Author: Glenn Hauman

This week only March 4th through March 10th – REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST written by Kevin Paul Shaw Broden, is for sale at Half Price.

As part of the official “Read An EBook Week” REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST is on sale at half the list price

Visit Broden’s Author Page on Smashwords: http://bit.ly/ysJ0Om
and enter the COUPON CODE:  REW50

Find out why the Masked Ghost haunts.

The E-Book edition of Bobby Nash’s novel, Deadly Games! is available from Smashwords at the discounted price of $1.50 (that’s 50% off normal cover price!) from March 4^th through March 10^th. After March 10^th, the E-Book will return to its normal $3.00 price.

You can purchase Deadly Games! at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/101814

About Deadly Games!:

They Played The Most Dangerous Game Of All!
And Death Was Only The Beginning…

Six years ago, Police Detective John Bartlett and journalist Benjamin West were instrumental in the capture of notorious master criminal Darrin Morehouse. Their story played out in the media, rocketing both Bartlett and West into local celebrity status.

Today, Morehouse, still a master game player and manipulator, commits suicide while in prison. His death initiates one final game of survival for the people Morehouse felt wronged him the most. At that top of the list are Bartlett and West, who must set aside their differences to save the lives of Morehouse’s other victims and solve one last game before a dead man’s hired killers catch them and his other enemies.

Deadly Games! is a fast-paced action/thriller featuring action, suspense, murder, and the occasional gunfire from Author Bobby Nash, the writer of Evil Ways, Domino Lady, Lance Star: Sky Ranger, and more.
You can learn more about Deadly Games! at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/101814

You can learn more about Read An E-Book Week at http://ebookweek.com/index.html

You can learn more about Deadly Games! at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/101814 and http://ben-books.blogspot.com/.

You can learn more about Deadly Games! Author Bobby Nash at http://www.bobbynash.com/.

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We only post these stories to remind you that Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko hasn’t received a dime for any of this. And it now looks like there will be more money spent on the lawyers for arguing over who created what for this show than Steve Ditko got for co-creating the character, ever.

NEW YORK (AP) — Director Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push her out of the production and that her one-time collaborators were secretly working on a rival script behind her back.

Taymor’s legal team on Friday defended the Tony Award winner against claims in an earlier countersuit from producers, the latest installment in their bitter legal battle over financial rewards for Broadway’s most expensive show.

“While secretly conspiring to oust Taymor and use and change her work without pay, the producers also fraudulently induced Taymor to continue working and to diligently make improvements,” her team alleges.

Taymor, who was the original “Spider-Man” director and co-book writer, was fired in March after years of delays, accidents and critical backlash. The show, which features music by U2’s Bono and The Edge, opened in November 2010 but spent months in previews before officially opening a few days after the Tony Awards in June.

via Julie Taymor claims there was a ‘Spider-Man’ plot – Yahoo! News.

And now Julie knows how Steve Ditko feels.

Related articles

• ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ producers countersue Julie Taymor (comicmix.com)
• Julie Taymor Claims Spider-Man Producers CONSPIRED Against Her! (perezhilton.com)

Amazingly, fall hype is already underway, screaming for attention while most of us continue to salivate for the summer fare (and to be fair, this month’s The Hunger Games).

Undaunted, this week Disney has unveiled a new one sheet for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie followed by the distribution of the new trailer, which we share with you below.

We thought this was settled by now. Certainly Marvel Comics should know it. But apparently not. In the recent trade paperback, Spider-Man Fights Substance Abuse, we find this blurb on the credits page:

The creators of Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man are unknown.

Apparently, Marvel is having some substance abuse problems of their own over there, or this is the latest salvo in the Disneyfication of Marvel where they decide they own everything, and it was all created by nameless workers.

Since some people at Marvel appear to be on drugs themselves, let us make this perfectly clear:

• Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
• Storm was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum.
• Power Man was created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita Sr.

