Round 4: Sweet Sixteen? Never!!! April Armageddon is a webcomic battle royale. We are down to the best of the best battling to see who will be the winner and bring home the bragging rights for 2015. We had a couple of upsets in this round: XKCD losing to Misfile, Twokinds pulled ahead of Girls…
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2015. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, highlight the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from companies big and small, in print and on line. The awards will be given out…
The ComicMix team was on the ground at New York Comic Con this past weekend – but we were having too good a time bumping elbows with the luminaries of the comics industry to report on every panel. But now that we’re back on the grid, here are the ComicMix Six best announcements to come…
Tony Stark isn’t just a cool exec with a heart of steel. He’s also the technological hero called Iron Man. And with Iron Man 2 coming out this Friday, we’re sure to see new suits of armor with cool improvements. Over the years, Tony has constantly redesigned and updated his armor. There’s been stealth armor,…
The Golden Age of Comics usually refers to the first period of massive super-hero output, roughly 1938 to around 1950, give or take. Super-heroes lost their following, and desperate publishers rushed to replace capes with westerns, romance, and horror – or all three, if they could figure out how to do it. Sometimes, decisions were…
Vampires are everywhere these days. But long before we had Team Edward and the litany of prissy emo vampires that sparkle in the G-D sun… we had real vampires. They were in popular books, TV Shows, comic books, movies made from popular books, adaptations of comic books turned into movies, and even a comic book…
On this day, everybody thinks they’re Irish, but here are six superheroes that actually are– and a few of them may surprise you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmXPJSHEIXQ
Valentine’s Day can be a lovely little holiday, can’t it? You and your sweetie exchange little trinkets of love… romantic candle lit dinners… kanoodling on the futon while you watch DVR’ed episodes of Doctor Who… you know, all that gushy stuff. But we know for some out there, the day is just another in a…
With the holidays fast approaching, the question becomes: what do you get for the comic-loving gamer in your household? Well, here are some of the best releases from this year to satiate their comic-gaming lust and keep you looking like the know-it-all Santa. From purely comic-related titles to one of the year’s best surprises for…
After growing up from the little science-fiction show Gene Roddenberry created in the 1960s, the venerable Star Trek franchise in recent years had just about worn out its welcome in the eyes of all but its most devoted followers. Enter J.J. Abrams and his high-octane, supercharged re-imagining of the classic series, resulting in one of…
If you’ve ever visited Smith magazine, you’ve probably been there for the great comics (A.D.: After the Deluge, The Pekar Project, Next-Door Neighbor, Graphic Therapy, Shooting War, and My Home Birth) and their innovative Six Word Memoirs. Inspired by the famous anecdote of Ernest Hemingway telling a complete story in only six words (“For Sale:…
All the quick news while shooting at the moon and waiting for stories from Baltimore Comic-Con to come in… Alan Moore is launching Dodgem Logic, “the 21st century’s first underground magazine from his home town of Northampton, a community that is right at the geographical, political and economic heart of the country; one which has…
