As a kid, Gifu City artist Dakota Alexander developed a lifelong love for ukiyo-e, a style of traditional Japanese woodblock painting that became popular during the Edo period. Like many young people, Alexander also happened to have a fondness for comic books and superheroes.

Marvel securing the rights to use Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a minor triumph for the company, and before it happened, Captain America: Civil War would have been a little different.

This weekend, Disney is set to premiere six different minute-or-so-long Ant-Man shorts, chronicling the everyday adventures of Scott Lang and his partner Wasp. While we've known for a while that French filmmakers Ugo Bienvenu and Kevin Manach were going to direct them, actually seeing their work in motion is absolutely incredible.

Some supervillains are like aspiring song-and-dance performers; they think they have got to head to New York City to make it big. Well, if you're a noob who's going to head to the capital of crime-fighting, you're going to need this guide, courtesy of some of the Marvel Universe's lamest bad guys and The Astonishing Ant-Man #8.

Sift through your memory banks through the founding members of the Avengers. Pick out the one who wound up living the most screwed-up life. A no-prize to everyone who chose Hank Pym. The first Ant-Man returns to Earth this week, more powerful and creepy than he used to be.

Video: This isn't an insanely detailed Hot Toys figure. Nor is it the product of a big-time Hollywood special effects division. This here Ant-Man costume was made by one very talented person.

Video: WonderCon had some amazing cosplay last weekend, and Sneaky Zebra was on hand to put together one of their fantastic music videos including costumes from The Force Awakens, Ant-Man, Jurassic Park, X-Men and Arrow.

LEGO Marvel Avengers is a massive game packed with iconic comic book characters. It will just be a bit more massive on PlayStation 3 and 4 when it launches later this month. And with Ant-Man involved, a bit smaller as well.

Ant-Man is the latest Marvel comic book to get the movie treatment. You've probably seen the trailer. But have you seen this no-budget parody trailer from Thailand?

After seeing the superhero movie Io9 lauded as "perfectly competent" on Thursday night, I felt the urge to get a little more hands-on with Ant-Man. Luckily he's now in every Marvel video game, including Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes.

This week Zen Studios releases the Ant-Man table for Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball 2, the first pinball table starring an old man in a tan suit.

"Ant-Man". You have to laugh at it. It's a name that's screaming to be made fun of, a relic of goofy 1960s-era comic-book-making. But, while there's heaps of humour in the first issue of the Marvel character's new series, Ant-Man #1 will pull at your heartstrings too.