The big rock news at this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con is that Vertigo, the division of DC Comics that published The Sandman, will turn Neil Young’s 2003 concept album Greendale into a graphic novel. The story will follow Sun Green, “a teenager and burgeoning activist whose life is changed when a mysterious stranger pays a visit to her small town,” and will be written by Joshua Dysart, who recently crafted Avril Lavigne’s manga, Make 5 Wishes. My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way also confirmed his comic, The Umbrella Academy, will be published in September by Dark Horse, home to the likes of Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Wars. Way, a self-professed comic fan, says his story is based on “a closet space alien [who] has adopted seven extraordinary children to save the world.”

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• On September 21, Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light will be released in both regular movie theaters and in IMAX. Light follows the band during their two shows at New York City’s Beacon Theater last fall.

• Britney Spears is officially divorced from Kevin Federline, though he may continue fighting for full custody of their two sons.

• Frank Zappa has been honored with his own street in Berlin, while Deadheads are prepping for the fifth annual Jerry Day to pay tribute to Jerry Garcia, who would have celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday tomorrow.

• Auditions for the seventh season of American Idol kicked off yesterday in San Diego, drawing 12,000 aspiring Aikens and Clarksons.

• Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba will embark on his first solo tour in five years this fall.

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• Blondie’s Deborah Harry, 62, has revealed the secret to her youthful-ish looks: black-sheep embryos. Around the time she was experimenting with rap on “Rapture,” Harry also experimented with “fresh cell replacement” (and later with good ol’ plastic surgery).

• Joe Walsh says to expect a new Eagles album and tour in 2008 (the LP will be the band’s first studio release since 1979’s The Long Run).

• Lil Jon has recruited R. Kelly, Ice Cube, Kid Rock and many more to join him on his new crunk/rock album, appropriately titled Crunk Rock.

• Check out this 20-plus minute video about the making of the new Wu-Tang album, 8 Diagrams, and play our favorite new drinking game, “Count the Blunts.”

• Fueled by satanic, murderous lyrics, Ozzfest’s Denver stop almost degenerated into a full-blown riot, or Woodstock ’99.

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Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75. Walsh died early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director.

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The Braves are on the verge of acquiring Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira. The deal is done, pending a review of the medical records of the players involved, according to major-league sources.The Braves will receive Teixeira and left-handed reliever Ron Mahay. The Rangers will receive catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Class A shortstop Elvis Andrus and two additional prospects. One of the prospects is believed to be Class AA left-hander Matt Harrison.

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It's looking more and more as though Kevin Garnett is heading to Boston. According to multiple sources close to the situation, Danny Ainge and the Celtics have agreed in principal to a deal that would bring the 10-time NBA All-Star from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff and his expiring contract, Gerald Green and Sebastian Telfair.

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