project together during the WGA strike, and were amazed at the talent they found to work on the show.

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Thanks to my friend Aaron Albert from About.com: Comic Books, I've got a few more photos to share from Emerald City Comic Con -- mostly of the How To Make Webcomics panel. We'll kick it off with a shot of Kris' eardrums shattering at the onslaught of my Nuclear-powered chortle. Enjoy.