New DC 75th Variant Cover for BATMAN #700

As most of you Gfest readers know, 2010 marks the 75th anniversary of DC Comics.

So, as part of a line-wide celebration of DC Comics’ 75th, they will be rolling out a number of special variant covers by some of the biggest names in the industry.  But these aren’t standard variants. No, these covers will take a classic image from DC’s illustrious history and present a new, re-imagined version by an all-star list of artists.

The first release is a recreation of Detective Comics #168, originally drawn by Lew Sayre Schwartz.  The cover of the issue went down in history as one of the most iconic covers of the Golden Age.
 
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola would does a beautiful recreation of Schwartz's work for DC 75th variant for Batman #700.

The Simpsons Ke$ha Tik-Tok Opening

Last night Matt Groening and the Simpsons crew replaced their traditional opening sequence with a rendition of Tik-Tok by the ever, under-talented Ke$ha.

This is only the third or fourth time the show has deviated from it's normal title sequence.

The song sucks (so does the artist) but the Simpson's make it rock!   Watch the opening sequence below.

NEW (now old) iPHONE COMING JUNE 7

Loyal Gfest readers, not only is today comic book day but we also got another special treat on this glorious Wednesday.

Today Apple announced that it will be holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference June 7 through June 11 in downtown San Francisco's Moscone Center.  Traditionally, the first day of the conference is always reserved for Apple's keynote address, where for the last two years Apple has introduced the newest iPhone hardware. While this year's keynote was not confirmed in today's announcement, in years past Apple has waited until a week or two before the event takes place to issue press invitations.

Walmart Selling Porn Movies?

The luckiest woman in America, claims she bought Sherlock Holmes at Wal-Mart but the DVD was actually a porn movie…

Where did this adult movie com from? Wal-Mart? The DVD manufacturer? or is this woman lying?  Watch the video to see the coverage of the story.

Good news if Wal-Mart does get into the porn business you know they will have the best prices in town.