Author: Mike Raub

BIG BROADCAST: Fishhead Talks!

fishheadcoverbig-8719371ComicMix Phase II is mere hours away and one part of it is a story that dates back close to 100 years and will finally get the audience it deserves – FREE here at ComicMix. Fishhead is a classic horror tale as fresh as anything you see on the big screen and we cover the whole Secret Origin right here.

Also on The Big ComicMix Broadcast Weekend Edition: Fangoria Comics crashes and burns, Kingdom Hearts gets some fresh updates, Knight Rider may get retooled, and the TV networks have their back-up shows waiting in the wings.

After week you’ve had you need a break – PRESS THE BUTTON!

BIG BROADCAST: John Ostrander Goes To The Bar!

insomniac_p1_jpeg-2458027There is no better way to end a week than a little trip to the local bar – and in comics the bar "local" to EVERYwhere happens to be Munden‘s!  For about 70 issues of GrimJack, Munden’s Bar was a fan favorite and now its coming back – and FREE – to ComicMix on Friday, October 5th. The Big ComicMix Broadcast sneaks you in the back door for a peek at the bar’s Grand Reopening as we talk with writer/co-creator John Ostrander and ComicMix rabble-rouser and editor-in-chief Mike Gold, plus offers a wake-up call for 24 Hour Comic Day, tells you how Nancy Drew (!) solves the DS (?), what Paul Dini’s up to, where Death Note is going, and how Daredevil sells out!

Pour us a cold one and PRESS THE BUTTON!

BIG BROADCAST: Comics On Black Ice

obsidian-cover-4351899Fresh off Day One of the new TV season, The Big ComicMIx Broadcast plunges ahead with out preview ComicMix Phase 2 as we discuss our Thursday series, Black Ice! Comics legend Mike Baron explains how being in the right place at the right time helped get this creation on the road. Plus we talk to some of the first people to get their hands on HALO 3, preview the new comic from the ACLU, cover this week’s new comics and DVDs and if that wasn’t enough, cap it off with a trip back for the "comeback cop."

Just PRESS THE BUTTON or you might get fragged!

BIG BROADCAST’s Stories Behind The Stories

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Nine is the magic number here at ComicMix – nine days until the giant ENTER key is pressed and ComicMix Phase Two launches (sounds like a prop from the old BatCave, huh?). If I said things are busy, that would be an understatement, but we DO have the time to share a few things with you, following up on news heard this week on The Big ComicMix Broadcast:

• If you want to get a copy of that (one time only) Steve Canyon revival, here is the information direct from the folks at the USAF: "People outside the newsstand radius can buy single copies by calling
our customer service department (800.368.5718) or sending e-mail to
order@mil-mall.com. Each issue will cost $3 (plus $1.50 shipping) the
 week the paper is on the newsstand. Thereafter, it’ll cost $5 plus 
shipping."

• Feel an inner flair for clothing design? The place to go might be here, It’s the home for Viper Comics and their new Sketch 86 line of t-shirts, plus it ‘s where you can submit your own designs for cash and prizes.

• Shades of the original “soap" operas! Mobile and broadband content provider GoTV Networks introduced the initial chapter of a 10-episode made-for-broadband series with Tide laundry detergent called Crescent Heights (as in the West LA neighborhood). Available on here among other places. Ther series features the work of writer Mike Martineau from Rescue Me.

This week, look for more previews of the features debuting here free on ComicMix on 10/2. Meanwhile on The Big Broadcast, we’ll let those creators tell you about their projects in their own worlds!  And do we have to tell you it’s going to be a BIG week: Halo 3, the return of Family Guy, Heroes and Smallville and more – and, wait until you see what’s coming to comic stores in justa few days! 

Take a deep breath and meet us right back here for The Big ComicMix Broadcast on Tuesday!

BIG BROADCAST: A Girl and Her Dinosaur

ajaxfront-2884329The Big ComicMix Broadcast starts our Second One Hundred with an exclusive preview of another Phase Two Project cooking up FREE from ComicMix. You take a cute girl, toss in a cartoon dinosaur and stir up a lot of wacky adventures and out pops Andrew Pepoy’s The Adventures of Simon & Ajax!

Plus Superman has the Deadline Doom, the Top Ten Comics & Graphic Novels are revealed and we play a game of "Where Did I Hear That Before"??

Simone likes people who PRESS THE BUTTON

BIG BROADCAST #100!

ez-8792682The Big ComicMix Broadcast hits 100 and we couldn’t be prouder to share the party than with two incredible talents who are each part of ComicMix Phase Two. You saw the previews this week, now listen as Robert Tinnel and Mark Wheatly spill the beans on EZ Street, premiering right here FREE on October 3rd. Plus, we dig up the dirt on the new Superman/Doomsday DVD, cover the rebirth of The  Weather Girls, herald the return of Steve Canyon and trip back to the moment the "Philadelphia Sound" was born.

You did it 99 other times – go ahead PRESS THE BUTTON and make it an even 100!

BIG BROADCAST: Ant-Man + Raid = ???

antman-2814420One before the Big Anniversary Big ComicMix Broadcast – we dive into the BIGGEST pile of new comics & DVDs to be offered in a long time, so you better get a paper route, pal! You will need the cash! Plus good news for Fraggles, bad news for AntMan and a tease about 100 pages of Black Canary and Zatanna in one comic.  And do you remember the time Evil Alice went soft – we do!

Stop thinking about all those fishnets & PRESS THE BUTTON!

BIG BROADCAST’s Stories Behind The Stories

grimm-6330769Tick…tick…the countdown clock on the wall here at the Big ComicMix Broadcast Central shows less than 16 days until we launch Phase Two here on ComicMix.  There is so much is coming together in the next 2+ weeks and we are itching to share it all. First, though,  let’s cover a few things from our To Do List:

• If you are ready to add material from Top Cow to your mobile phone, go here. The folks at Zannel have it all set up with easy-to-follow instructions for this channel and the others they offer from current TV & movie properties.

• Those reprints of the first three issues of Grimm Fairy Tales may not hit comic stores until November, but you can preview the amazing cover art of #1 by Al Rio here. If you poke around, there are a few more pieces of Grimm art to drool over, too.

• With the recent "talent exodus" at The World Wrestling Federation and the renewal and expansion of TNA Wrestling on SpikeTV, you might want to see just what these "new" guys are all about by going here. They also do a daily internet video show – and, to bring it back to comics, they have strong connections with Marvel’s new licensed toy line. My guess is we will see some sort of Marvel/TNA project early in 2008.

This week, start watching for knock-your-socks-off previews of the original material coming to ComicMixFREE – on October 2nd. At the same time join us on the Broadcast as we let the creators share the excitement of their projects in their own words.

Oh yeah – and the Big ComicMix Broadcast hits the 100 mark, too! Whose bringing the cake??

BIG BROADCAST: GrimJack Comes To ComicMix!

grimx-3877500The giant ticking clock on the wall here at ComicMix tells us that a mere 17 days remain until we launch Phase Two, but before then there are a lot of questions to be answered!  For example, how will co-creators Timothy Truman and John Ostrander bring their GrimJack series to a huge new audience as well as their scores of established fans? They tell The Big ComicMix Broadcast just how it will all work – and get us geared up for brand-new WEEKLY visits with the Man From Cynosure, FREE OF CHARGE!

Plus THE DARKNESS comes to your cel phone and Michael J goes back in time…..

PRESS THE BUTTON and get 10% off your tab at MUNDEN’S BAR!

BIG BROADCAST: Jim Shooter Speaks!

shooter-2244622He started in comics almost before he started junior high school – and four decades he is ready to make his comeback at the very spot where it all started. Yes, Jim Shooter tells The Big ComicMix Broadcast why he’s returning to The Legion of Super-Heroes!

We also give you a rundown of missing comics, new DC variants and the word on the Transformers DVD release – plus we tell you the story of a guy who hooked up with The Who, flamed on and had a hit record!

PRESS THE BUTTON and we might lend you a Legion Flight Ring!!!