Works by the fifty-one-year-old Italian have provided the art world with comic relief and news-making sensations since 1989.

NEWYORKER: Up In the Air

The bad news for "MacGruber" fans is that Taccone looks likely to next make an adaptation of comic "The Great Unknown" (and the bad news for Forte's hopes of filming somewhere tropical is that, according to Taccone, a sequel would follow in the footsteps of "Die Hard" by being Christmas-themed).

CNN: Would you pay money to see 'MacGruber 2'?

If you go online, you'll find news reports, blogs, and a comic series about Hurricane Katrina just for the Web.

NPR: Post-Katrina Depicted in Comic Strips

As in many emotional news stories, the media is desperate for comic relief, but real people are often simply horrified.

NPR: Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial

What do you think about the news that the sequel might be once again mining the comic book storyline Extremis (the first Iron Man film included a lot of adaptation from the story as well), dear readers?

FORBES: More 'Iron Man 3' Casting News, And Potential Plot Hints