Another edition of your irregular Friday Rookie Roundup. This week we point your attention to new superhero webcomic Dasien, which has a slightly manga-ish art style; Riboflavin, a comic that seems to have really evolved its artwork over its existence; and Element's Song , which is manga-ish and furry-ish.

And a note to whoever runs the "SuperKeen!" dropdown list - lots of broken sites and no-longer updating webcomics on it. Holy 404s Bat-dude!!

Journalista! points out an interesting OC Weekly story on Dan O'Neill's Air Pirates, the infamous parody of Disney's cartoon characters that was squashed by copyright law.

Disney's case hinged on the fact that O'Neill's drawings closely resembled the real thing; that, of course, is an important aspect of parody. But Disney argued that such accurate representations might confuse America. It's difficult to take seriously Disney's argument that Air Pirates, an unknown, underground, small-circulation publication, could ever be confused with or compete economically with the real deal no matter how exact the rendering. Perhaps this is why Disney's counsel peppered the complaint with references to Air Pirates as "perverted," "offensive," "degrading" and "defamatory" (they forgot "schismatical"), as if parody should somehow strive for wholesomeness.

Does anyone remember the Battlestar Galatica part of the tram ride at Universal Studios? That was cool...

Anyhow along with everything else from our childhoods, Battlestar Galatica is being revived.

A massive new collaborative hypercomic debuts today at E-merl.com. The comic features the work of a host of stars from the British small press scene, alongside such well-known creators as Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library) and Roger Langridge (Fred The Clown).

Originally masterminded by cartoonist Tom Gauld as part of the Comica festival at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, the comic has now been adapted for the web by E-merl’s own Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. The special zooming interface used to display the webcomic is the first piece to benefit from Merlin’s new infinite-canvas delivery system, The Tarquin Engine.

WirePop -- www.wirepop.com -- announced today the new webcomic "Lotte vs The Dead," by Brion Foulke, will be joining the webcomic line-up on WirePop.com, the growing Manga and Manga-styled webcomic subscription magazine.

"If you have ever read more then one webcomic then chances are you have bumped into Brion's FlipSide and we are really glad to now have him on WirePop." said George Panella, WirePops' Publisher "Brion is bringing to WirePop a much more edgy story then the rest of the line-up. Taking a bit of influence from classic horror films and super hero comics, Lotte vs The Dead may scare you or make you laugh. Be sure to check his new webcomic on WirePop we dare you."