Thank goodness OJ Simpson and Marion Jones are serving time, making the world safe from rich, self-indulgent (and presumably murderous, in one case) black former athletes! Can rich treasonous white oilmen be far behind? Well, yeah, actually. Welcome to America, 2008! Fortunately, our ComicMix columnists have just the thing to take your mind off these…
In a comment to Mike Gold’s column on Monday regarding Marvel’s "One More Day" storyline, Michael H. Price noted, "It comes down to the question of ‘What is Sacred Screed, and what is negotiable?’ How far can the re-invention, or the seemingly likely evolution, of an established character go before the Powers That Do Be…
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…
It’s the first business day of 2008 and, as I noted a few weeks ago, time for many pop-culture mavens to present their Best of 2007 lists. Alas, I will not be one of those. I can’t remember most of what I read in 2007, a blur of a year for me at the best…
We couldn’t let the year go without this wonderful holiday greeting from our friend Liam Sharp & family: You can check out all of Liam’s offerings at his Mamtor site, which also includes this intriguing preview for something called Viking Zombie Elvis: Did you spot the Simon Bisley cameo? I think Paul Neary may be…
While it’s been a rather quiet week news-wise, our weekly ComicMix columns have seen lots of activity. We were particularly honored to host an online wake of sorts last Thursday, reuniting members of the old CompuServe Comics and Animation Forum (myself included) in the comments section of John Ostrander’s touching remembrance of Paul "Zeus" Grant. …
The Financial Times reports that the United Nations Office for Partnerships will be working with Marvel Comics to create "a comic book set in a fictional war-torn country with superheroes working alongside UNICEF aid workers and U.N peacekeepers." Notes UPI somewhat sarcastically, the partnership is designed in part to bolster the UN’s "international image damaged…
Seems that Christmas entertainment is not without its controversy even in an officially Christian country like the UK. On the heels of the massive ratings success of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned," which garnered a 50% share of the total British TV audience (increasing to 55% at its peak), an…
Paul Cornell reveals a true horror story hidden inside a mystery, and writes a Dr. Who story of the season for the London Telegraph. Newsarama has previews of the upcoming series from IDW. A very Brady Christmas indeed. And it took a little longer than I predicted, but the first of the Dr. Who Christmas…
"Childhood is the time of man’s greatest content," said Ak, following the youth’s thoughts. "’Tis during these years of innocent pleasure that the little ones are most free from care." One of the promises I made to myself during my temporary unemployment period was to finally read and reread all of the Oz books that…
On the off-chance that anyone else out there is spending their Christmas holiday engaged in online reading rather than in more traditional pursuits (eating, opening pressies, eating, singing carols, eating, watching heartwarming holiday specials on TV, and eating), we herewith present this past week’s ComicMix columns: Mike Gold – Whizzy’s Wazoo #45: The Variant Question…
Over at Freema Agyeman’s eponymous site, she’s posted a trailer for an episode of Torchwood‘s second series (or season, as they call it on this side of the pond) in which she appears. Here’s a portion of a still from that episode: Agyeman’s site also links to what she calls "the TARDIS Friends Network," consisting…
