"The Walking Dead" might not be the only comic headed to television next year, as Buddy Bradley and the rest of writer/artist Peter Bagge's fictional slackers now have a serious shot at breaking into prime time. The irreverent family who got their start in Bagge's Fantagraphics titles "Hate" and "Neat Stuff" now appear to be in the limelight for the Fox Network, who ordered a pilot of "The Bradleys" as a potential animated series.

"Our own Peter Bagge has a development deal with FOX for 'The Bradleys' and the network has just ordered a pilot," Fantagraphics' Eric Reynolds wrote on the publisher's blog at Fantagraphics.com. "The only details we can reveal just yet are that Bagge has a pilot script deal with FOX for an animated prime time series featuring The Bradleys." Read more...

Back in June, news broke that Norwegian artist Jason's graphic novel "I Killed Adolf Hitler" was optioned for film—but little did we know that the cartoonist had another adaptation in the works.

An animated short film version of Jason's "Sshhhh!" is currently in development with the slightly altered title of "Shhh!" The movie comes courtesy of Graceland Film Company and Animidias animation studios with Hans Bastian Borg serving as producer and Robert Næss on board as director. Lyder Janøy and Aasmund Janøy are credited with the animation duties. Read more...

Plenty of characters have smacked Hitler around over the years. But despite Captain America's right cross and Superman's stern talking-to, the menace was never fully put-down. Even Hollywood couldn't finish the job in 2008's assassination-themed "Valkyrie."

Leave it to Norwegian artist Jason (just one name -- like Cher) to finally finish the job in "I Killed Adolf Hitler," his 2007 graphic novel now optioned for film development. Read more...