Author: Mike Raub

Rock Posters Rule!

ComicMix Radio jumps right into this week’s pile of new comics and DVDs that are screaming to be added to your gift list… plus:

• There was a day when every good (or bad) rock & roll concert had a distinctive poster attached. There’s a list of the Top 25 All Time Rock Posters – and even a few surprises for comic fans (Nancy, a word to the wise. Avoid this Alternate Universe Sluggo)

• If you like Street Fighter, this is your week

• Spike awards the Top Video Games but where was Guitar Hero?

• This week’s Sold Out score: DC 2 and Marvel 1

• The Fresh Prince puts his music career aside for a while

Please Press The Button – our pal Sluggo is getting scary!

The Darkness and Will Ferrell

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  • December 10, 2007

No matter what your holiday is, these next couple of weeks will be as fast paced as a Jack Kirby plotline. Here is a couple of quick hits for those “goof off" minutes I know you will grab:

• Landlord star Will Ferrell will be criss-crossing college campuses next February to promote FunnyOrDie.com and Semi Pro, his latest feature from New Line Cinema. The site will also release a new video starring Ferrell and his co-star Andrew Daly each week leading up to the film’s premiere on Leap Year Day, Feb. 29th.  The "Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die Comedy Tour" pairs Will with three of the site’s regular stand up comedians, Zach Galifianakis, Demetri Martin, and Nick Swardson. Meanwhile, if you have no idea what’s Will’s Landlord videos are yet – go here (http://www.funnyordie.com)

• Dale Keown returns to the Darkness, with The Darkness #3 in February. He will pencil a special flashback sequence in that issue scheduled for release in February 2008. Meanwhile, The Darkness #3 will feature two covers by Keown and Stjepan Sejic (First Born, Witchblade) and can be previewed here (www.topcow.com/darkness). (more…)

For Better Or For Worse, Lynn Johnston Speaks!

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  • December 8, 2007

For nearly three decades, artist Lynn Johnston has entertained millions with her daily For Better Or For Worse comic strip. Now, she has taken the already innovative property in a totally new direction – and she tells ComicMix Radio just what’s ahead. Plus

• Superman gets a new artist

• Dale Keown returns to Darkness… for a bit

• Another sellout for The Sword

• Meet the group that eventually became The Archies. Anyone remember The Detergents?

Hey! Lynn’s waiting to speak to you… so Press The Button!

Spider-Man toys: It Takes a Donald Trump…

Just a little over a decade ago, you were wishing for Santa to bring you as MegaZord or maybe even your own Pink Ranger. Now, a new comic brings you that same morphing-style action for grown ups as ComicMix Radio digs up an indy gem called Code Name Power... plus

• What are the Top Award Winning toys this season – and why isn’t there a super-hero to be found on the list?

• Spider-Man toy collectors need to start seeking financing now

• 2008 will be a great year for the Browncoats!

Okay. Stop humming the Power Rangers theme and Press The Button!

Demons Speak Directly To You!

The choices are many and the product is great this week on the comics and DVD shelves, from clever trade paperback collections to classy hard covers and some nifty DVDs – it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas – and ComicMix Radio previews it all, just in time for your holiday hinting!

Plus:

• Now that you’ve seen Demons Of Sherwood – FREE right here on ComicMix – get the inside story from creators Bo Hampton and Robert Tinnell on where it came from and where it’s going!

• Batman gets another sales boost from Ras Al Ghul

• Can you guess what the Top Ten Most Searched-For TV shows are on the web? Would you believe Heroes isn’t one of them?

Do What The Lady says – Press The Button!

Great Hot Comics Links For Free!

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  • December 2, 2007

Here in the east, we are getting our first look at snow. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than tossing a few issues of 52 on the fire and clicking our way around the cool spots we found for you:

The play A Very Ninja Christmas, based on Jimmy Gownley’s  Amelia Rules! series, is running this week (December 6th, 7th, and 8th) in Marlborough, New Hampshire on  2007. Adapted from a Christmas themed story that appeared in the first Amelia volume, “Amelia Rules: The Whole World’s Crazy,” the musical relates how 9-year-old superhero-wannabe Reggie Grabinsky enlists his superhero crew to try to prove Santa is a fraud. It is produced by Small Pond Productions. Plans to make the musical available to other theater companies is in the works and you can get details here.

That new Warren Ellis community we told you about is here. It’s actually a site for the upcoming webcomic FreakAngels which is set to premiere in February, 2008.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has kicked off its 2007 Holiday Benefit Auction here on ebay. You’ll find featuring a ton of rare and one-of-a-kind items offered to support the First Amendment legal work; proceeds from this auction will directly benefit the ongoing defense of Gordon Lee in Rome, GA. Items include original art by Jeff Smith, Matt Wagner, Dave Sim, Dustin Nguyen, David Lloyd, Kevin Nowlan, Terry Moore, David Mack and  signed items by Laurell K. Hamilton, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison, Will Eisner, Robert Kirkman, Jon J Muth, Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee and others. Bidding is now open, with most items closing on Sunday, December 9.

A week or so ago, we told you about the Get Munked promotional effort for the feature film Alvin and The Chipmunks. In case you haven’t had a chance yet to annoy friends and family, go here and become the above-average chipmunk by recording a unique voice message. We are happy to say there are also free Chipmunk mobile voicetones, so start drinking now.

This week, ComicMix Radio plunges ahead with a big week for new comics and DVDs (Battlestar Galactica: Razor, anyone?), a behind-the-scenes on Bo Hampton and Robert Tinnell’s Demons Of Sherwood (coming to ComixMix – FREE, of course), another Hidden Gem from your local comic shop and a visit from the creator of America’s #1 family comic strip. That should hold you for another seven days!

James Patterson on ComicMix Radio!

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  • December 1, 2007

One of the country’s biggest authors comes to ComicMix Radio today to talk about his red young adult series, Maximum Ride, which we are betting will be a graphic novel sooner than you think.

Plus:

•  Amelia Rules hits the musical stage

•  Warren Ellis gets another net home

• CBLDF kicks off their holiday auctions

Press The Button and  meet James Patterson!

Atomika power, and Angel after the fall

That comic shop you visit every week probably has a few secrets – books you walk right by and never notice. ComicMix Radio is taking it on ourselves to ferret out these gems and share each one. Who knows what we might find – starting today with the story of a creator who took his love of Jack Kirby and created a bigger than life series which has already reached eight issues. Get ready for the world of Atomika, plus:

  • How a cancelled TV show became a red hot new comic series
  • More Zombie sell outs at Marvel
  • Even though Elvis is dead, Tom Swift is alive and well (he said expressley)

Stop staring at the pretty picture and Press The Button!

 

 

Our nights in Columbus

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  • November 27, 2007

After a few rough nights on the road, ComicMix Radio is back on schedule with a new week and a great post-holiday stack of new comics and DVDs to run through for you, plus:

  • News from MidOhioCon on a John Byrne JLA and a Barry Kitson Spider-Man
  • Two covers coming on Hulk #1 (and aren’t you shocked?)
  • You could own one of those Tim Sale paintings from Heroes – if you hurry!

You will never know how unless you Press The Button!

 

 

Starman Over Ohio

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  • November 26, 2007

Direct from the floor of the Mid-Ohio Con in Columbus, we introduce you to a creator who has taken the joy and pain of working in a collectible toy store and made it into a fascinating web comic. Meet David Willis and his creation, Shortpacked!  Plus:

• DC steps up and collects Starman in a great omnibus project

• Thor sells out again — deja vu?

• Terry Moore is back in the world of self publishing — an Echo of future past, as it were.

And you should meet Captain Ohio, so Press The Button!

 

 

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