Today in 1935, a king was born. In East Tupelo.
Apparently, so great was/is his majesty that Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia have made today, "Elvis Presley Day." The king had a twin, Jesse, who was stillborn– no room in this world for two kings of music.
Incidentally, he also sued for divorce from Priscilla on his birthday, too. That’s one big birthday.
So everybody– sing! Because Elvis is everywhere!
The world is back in order and comic books are on their regular schedule again with a nice array of four color fun flooding into the comic stores this week, and a sizable stack of DVDs as well. ComicMix Radio steps up to the plate and fearlessly combs through them all!
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• It’s a grand slam sell out for the Ras Al Ghul story arc
• GI Joe gets a Wayons in the cast
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Not to encroach on Glenn Hauman’s turf, but, hey, happy 100th birthday, William Hartnell!
The man who created the role of Doctor Who – his first broadcast was transmitted immediately after the BBC announced the death of President Kennedy – and stayed with the role for three years had been performing on stage and in movies for 40 years by the time he was cast, including the classic British comedy Carry On Sergeant.
Retiring due to ill health, Hartnell returned to the role to film a few scenes in the groundbreaking 10th anniversary episode "The Three Doctors." His role, in which he helped save the Doctor’s next two incarnations, was curtailed somewhat due to his poor health. It was Hartnell’s final performance; he died two years after the show was broadcast.
The television and movie Writers Guild strike lurches into its ninth week. If it goes on much longer, we may be doomed to even more staged “reality” and contest shows. Might be a good time to rekindle a book reading habit.
With the summer super-hero blockbusters come the inevitable novelizations. It used to be almost every movie from every genre would receive the prose treatment but with time, that has been winnowed dramatically. These days it appears just the genre films get the attention and not even all those receive a book.
The blockbuster, tent pole films for 2008 will be receiving not only novelizations but tie-in and spin-off books galore. One, Speed Racer, does not have a novelization but a ton of related books for the younger audiences.
Here’s a look at the 2008 novelization list, in order of film release, with some rather familiar names attached:
Iron Man by Peter David
Speed Racer, none scheduled
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins
Incredible Hulk by Peter David
Wanted, none scheduled
Get Smart, none scheduled
Hellboy II: The Golden Army by Robert Greenberger
The Dark Knight by Dennis O’Neil
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, unknown
The X-Files 2, none scheduled
Punisher: War Zone, none scheduled
Star Trek, unknown
Damn. They blew it.Well, about 19% of eligible voters in the first atypically-populated state with way too much power to decide the country’s fate have spoken, Presidential campaign-wise, and rendered moot at least three candidates on the Democratic side, who are no longer Biden their time as they Dodd-er back to Washington with Gravel-y voices. Thank goodness Kucinich didn’t drop out yet, his name is awfully hard to pun. Meanwhile, a couple of our weekly ComicMix columnists have become a bit political of late; with the campaign season being so long there’s almost sure to be more where that came from. Here’s what we’ve given you this past week:
Say, did you know there was also a Republican caucus in Wyoming? How come Iowa and New Hampshire get all the press? (Just ’cause Wyoming Democrats caucus separately, two months from now?) If I were Cheyenne I would sue.
Less than a week into the New Year and our monitor screen is already covered in sticky notes. Stand by for Operation Clean Up!
If you are one of the fans who want a look at its eagerly anticipated Todd McFarlane Productions’ The Simpsons Series 2 Action Figure Assortment then simply click here. As we told you, it isn’t just a few jpegs. The site has complete details on the figures, including their specifications and a number of high-quality, full-color photographs of the finished pieces, as well as photos of the packaging. The site also includes QuickTime VR movies of the figures and handy list of available retailers.
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Let us now celebrate one of the greatest boons to entertainment in the entire history of film. It is seemingly small and insignificant – just a tiny speck amongst many others – but with a mere touch it can turn dreadful wastes of time into tolerable, even enjoyable, enhancements to one’s well-being. 
On a Saturday in 1973 at about 8:56 in the morning, right after Super Friends on ABC, kids were introduced to a new hero, Zero.
This was the first appearance of Multiplication Rock, brought to you by Nabisco ("You’ll find quality in our corner"). It was the beginning of Schoolhouse Rock, which taught millions of kids across the country multiplication, grammar, history, science, and finances.
So let’s all take a few minutes and watch the video for the first song written for the project, and give thanks for all those lessons learned– it’s okay to sing along, you know how it goes:
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