Oh, and while we’re on the subject:

• Ghost Rider was created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, and Mike Ploog.

Hopefully, we won’t have to repeat this. But knowing Marvel of late, we probably will have to repeat it. A lot.

The Universe Of Super Heroes has been serving Jacksonville, Florida for twenty years this year. We want to stick around for at least 20 more! Come make sure that happens! This Friday from 11 AM to a very late closing time, they will be doing a large sale and fundraiser. Manager Stephen Ezell writes:

We will be having fun at the shop! There will be a full size Tardis, and the best “Doctor Who” ever will be up here fixing things with his wit and sonic screwdriver!

11ish AM We open and will be having a back issue sale! The sale will last all day! All Back issues Buy 4 issues get one free (equal or lesser value of the lowest priced issue bought.)

5:00 to 6:00 PM CASH MOB! Spend more than $20 CASH within this hour and get a prize!

7:00 PM We will have a Raffle so be sure to buy a ticket for only $2.
Prizes will be revealed the day of.

9:30 PM we will start the Show! Jackie Stranger, DigDog, Tuffy, and Ghostwitch will be rocking in the stacks! BYOB, and stick around for some fun!

Remember folks, that’s the  SAVE THE UNIVERSE PARTY!at Universe of Super-Heroes, 2724 Park Street, Jacksonville, FL 32205. Tell ’em ComicMix sent you.

Pro Se Productions announces the latest issue in its Award Winning Magazine line!   Recognized as the Best Pulp Magazine for 2011 by the Pulp Ark 2012 Awards, Pro Se Presents #7 Brings Thrills and Chills Like None You’ve Ever Seen! Fan Favorite The Silver Manticore returns for another story! Noted New Pulp Author Van Allen Plexico debuts his latest novel character, HAWK, in a story exclusive for Pro Se! And Frank Schildiner’s newest Weird Hero, Lee Cohen, Monster Mobster, debuts and is featured on this stunning cover by Sean E. Ali! Get Scared, Spaced, and Masked all in this issue of PRO SE PRESENTS! 

Pro Se Presents #7 is now available in print for $6.00 at Amazon, at https://www.createspace.com/3807811, and at www.prosepulp.com!  Also available for $1.99 as an Ebook on Kindle via Amazon, on the Nook via Barnes & Noble, and in all formats at www.smashwords.com!

Featuring the fantastic Formatting and Design work of Sean E. Ali, including a stunning cover spotlighting Schildiner’s story, as well as interiors by Ali and Rowell Roque,  Pro Se Presents #7 continues the Pro Se Mission of Puttin’ The Monthly Back Into Pulp!

Ian Randal Strock, publisher of SFScope, needs your help:

I know this is a long shot, but we seem to have no other options at this point. I’m looking for the current owner of a piece of art by George Barr. The painting was done as the cover of Weird Tales #328, Summer 2002. It’s an Egyptian motif. I’ve talked with the artist, and he’s given me permission to use it on a book I’m publishing, but he doesn’t have a copy I can work from, and doesn’t know who has the piece, so I’m trying to track it down.

We have faith in the ComicMix community– you guys probably have some ideas, yes? Add you leads in the comments.

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Another of the greats who brought graphic storytelling to millions is gone.

Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88.

Berenstain, a longtime resident of Solebury in southeastern Pennsylvania, suffered a severe stroke on Thursday and died Friday without regaining consciousness, her son Mike Berenstain said.

The gentle tales of Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear were inspired by the Berenstain children, and later their grandchildren. The stories address children’s common concerns and aim to offer guidance on subjects like dentist visits, peer pressure, a new sibling or summer camp.

The first Berenstain Bears book, “The Big Honey Hunt,” was published in 1962. Over the years, more than 300 titles have been released in 23 languages — most recently in Arabic and Icelandic — and have become a rite of passage for generations of young readers.

via Berenstain Bears co-creator Jan Berenstain dies.

Our condolences to their children and grandchildren.