It was a lovely day in the Bronx yesterday, perfect for the 5-minute jaunt southward to attend the first ever Kids’ Comic Con at the Bronx Community College. I thought this was a terrific venture for the first time around. Lots of tables geared, as it should be, specifically for kids, who responded with wonder…
Thursday was the annual Take Your Kids to Work Day (used to be Take Your Daughters to Work Day until the gender that rule the world started whining about the one little thing in which they weren’t front and center, but that’s another story), which always happens the day after Secretaries Day (otherwise known as…
The Jack Chick Parody Wing needs to update its listings now. BoingBoing (again) points to TIKI – A Jack Chick-style tract which the enthralled poster picked up at last weekend’s APE small press show in San Francisco. It warns against — well, you know.
What to leave ComicMix readers on a busy Thursday when my day job takes up all my time? How about a fan video, courtesy of BoingBoing and Chris’ Invincible Super Blog? Please enjoy Batman: Defenders of the Night responsibly.
Sometimes you just don’t want to know. This was on the Daily Mail site this morning. Presented without comment, mostly because we’re not that awake yet.
Via Sean McKeever, Previews magazine, in conjunction with Devil’s Due Publishing and Troma Studios president Lloyd Kaufman (it already sounds like a Hollywood production, doesn’t it?), is having a contest the grand prize for which includes: a $6,500 value! — includes: Round-Trip airfare to San Diego (hotel accommodations not included) Dinner with Lloyd Kaufman in…
Thanks, Wired! A minute and a half video of the only scene in which I’d probably have had any interest from Monday night’s Heroes (even though former DC writer Chuck Kim penned this one). But come on, was the 15-second ad preceding it really necessary? Isn’t a 6-to-1 program-to-ad ratio a bit high? (Or is…
One of my biggest regrets in my years of involvement in the comics industry is the way I would refer to myself as an “industry professional” during my “early Usenet years,” when I’d never been paid a cent for any of my comic book storytelling nor hired by any company. The impetus, though wrongheaded, was…
Via Slashdot, "A mineralogist at London’s Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. While he initially thought the miners had discovered a unique compound, after its crystal structure was analyzed and identified the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Fictional literature."…
Congratulations may or may not be in order for Spider-Man 3, depending upon how you feel about Hollywood budgets. According to Radar Online, the upcoming webcrawler sequel is on track to be the most expensive movie of all time. "Industry insiders claim that Sony spent $350 million or more on production alone," writes Radar’s Kim…
Concurrent with the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival (at which Spider-Man 3 will have its U.S. premiere) will be a series of panels called Tribeca Talks, and right up there with all the other luminaries scheduled to talk is Marvel EIC Joe Quesada, appearing on a panel called "Heroes for Hire." Presumably the panel will not…
Chris Butcher has announced that Scott McCloud and family are taking a little detour from their Making Comics 50-state sojourn and heading up to Toronto for Free Comic Book Day, where Scott is scheduled to give a talk at the University of Toronto’s OISE Theatre sponsored by the U of T newspaper The Varsity and…
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