It's difficult to imagine a more validating image for members of the Occupy Wall Street movement than this piece by V For Vendetta co-creator David Lloyd, who's drawn his and Alan Moore's anarchist antihero -- whose rebellious visage has been adopted by the protesters -- squaring off against the mascot of economic aggressiveness, the "Charging Bull" statue by Arturo Di Modica that resides in Bowling Green Park in New York City. Fittingly, the illustration is the cover for issue #2 of the Occupy Comics anthology, the stated mission of which is to create change by creating art. Here we see art versus art, and on the one-year anniversary of the protests that sought to address economic issues in the wake of the world economic crisis.

Worried that the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns might dampen down the violence and menace of the original? Here's a clip from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Pt. 1 to assuage your concerns, with bone-cracking sound effects to make longtime fans feel right at home. Shame the criminal in question couldn't say the same.

Here at ComicsAlliance, we've seen enough statues of pop culture icons that we've started to take it for granted. French artist Soasig Chamaillard, however, has discovered a pretty eye-catching new twist: Taking found and damaged statues of the Virgin Mary and restoring them into pop culture icons like Superman, the Jedi Knights and more.

As you might expect, not everyone is thrilled with seeing the Mother of Christ palling around with Astro Boy or transformed into a bizarre My Little Pony centaur -- as reported by our colleagues over at the Huffington Post, a gallery exhibit last year prompted responses like d"May this 'artist' burn in hell and may flames devour this gallery," which is a pretty high level of criticism. Still, there's no denying that Chamaillard has put a lot of work into modernizing these discarded icons. Check out a few of them after the cut!

We're willing to risk the danger of over-hype by telling you that V/H/S is one of the scariest films in years. In the movie, a group of low-rent thieves -- who love to document their exploits -- get hired to break into a dead man's house and steal a videotape. Without any clues beyond "you'll know it when you see it," the crooks are up s**t creek without a paddle when they discover a decrepit house filled with thousands of unmarked VHS tapes. Forced to go through them one-by-one, they witness horrific recordings of killers, ghosts, demons and a lot more in a found-footage anthology that's somewhere between The Blair Witch Project and Creepshow.

In anticipation of its release, Magnet Releasing has created a gallery of posters for each of the movie's five terrifying tales. And to give each poster that extra "eek!" they've hired some of the best comic artists working today. Moviefone premiered the final poster this week, highlighting the slasher-in-the-woods story Tuesday the 17th. The poster is illustrated by none other than Esad Ribic, who had a moment to serve up some Jason Voorhees-style gore, before he relaunches Thor in November with Jason Aaron.

Instead of our usual format of comics reviews, recommendations and interviews, this week's episode of the War Rocket Ajax podcast opens up the floor for a listener question special! Chris and Matt answer everything our listeners have to ask -- and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance!

Guido Crepax is the name that first popped into my mind when I was told, "Hey, we wouldn't mind too terribly if you wrote a little bit about comics for us." Arguably the most important cartoonist whose work remains all but completely unavailable in English, the late Crepax is an artist whose work has enjoyed a bit of an uptick in critical response this year, with much of it oriented around his long-running erotic series Valentina. While terrific and career-defining (his own Corto Maltese, really), Valentina is not my favorite work of his, nor why Crepax is one of my favorite comic book artists.

Created between 1968 and 1973, Bianca is probably the most whimsical and psychedelic work in the Crepax canon. To summarize it as glibly as possible, I'd say Bianca's like 90 percent of Crepax's work in that it's constructed around the perspective of a central female character who's trapped in a series of sexual fantasies and adventures. Think Little Nemo but with bondage gear and masturbation. Is it erotic? Is it pornographic? Like Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's Lost Girls, Bianca is more obsessed with artistic execution than with sexually arousing its audience. In fact, I think that for the most part, Bianca fails as porn. Indeed, if it were more successful as porn, it would probably be in print in English. Bianca is in a way the polar opposite of what Milo Manara does, even though both artists deal with erotic elements situations -- which doesn't make Bianca better or less interesting solely on that basis, but the point is that this book's only purpose, particularly for a modern audience, is the head-splitting gymnastics Crepax pulls with the comics medium.

WARNING: Some of the following images may be considered not-safe-for-work.

Fans got an eyeful of Thor: The Dark World last week with set photos and video depicting Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Sif (Jaimie Alexander) battling among what resembled old bearded humans rocking Naruto headbands and some elf/gremlin/orc-looking fellows, but it wasn't quite clear why these groups were clashing or why the God of Thunder was seemingly caught in the middle. This nature of the film's plot will likely remain a mystery until closer to its planned November 8 release date in 2013, but the latest images from the same UK filming location do give fans a better look at the creatures now being called "Marauders" from the film, who (along with their human allies/foes) can be seen brandishing previously unseen rifle-like weapons. See what you make of the latest set photos from Thor: The Dark World after the jump.

Courtesy of Marvel, ComicsAlliance brings you an advance look at new periodical comic books going on sale in December, 2012 from the publisher's mainline Marvel, Ultimate Comics and Icon imprints. All of the following books can be purchased at finer comic book shops, where you can also pre-order your selections to ensure you'll get a copy before they sell out.

AMC's live action adaptation of Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead kicks off its third season on October 14, making next month a fine time for McFarlane Toys to release its second wave of 4-4.5" tall action figures. Based on the likenesses of the show's human actors and undead creations, the line includes new figures of Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh, the Well Zombie, the Bicycle Girl Zombie and the RV Zombie. Rick is probably the most articulated and accessorized figure in the bunch sporting 14 points of articulation and toting a removable revolver, rifle and animal control stick. Shane, on the other hand, seems considerably less articulate (just like on the show!) and comes with a single-barrel shotgun. The zombie figures are primarily action feature-oriented to recreate their various grisly kills/second deaths. The Bicycle Girl figure reaches out menacingly, the Well Zombie falls apart to reveal "soft gooey guts" and the RV Zombie can be stabbed in the eye with a screwdriver. If you're not eating, you can totally scope select images of the upcoming figures after the jump.

On sale this week from IDW Publishing is the first issue of Womanthology: Space, a new anthology title spotlighting the work of female writers, artists, letterers, colorists and editors. A five-issue spinoff of the highly successful Kickstarter project, Womanthology: Heroic, the Space book focuses on science-fiction themes and features new work by Ming Doyle, Stephanie Hans, Jordie Bellaire and Jessica Hickman, among others. Take a first look after the cut.

Movies: James Gunn is officially directing Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. [CBR]

Creators: In a recent interview, Grant Morrison broke down why he doesn't want to do monthly superhero comics any longer. [New Statesman]