Marvel is making Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass comic book series available in a single issue format across a variety of digital platforms including the iPad, iPhone, and iPadTouch via Comixology, Iverse, and Panefly applications, while owners of Sony PSP players can down load issues directly to their device. 

Meanwhile as the Kick-Ass movie heads toward its April 16th debut, it appears that in spite of its edgy “hard R” content, it is getting mostly positive reviews with a 74% positive rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.  But don’t count the dean of American movie reviewers, Roger Ebert, the critic who championed the work of Russ Meyer and countless other B movie maestros who shocked mainstream critics with their savage satires, among the film’s admirers.  Although Ebert did enjoy the film’s early scenes, praised the work of Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz, and even acknowledged that the film was indeed a satire, he labeled the movie as “morally reprehensible.”  Ebert’s attack on the film, which may have some element of truth to it, but is ultimately unfair to the filmmakers, is summed up in this passage: “I know, I know. This is a satire. But a satire of what? The movie's rated R, which means in this case that it's doubly attractive to anyone under 17. I'm not too worried about 16-year-olds here. I'm thinking of 6-year-olds.”  

A number of box office analysts are predicting that Kick-Ass will debut with a total that is somewhere between $25 and $30 million and win the weekend box office crown.