Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson talks with country musician Trace Adkins about the comic book Luke McBain in a very funny interview. "This has gotten a lot bigger than I thought it would," Adkins says about the book, which features his likeness. Check out a preview of the book, written by David Tischman with art by Kody Chamberlain, here.

The Prisoner

In support of the new Prisoner TV miniseries, which runs Nov. 15-17, AMC has posted the first chapter of an online comic featuring "a new heroine and more secrets of The Village exposed." The art is by Mitch Breitweiser.

Another item of interest might be this timeline of Prisoner references in pop culture, which include The Simpsons, Battlestar Galactica, the music of Iron Maiden and comics like Watchmen and Fantastic Four. (Although the site loses points for using a Fantastic Four movie image when they could have featured Jack Kirby artwork from issues 84-87).

Google

Legal | Google and a group of authors and publishers have until Friday to revise a proposed settlement over the Internet giant's plans to make millions of out-of-print books available online. They originally were given a deadline of Nov. 9. DC Comics is among the parties that objected to the terms of the agreement -- -- $125 million and a registry to identify and compensate copyright holders -- arguing that it violates international copyright law. [Bloomberg News, Media Decoder]

Legal | The sentencing of Christopher Handley, the 39-year-old Iowa man who in May pleaded guilty to possessing manga depicting children in sexual situations, is scheduled for Jan. 25. He faces up to 15 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release. [ICv2.com]

Dick Tracy

Legal | A federal judge has ruled that actor Warren Beatty may proceed with his lawsuit against bankrupt Tribune Media Co. over ownership of the movie and TV rights to the Dick Tracy comic strip. [Reuters]

Comics | A study by marketing-research company Simba Information contends that one in 10 adult book buyers in the United States read comics. [press release]

Conventions | Miami New Times previews this weekend's Miami Book Fair International with a brief Q&A with Dan Goldman. Graphic Novel Reporter breaks out the comics programming, which includes panels and workshops featuring James Sturm, Carol Tyler, Harry Bliss, Josh Neufeld, Sid Jacobson, Brian Fries, Neil Kleid, Marisa Marchetto and Kurt Hassler. [Miami Book Fair International]

Conventions | Alan Gardner rounds up comics-related coverage from last weekend's Chicago Humanities Festival. [The Daily Cartoonist]

King Con Brooklyn

Conventions | Becky Cloonan posts her report from last weekend's inaugural King Con Brooklyn. [Ink and Thunder]

Libraries | Joseph P. Smith spotlights graphic-novel collections in a few New Jersey libraries. [The Daily Journal]

Creators | Craig Yoe discusses comics, his career and growing up in Akron, Ohio. [Akron Beacon Journal]

Creators | Brian Heater launches a four-part interview with Jerry Moriarty. [The Daily Cross Hatch]

Creators | Is Dave Gibbons working on a new version of the freeware video game Minesweeper? [GamePro]

Comics | This blog is in the middle of a series that highlights what it considers the best comic books of the decade. [Berkeley Place]

Comics | Matt Wilson counts down the five best and five worst villains introduced in the post-"Brand New Day" Amazing Spider-Man. [Topless Robot]

Fandom | Show us these superhero tattoos in another couple of decades. On second thought, don't. [Great White Snark]

The Great Pumpkin, by J. Bone

The talented J. Bone uses the holiday classic It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown as the springboard for a couple of hilarious and, of course, well-drawn gags. (Warning: In the second cartoon, Charlie Brown employs off-color language!)

Poor, poor Linus ...

From "Saved by the Spell," by Lucy Knisley

The always-entertaining Lucy Knisley imagines what J.K. Rowling might've come up with had she been inspired to create Harry Potter some two decades earlier. The result? A Saved by the Bell-style TV series called Hogwarts High, starring John Cusack, Mark Paul Gosselaar and Brooke Shields, and featuring David Bowie as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

The Count

Editor's Note: As mentioned earlier today, we're celebrating Halloween all this week here at Robot 666. Here's the first of six Six by 6 columns with that theme, by guest contributors Tony Trov and Johnny Zito. They are the creators of Black Cherry Bombshells, the girl-on-zombie web comic from Zuda Comics. This October saw the debut of their newest title, LaMorte Sisters, about a vampire orphanage run by strict nuns.

By Tony Trov & Johnny Zito

(In no particular order)

1. The Count

Tony Trov: The Count is a mysterious force on Sesame Street. He has these neurotic ticks that makes him really intense. The Count counts things, even when there's just one. His math OCD makes him great at figuring out the tip.

2. The Lost Boys

Johnny Zito: Nothing's cooler than drinking weird substances out of bejeweled bottles in a crazy vampire cave with Kiefer Sutherland. Raising terror on Santa Carla Boardwalk looks like a lot of fun, too. Unfortunately, all the Chinese food out west sucks. Ew, maggots.

3. Salma Hayek

Tony Trov: I like when people bring their pets to the bar. Dogs are cool but snakes are bad ass. Drinking with the Vampire Queen from From Dusk 'til Dawn doesn't necessarily mean she'll put her foot in your mouth. But I'm OK with it either way.

4. Vampirella

Vampirella

Johnny Zito: Vampirella is the crazy girl dancing on the bar, knocking back Walker Red. She's gonna leave you broke and send you home with bruises. It's worth it though, your ex will be so jealous when the pictures hit Facebook... Please take me back, Elvira?

5. Nosferatu

Tony Trov: The OG vamp from the days of silent film is celebrity royalty. I'd really like to kick back with the old man and ask what it was like meeting David Bowie and Freddie Mercury on the set of their music video for Under Pressure.

6. The Brides of Dracula

Johnny Zito: With wingmen this good we could ALL be smooth as Dracula.

Tony Trov: Let us know if we missed any vampires worth boozing with.

Johnny Zito: And please check out LaMorteSisters.com every Friday for more vampire action.

From the Vertigo Crime television ad

The Vertigo blog has posted video of the DC Comics imprint's first-ever television commercial, which debuted last night on BBC America. The ad, which spotlights the debut titles from the Vertigo Crime line -- Dark Entries by Ian Rankin and Werther Dell’Edera, and Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos -- will air on cable throughout the next month.

Venture Bros.

As if you needed more of a reason to check out last night's season premiere of Venture Bros. on the Cartoon Network, the episode featured a ton of references that fans might enjoy, to Marvel Comics #1, Raiders of the Lost Ark and even the CGC comics grading system. You can watch it online at the Adult Swim website.

from Bored to Death

HBO's new comedy Bored to Death features a lot of art by artist Dean Haspiel, from the opening sequence he illustrated to the sketches by the character Ray Hueston, played by Zach Galifianakis and inspired by Haspiel himself. Now HBO has a page where they're collecting all of the artwork by Haspiel/Hueston.