The New York Times has a long article on John Lasseter, who has been tapped to become the chief creative officer of animation for the Walt Disney Company after founding Pixar. Good reading, particularly with Lasseter reviving the 2-D animation department – with a strong focus on story.
Yes, story. The New Disney. It ain’t just pretty pictures anymore.
Despite my firm belief that I know everything about everything, I humbly admit there is something about this variant cover thing I don’t understand. Therefore, I’m tossing these questions out to you, the public, for comment. I’m not really trolling for comments; I honestly don’t understand this stuff. I got into this because I just…
The online edition of the British newspaper The Daily Mail is reporting sightings throughout the country of faceless, well-dressed people at events like Wimbledon. Comic fans might suspect that DC Comics’ The Question, investigator of social corruption, has crossed over to our universe. Not really, but we really wish that would happen. Instead it’s creative…
This question was prompted by: Free Comic Book Day, where a whole lot of comics were handed out at a 100% discount, and; this comment from Vinnie Bartilucci about a firm being “the last chain in the history of the world to try and get list price for almost their entire catalog. I despise them.”…
We admit it, we here at ComicMix love the work of Paul Giamatti. He inhabits his characters and makes them unique and memorable, from John Adams to Harvey Pekar. It’s one reason we’re looking forward to next week’s release of [[[Win Win]]] on Blu-ray and DVD. It prompted the folks over at 20th Century Home…
Jesse Ventura was elected governor, so why couldn’t a costumed mystery man serve in the U.S. Senate? Paul Kirk, the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s temporary replacement, shares a name but (probably) not the predilection for vigilante crime-fighting, with Manhunter, a DC character with an interesting history. In the comics, Paul Kirk used decides to become…
Fangoria’s comic book line appears ready for resurrection. The editors recently posted on their MySpace page: “That’s right, kiddies. We’ve gotten the band back together! Troy Brownfield, Fangoria Graphix Associate Editor here. I don’t have to tell you all that’s it been a weird couple of years. But Executive Editor Scott Licina, Production Manager Jason…
