I was going to start off this post by saying something about how we’re too highbrow here at Blog@ to participate in any April Fool’s Day antics, but I don’t think anyone would buy it. The real reason why we didn’t announce the blog was defecting to Wizard or moving to the domain amazingheroes.com or something along those lines is because Matt Brady is out on vacation today, and if we can’t mess with his head, then what’s the point?

A lot of folks are having some fun today, so let’s get into today’s fake news …

–Oni Press announces that they’ll be publishing Superman:

“This really is a dream come true,” exclaims James Lucas Jones. “We hope to tell great stories that can be read and enjoyed independently of any other form of convoluted continuity. The character and story come first… no Civil Wars… no Crisis… no Secret Invasions… just good stories that any kid can pick up and enjoy.”

No word on the creative team, except that it won’t be Mike Grell … he’s drawing Superman for ComicMix.

–Fabio Moon announces he’s completely changing his drawing style.

–Google and Virgin have teamed up to start a colony on Mars. Do you have what it takes to join them? Take the quiz.

–Speaking of Google, they’ve also announced time-travelling email. I remember Saturday Night Live doing a skit along those lines some years back, with a delivery company that would take the blame for packages not arriving on time.

–IDW’s Chris Ryall announces that they’re producing a clothing line, which is now available on the IDW website.

–Bully turns evil.

–Robert Kirkman tries not to spoil a future issue of Walking Dead by linking directly to a very revealing cover. Actually, of all of them, I like this one best, because it’s the only one I’m not completely 100 percent sure is a joke. So kudos to Kirkman.

–The webcomics Dinosaur Comics, xkcd and Questionable Content apparently have all moved.

–The Office website at NBC.com was hacked.

–Kingdom of Loathing is the Kingdom of Salad today.

–Sean Kleefeld doesn’t have a joke post, but does have all the Marvel Assistant Editor’s Month covers.

More Web Aprilfoolery can be found here.

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