Jimmy Palmiotti speaks to ComicMix!

This time we talk about ComicMix a bit (!!!) and troll for some comments and we offer the lowdown on Marvel’s special Captain America convention edition (???), connect the music of Coheed & Cambria to Image Comics (Star Wars meets the Matrix?), uncover one of DC’s best kept secrets (no snitching!), we hear from writer/artist Jimmy Palmiotti and do a little kung fu jive and sing together for world peace – all in 10 exciting minutes.

All you’ve got to do is press the button:

Transcript

Www.ComicMix.com ComicMix Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!

Well, the awards of the immortal Sam Beckett, oh boy! Here we go, it's Mike Raub again with another podcast and this is a doozy. We'll give you a hint today about the best DC comic you aren't reading. We're going to cover a massive stack of news and learn a little lesson from Master Leroy. All that and more on April 5th, 2007.

Say that again! April 5th, 2007. ComicMix.com All commercial television and radio transmission facilities throughout the world will be tied into my communication system by ten hundred hours Friday. At that time I will state my intentions for the future of mankind.

Well, by now you've probably seen a subtle but really important change on the ComicMix website. Now you have the ability to speak your mind. Yep, all of our articles and columns and this podcast too are open for your comments. A quick click and no longer do you have to mutter alone in the dark of your own room. You can share those thoughts with us and the rest of the world too.

Now naturally all the usual rules apply. Please do not swear. But you know that. Get to the site right now, join in the fun and if we can be so egotistical, we'd love to hear what you think of the podcast too.

Please let us know. Meanwhile, let me remind you, this is just the start of a lot of exciting things coming to ComicMix. Trust me. You know, you know, you know, you're just saying nothing yet. ComicMix.

ComicMix. No pun intended, but in the wake of recent events of Marvel Comics, they're putting out a series of one shots called The Fallen Sun, all involving of course Captain America's death. It begins this week with Wolverine Captain America and continues through most of April and May.

One of the more interesting parts of this though is with the one called Death of Captain America. Fallen Sun, Death of Captain America is the official title. And there's a special variant designed just to take to comic book conventions. The cover is on a very special stock. And there's a big white area on there for you to take to have signed or have a sketch done on.

And there's no limit to how many of these retailers can buy. So you shouldn't have a problem getting it, but you probably should talk to your comic store to make sure they're going to get those. Well, like we said, more and more networks announcing their plans for the summer and the fall already.

USA Network is up next. They have a whole bunch of new shows. One is pretty interesting. It's called Burn Notice. It premieres on the 28th of June.

It's a new series starring Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar and Bruce Campbell of all people. It's a secret agent. It becomes untouchable after Hidden Forces plays a burn notice on him, thus ending his career as a spy. A couple of other interesting shows.

There's a negotiator coming from USA again this summer. It's an out of work FBI crisis negotiator who becomes a relationship counselor in New York. And this is kind of interesting. American girl, a timid female Walmart greeter gets shot while in the job and then becomes fearless. Some of the usual USA shows will be coming back this summer, which is good news.

Fourth season for the 4400 starts on the 17th of June. Also season six for Dead Zone begins on the 17th of June as well. The next thing you'll be telling me there's no such thing as Santa Claus. Even the fictional character created by New York City merchants at the turn of the century to encourage people to buy material goods.

I can't hear this. A month returns on July 13th as does Psych. ComicMix. That's the music of Coheed and Cambria, a progressive rock band put together by a gentleman named Claudio Sanchez. Why is it interesting? Because he's also involved in the Armory Wars.

It's a new series coming from image. They say it's kind of like Star Wars meets The Matrix. Now this five issue limited series is going to be very interesting for a number of different reasons, especially if you're a fan of Halo and those type of video games. And once it comes out, by the way, the debut issue has a very special variant cover signed for every 10 copies at retailers order.

So they're going to have to get the orders in for that quick. So if you want one of those, one of the Armory Wars number one comes out. Make sure you definitely get in and talk to your retailers. And if you can get online and search around, find some of the music by Coheed and Cambria, because it does tie into what's going to happen in the series.

And they had to list a sold out comics, Civil War Battle Damage Report and the Marvel Spotlight Civil War Aftermath, two recent releases from Marvel. Other than that, Marvel says they have no plans to go back to press for a second printing on either of those comics. ComicMix dot com. ComicMix dot com. You know, one of the books that we call the under the radar books here at ComicMix, those best kept secrets that everybody kind of knows about,

but they don't bother to share when they really should, is a book called Jonah Hex. And one of the guys who is behind writing that book and is very proud of what he does with it is Jimmy Palmiani. You know, it's a Western and it's not a fantasy Western. It's not science fiction. It's a straight, hardcore Western.

It seems we got lucky. People like what we're doing. And again, we just repeated what the guys before us did and and updated it only in the fact that we got some different artists doing it. But in the way we like guys like Tony Dzung here comes back and does it. It's the old book again.

I think I think it's just I think people like to done in one storytelling of it. Maybe you can pick up an issue and you can get a whole issue. And we just finished like we did the three part Hex and we did two parts of the black. But from now on, the book is actually just monthly one issue story. And we have like the rogues gallery of artists doing them at this point.

We have seven artists working on seven different books at this. And it's but Justin and I, it's it's the book is a never ending blast. We hope it never gets canceled. Take an extra little bit of money this week and grab Jonah Hex number 18. I think you will be very happy.

There's also a volume two of the Jonah trade paperback compilations, Guns of Vengeance. That's out this week too. From DC Comics ComicMix dot com comic next timeline April 5th 1985. This week when we shop for a new comics, we got another piece of the puzzle as the third issue of Crisis on Infinite Earth came out. DC presents number 80 had a kind of unusual Superman and Legion of Superheroes teenage style story that we still haven't quite figured out.

And our eyes were treated the Jack Kirby's gorgeous Hunger Dogs printed in a beautiful graphic novel from Marvel. It was Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man 101 the last issue of Secret Wars which ended at number 12. The way cool Saramis Jam number one came of course from Aardvark and Aztec Ace number 12 was out from Eclipse. In news Japan agreed to end a 300 year tradition to stop hunting whales and Arthur Murray danced across to celebrate his 90th birthday. And pollution violations cost the Chrysler people 1.5 million dollars this week.

In movies as well there were three films that keep Spike TV alive these days Police Academy 2, Porky's Revenge and Friday the 13th the new beginning. And then Barry Gordy stepped up to the plate with a classic that still is one of my favorite films. You have touched the final level. You without knowing.

We have finished our journey together. What good is that kung fu job you can't even use? Coward. One girl could do worse than to have her own real life kung fu master. Campy, yeah but a great soundtrack if you have a chance to catch it. It's the last dragon.

I am the voice of Knight Industry 2000's microprocessor. K-I-T-T for easy reference. A kit if you prefer. On TV pretty full night tonight. You went from Knight Rider to something called Half Nelson that I swear I don't remember. To Benson and Belvedere. And then you turn on the radio to hear that song that played about every 15 seconds and had everybody who was anybody holding hands behind a microphone. We make a better day just you and me.

ComicMix.com Screw you dude. I'm hanging up. Okay that's it. Bye. Oh mommy love you long time. Alright do I need to tell you the weekend is coming and we have a lot of stuff to clean off our desk. Get ready for that plus more on free comic book day and a few surprises of course.

Meanwhile write to us at the usual place. Podcasts at ComicMix.com are better yet jump on the website right now and give us a comment. Talk to you in a couple of days. Bye. www.ComicMix.com