Author: Mike Raub

Family Guy and Iron Man!!!

It’s the first broadcast of the week and that means ComicMix Radio gets to dig through the new comics and DVDs tempting us from inside our favorite stores, including the special edition of the Family Guy Blue Harvest Star Wars parody!

Plus:

• The Writers Strike might put a stake through the heart of the JLA movie

• Get ready for cool Iron Man fast food toys… and we’ll tell you where to get them!

• Sinbad – the guy with the sword, not the 80s actor – comes to comics
 
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Broadcast blog’s weekly wound-up

Political bally ho and slightly skewed polls have driven us the web to be entertained this week. Let us share our links from our podcasts:

  • More fun than Bill O’Reily, we have Atom Films election-themed site of games, music videos and gags. Our favorite is the Kung-Fu game which invites players to choose their favorite candidate and take them into battle against a political enemy (that Hilary has a mean round house kick!)
  • Archie Comics’ new expanded web site is live. There are expanded message areas for all their titles and most of their individual characters like That Wilkin Boy, Dilton, Captain Sprocket, and even Reggie. By the way, all posts will be read by a member of the Archie Comics staff prior to posting so that parents will be able to feel safe when their children are visiting the Archie Comics site.
  • Virgin Comics’ sold-out Dan Dare #1 can now be seen online as part of their Widescreen Digital Comic Book series. Segments are being posted every Monday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, Dan Dare #2 should still be in comic stores now and #3 is scheduled to street on January 23rd. Virgin Comics’ Dan Dare is written, of course, Garth Ennis which probably explains the sell-out.
  • Yoko Ono introduced the new John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at CES last week and you can see it, plus the tour schedule, at http://www.lennonbus.org/. The goal of the bus is to provide kids with a free hands-on opportunity to create and record their own music, produce videos and take digital photos, and will continue to offer tours and workshops. Throughout 2008 the bus, which features a recording studio and a range of great state-of-the-art equipment, will make stops at high schools, colleges and university campuses, and retailers.

Back on the Broadcast in a couple of days with our rundown of new comics & DVDs, then later on we continue our poll for “favorite hero”. This time we get a response not from a comic creator, but an actual character himself. Catch it on ComicMix Radio this week!

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The Love And Capes lowdown on the ComicMix podcast!

Even guy (and girls) who wear tights and capes need a little romance, but as Lois Lane will tell you, it isn’t easy to achieve. One popular indy comics explores the subject with humor and hits the mark every time – Love And Capes! In case you might have missed the title, we talk to creator Thom Zahler and even do some fantasy casting for a L&C Tv series – Plus:

  • Dan Dare goes online
  • DC and Marvel each chalk up another sell out
  • Yoko actually creates the "magic bus"

We know you’re a big softie at heart – so Press The Button!

 

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Teen Titans’ Jamal Igle Speaks!

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Starting today, that’s a question ComicMix is posing to a number of folks inside the comics industry and then sharing the results with you.

DC mainstay Jamal Igle steps up for the first crack at the query with some interesting results. Here’s a hint – his fave isn’t on this Teen Titans cover, but he is INSIDE.

Plus:

  • IDW unleashes their Second Stage for Star Trek!
  • Archie upgrades their web presence in a big way!
  • What comics were big sellers for the holidays? We’ve got your list!

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Fantastic Four – The Cave Painting?

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Well, not really, but it might be as close as you’ll ever come. Recently, Gallery 1988 and Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles hosted a tribute night to Stan with artists like Ruben Rude, Travis Lampe, Brandon Bird, Patrick Gannon, Misha, Angry Woebots and others paid through reinterpretations of some of his most famous characters. Proceeds from the night went to The Hero Initiative. You can see a gallery of the results here, but stay away from the brown M&Ms!

Tip of the ComicMix fedora to Allan Lamberti of 95.9-TheFox in Norwalk CT for digging this one up!

Say It’s So, GI Joe!

The world is back in order and comic books are on their regular schedule again with a nice array of four color fun flooding into the comic stores this week, and a sizable stack of DVDs as well. ComicMix Radio steps up to the plate and fearlessly combs through them all!

Plus:

• It’s a grand slam sell out for the Ras Al Ghul story arc

GI Joe gets a Wayons in the cast

• If you are burned out on Primaries, relief and a few laughs are just a click away

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McFarlane, Sim, Kirkman, and Pigs? Oh my!

Less than a week into the New Year and our monitor screen is already covered in sticky notes. Stand by for Operation Clean Up!

If you are one of the fans who want a look at its eagerly anticipated Todd McFarlane Productions’ The Simpsons Series 2 Action Figure Assortment then simply click here. As we told you, it isn’t just a few jpegs. The site has complete details on the figures, including their specifications and a number of high-quality, full-color photographs of the finished pieces, as well as photos of the packaging. The site also includes QuickTime VR movies of the figures and handy list of available retailers.

Everybody seems to be weighing in on Dave Sim’s new comic book project, Glamourpuss. You can see previews here. Keep in mind, it’s about a light year and a half away from Cerebus, Dave describes it as a parody of the fashion industry plus an homage to the classic “soap opera” comics strips of the 50s, like On Stage. It’s set to debut in April. 

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X-Men, Superman Lose Heavy Talent!

What could be more Apple Pie America than an eighteen wheel big rig flying down the highway? Toss in a vampire apocalypse and you’ve got Arcana studio’s American Wasteland – ComicMix Radio takes you behind the wheel of this great indy horror comic.

Plus:

• Robert Kirkman bails on Ultimate X-Men

• Bryan Singer bails on Superman

Lost Girls goes European

• 25 films chosen to outlast all of mankind

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Dave Sim and Captain America!

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The concept of a "silent" or pantomime comic strip isn’t exactly new (Little King anyone?) but creator Mark Tatulli has combined the concept with the wondrous imagination of a little boy in his daily Lio. ComicMix Radio lets Mark tell the story of where Lio came from and what’s coming up.

Plus:

  • Dave Sim is back and this sure ain’t Cerebus
  • Get ready for another Lost trailer
  • 24 lives in another new comic
  • We figured out what really happened to Captain America

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Thar Was The Year That Was

The ball has dropped and Time Square is swept clean, but ComicMix Radio wants to be among the last to drive a nail into 2007 with our own lists of the Cool and the Not So, including our choice for one of the most under appreciated runs in comics (and the picture gives it away) .

Plus:

• It’s quality over quantity this week in our list of new comics and DVDs, which might give you a chance to catch up on all the stuff you bought in December

•  Todd McFarlane shows off The Simpsons

• Image restarts The Golden Age Of Comics

Pressing The Button now is even cooler than it was last year!

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