To promote the reimagining of The Prisoner premiering this Sunday on AMC, they’ve created an online graphic novel to go along with it, written by M. Scott Veach and drawn by Mitch Breitweiser.
The first chapter is up now, with some motion comics stuff, because everybody’s doing motion comics nowadays…
First, we have Simone and Ajax as detectives trying to find… the Maltese Duck:
and then we have Bert and Ernie (or some bizarre clay figures that sorta look and sound like them) as detectives trying to find… the Maltese Duck!
Coincidence, you say? Hah! Then how do you explain that the person hiring Bert and Ernie is a sheep… just like a sheep hired Simone and Ajax in the story the case files call On The Lamb (or the Case of the Felonious Fleece)?!?
But don’t take our word for it (as if you would), find out for yourself! Purchase The Adventures of Simone & Ajax, available for pre-order now at Amazon or available in this month’s Diamond catalog from IDW.
And check out the newest Simone and Ajax adventure, A Christmas Caper, serialized weekly here on ComicMix!
Today we solemnly observe the 91st anniversary of the end of the Great War, and the veterans of all wars, great and small.
Take a moment to pause and remember for those in Flanders Fields who cannot.
Making Light remembers better than most.
Came across this brainteaser on BoingBoing from [wu:riddles] —
You’re a super-villain and you want to prepare a
transparency (the kind that goes on an overhead projector) with the key
points of your plan for world domination so you can present them to the
hero/superagent before you attempt to kill him in some ridiculously
novel way. You don’t want this information to fall into the wrong hands
before you’re ready. Smart villain that you are, you know you can share
the information across several slides so that if the enemy agents
capture any two of your slides, they won’t learn even the tiniest bit of
information about your plan. How?
Give us your answers in comments. Note that your plan should be strong enough to thwart the accursed Richards.
On this day in 1969, the National Educational Television network premiered a show from the Children’s Television Workshop, with songs, animation, Bob McGrath, Loretta Long, Caroll Spinney, Carol Burnett, and Muppets.
Forty years later, Sesame Street has become the longest running American children’s program, having helped educate generations of children worldwide. And Bob McGrath, Loretta Long (Susan) and Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar) are still there. (Think of it– 40 years as an 8 foot tall bird.)
The effect of the show is so powerful and widespread, this song made it up to #16 on the Billboard charts in 1970:
Make sure you catch the season premiere today, with special guest Michelle Obama. Check your local PBS station for times and listings– or (sign of the times) get the Sesame Street podcast on 
.
We are pleased as punch to celebrate the nuptials of
Marc Alan Fishman
and
Katherine Adelle Keller
this past Saturday in Indianapolis, IN.
We congratulate them and wish the happy couple many years of happiness.
(However, we are a bit confused by that thing in Kathy’s hand. Is that some sort of marital aid?)
Perhaps you’ve heard that Twitter has now added Twitter Lists to its offerings, as an easier way to negotiate your way around. Well, we’d like for you to see us there, so we’re throwing in a little extra incentive.
Every person who adds ComicMix to a Twitter List will be entered in a random drawing. The winner will get their choice of:
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born hardcover
or
EZ Street: Limited Baltimore Edition. Only 100 of these were printed.
Just include ComicMix on your Twitter List by November 15th. We’ll announce the winner on the 16th.
And don’t forget to follow ComicMix or the ComicMix team list!
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Lost, Alias) is reported to be in discussions to produce a feature film based on the Micronauts toy franchise, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Micronauts toy line was created by Takara, later acquired by Tomy, and debuted in 1974 in Japan, where the line is known as Microman. Two years later the Mego Corporation introduced Micronauts to the US, and released five series of toys through 1980. Palisades Toys acquired the right to reproduce the toys in 2002, and the entire line was recently acquired by Hasbro. Additionally, Marvel Comics, Devil’s Due and Image Comics published Micronauts comic books, with several paperback books based on the property published by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
At one point, they were so tightly integrated with the Marvel Universe that they crossed over with the X-Men and spun out a character that has crossed over with most of the rest of the line, Captain Universe.
No word yet on who will actually write or direct the film. But should we worry about these robots being handled by a production company named Bad Robot?
On this day
in 1605, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Guy Fawkes in
a cellar below the English Parliament building, involved in a plot to
blow up Parliament itself. The day was later known as “Guy Fawkes Day”
and served as an inspiration for Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s graphic
novel, V for Vendetta.
Today the folks across the pond remember, remember the fifth of
November in honor of a sense of independence and a shaking of fists at
British authority. While we reserve fireworks for summery July 4th,
today is their excuse to blow things up and set things on fire. Really,
every country should follow some such tradition of blowing things up in
good spirits, but in light of recent world politics, let’s not go
there.
Or if we do, let’s wear an awesome mask while we’re at it.
Neil Gaiman, an ex-pat Brit, held an annual Guy Fawkes party at his home for many years. The late great John M. Ford
AMERICAN GUY
(C’mon. You know the tune, whether or not you
remember all the words.)A long, long time ago
But it should be remembered
How it fell out on November five
Some nobles and a guy named Guy
Thought they’d make their oppressors fly
And there’d be revolution, by and by . . .
The commissary must have shivered
When all those herrings were delivered
Barrels in the basement
For Parliament’s effacement
It was a bold, quixotic dream
(Though some say Salisbury’s scheme)
Explosive treason was the theme
The day the fuse went outThey started singing:
Remember, remember, the fifth of November
It was a night full of gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why a gunpowder treason
Ever, ever should be forgot
Ever, ever should be forgotOne day with Lord Monteagle’s bacon
A note says, bangers have been laid on
Take a powder, signed, A Friend
The sort of hint that starts you thinking
With leaks like this, we’ll soon be sinking
Knot the rope that marks the end
They thought rebellion had a chance
But no one got up for the dance
Guy bent but didn’t break
Until Salisbury’s stake
The bottom line could not be plainer
A round of trials and attainder
Divide by four with no remainder
The day the fuse went out
They started singing. . . .
I miss Mr. Ford’s writing a lot. Go visit Elise’s LiveJournal for the last verse and say hi.
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