Episode #14 of the Seattle Geekly podcast is going to be all about webcomics! We’ll be talking about the ones we read and hopefully talking with a couple creators about the pros and cons of the webcomics medium. If you have a favorite webcomic that you read (or write) let us know about it!

Your Monday news roundup is under the fold

Anime

♦Anime News Network is reporting that the Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit anime series is returning to Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim this summer. The new run will include the entire series, and not just the 10 episodes that ran last year. The Moribito anime adapts Nahoko Uehashi’s intricately detailed fantasy novel about a spearwoman who protects a prince from his own father and other enemies. If they continue with past practice the episodes will be dubbed.

Books

♦Not sure how we missed this but Dead and Gone, the ninth book in Charlaine Harris‘ Southern Vampire series, hit shelves earlier this month. The Southern Vampire books are the source material for the HBO series True Blood

Comics

♦Latest New York Times bestseller list for graphic books -

Graphic Best Sellers (Hardcover)
1. Dark Tower: Treachery, by Peter David and Robin Furth. (Marvel Entertainment)
2. Batman: R.I.P., by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. (DC Comics)
3. Batman: The Killing Joke, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. (DC Comics)
4. Joker, by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo. (DC Comics)
5. Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. (DC Comics)
6. Civil War, by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. (Marvel Entertainment)
7. Marvel Zombies 3, by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker. (Marvel Entertainment)
8. Batman: Heart of Hush, by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen. (DC Comics)
9. Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come part 3, by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. (DC Comics)
10. The Beats: A Graphic History, by Harvey Pekar and others. (Hill and Wang)
Graphic Best Sellers (Paperback)
1. Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. (DC Comics)
2. Star Trek: Countdown, by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci. (IDW)
3. Wolverine: Origin, by Paul Jenkins and Andy Kubert. (Marvel Comics)
4. V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson and David Lloyd (DC Comics)
5. Wolverine: Weapon X, by Barry Windsor-Smith. (Marvel Entertainment)
6. Y the Last Man: Unmanned, Vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. (Vertigo)
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller. (DC Comics)
8. Walking Dead, Vol. 1, by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. (Image Comics)
9. Fables Vol. 1, by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina. (Vertigo)
10. Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1, by Dave Gibbons and Geoff Johns. (DC Comics)
Graphic Best Sellers (Manga)
1. Naruto Vol. 44, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
2. Naruto Vol. 43, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
3. Naruto Vol. 42, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
4. Naruto Vol. 41, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
5. Naruto Vol. 40, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
6. Fruits Basket Vol. 22, by Natsuki Takaya. (TokyoPop)
7. Naruto Vol. 39, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
8. Naruto Vol. 48, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media)
9. Vampire Knight Vol. 6, by Matsuri Hino. (VIZ Media)
10. Chibi Vampire 13, by Yuna Kagesaki. (TokyoPop)

Movies

♦Star Trek took in $76.5 million over its opening weekend virtually assuring a sequel. We’ll have our full review on Thursday’s podcast but you can check this thread on our forums to see some of our initial impressions and to weigh in with your own. X-Men Origins: Wolverine made $27 million in its second weekend, a 68% drop over last week.

♦Disney has generated a great deal of buzz with their newest animated feature The Princess and the Frog because it features their first black princess, voiced by Anika Noni Rose. You can watch the full trailer below

TV

♦Multiple sources are reporting that Robert J. Sawyer’s novel Flash Forward is going to be adapted for a tv series on ABC. Flash Forward chronicles the aftermath of a global event in which everyone in the world blacks out for 2 minutes, 17 seconds and has mysterious visions of six months into the future.