TOKYOPOP & Pocky want you to get your creative juices flowing! Submit an original piece of artwork or a 1-3 panel comic that includes images of Pocky -- you can create a box of Pocky, characters enjoying Pocky, or an intriguing Pocky world! Five winners will be chosen to win some amazing prizes!

Submit an original piece of art that includes any images of Pocky & make sure they are:

• Total Size: 10 MB
• 300 jpeg, at least 5” 7”
• Art submissions must be either a piece of artwork OR a 1-3 panel comic
• Submissions should be digital format and must sent in .jpg file format to fancontent [at] tokyopop [dot] com

The deadline is July 1, 2009; prizes will be awarded. Click here for official rules and other information

Leave your wallet at home. On Saturday, May 2, participating comic book shops across North America will be giving away free comic books to anyone who stops in.

You can get your own free comic book between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. at the House of Heroes, 407 N. Main St. Oshkosh. Titles include Star Wars, Avengers, Ultimo, Wolverine and more.

This is a great activity and the price is right!

From Publisher's Weekly:  Marvel Comics has unveiled Iron Man Armored Popper, a new casual game, on their children's site MarvelKids.com. The game, based on the upcoming Nicktoons cartoon Iron Man: Armored Adventures, joins Iron Man Flight Test, Iron Man Armory Assault, Hulk Central Smashdown, Hulk Bad Altitude and Wolverine MRD Escape in the site's list of free casual games. Iron Man: Armored Adventures premieres on the Nicktoons Network on April 24 at 7 p.m., and is a version of the Iron Man story in which Tony—as well as most of the other Iron Man characters—is sixteen when he first puts on the armor. More information is available at the Nicktoons site.

For the teen reader who is always on the go: Join our teen online book club - gripping mysteries, wildly hilarious comedies, true adventures, mystical science fiction. And each week a special guest hosts- selected teens from all over the planet share their insights.

How it works: Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading!