Rockin' your world!

Comics and music collide in a couple of projects that cross both media ...

First, Todd McFarlane will direct the next video for the rock band Disturbed:

Comic book artist Todd McFarlane will direct the music video for the next single from Disturbed's platinum album, Ten Thousand Fists. McFarlane previously worked with the band on the cover artwork for the album. "It's always exciting to work on music videos and to pour yourself into them in a big way," says McFarlane. "We get to rock out artistically, and the creativity the band has thrown our way will make this fairly easy for us." Details have not yet been released on what the next single will be.

Meanwhile, Public Enemy ain't holding back in their new comic:

There's also a Public Enemy comic book coming out soon. What can we expect from that? The adventures of Chuck D, superhero?

"Well, I don't think we have super powers, no. But I think there's enough things going on in the world that we can actually cut in to doing some things that might be heroic. I think the village idiot that runs the United States of America could be used ..."

For more on the PE comic, visit www.americanmule.com. It drops in June.