Comics and books

You can check out Cory Doctorow's book Little Brother with a free download.

Comic book creator Will Eisner's estate is now a client of Creative Artists Agency. They plan to take Eisner's library and package them as movies, TV shows, and other media properties. This won't affect the movie The Spirit being released this December.

"Dark Horse plans to republish the first 21 issues of Tales of the Beanworld, possibly in deluxe hardcover editions, then deliver Marder's new adventures sometime in early 2009. Diana Schutz will edit." More on Larry Marder’s blog.

23 years after being vaporized to save the universe, DC is bringing Barry Allen/The Flash back from the dead. Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison will resurrect the character. Says Morrison, "We can do anything with them, and we can make them come back and make them defy death."

Manga to help bridge the gap between the U.S. Navy and Japan?