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To me, Jonny Quest was one of the best animated series a kid could grow up on in the 1960s. The prime time show had nice designs, great storytelling and you could imagine yourself getting mixed up into adventures with Race Bannon and Hadji. It was relatable and fun and exceedingly well done.

By the 1990s, though, Indiana Jones and his brethren raised the stakes for action/adventure in live action as well as animation. The Cartoon Network recognized this and commissioned an updated version known as The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest which aired from August 26, 1996 to April 16, 1997. To make the concept contemporary, they added Jessie Bannon as the duo became a trio while Dr. Benton Quest and Race Bannon went looking into the unexplained. Given the fondness for CGI at the time, some of the stories also meant visits to the three-dimensional QuestWorld (hoping to tap into the audience’s fascination with virtual reality)

The show never quite worked and still doesn’t hold up to repeated views, but for diehard fans, Warner Archive has released the first season in two volumes of thirteen episodes each, the latter set recently released. The show certainly suffered when showrunner Peter Lawrence was fired in 1996 and John Eng and Cosmo Anzilotti arrived to take over. You can tell where Lawrence left off after the first season’s initial 13 episodes (volume one) as his real world –based storylines were replaced with more traditional SF/supernatural stories. The goal, turning the beloved character, into a global icon and franchise fizzled given poor execution and despite a massive marketing campaign.

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The paranormal doesn’t stand a chance as SyFy launches a new season of FACT OR FAKED next Tuesday (April 17th) at 9pm ET. Join us as we talk to investigators Ben, Austin & Lanisha about what dark things these new episodes will uncover. There’s also more with Jessica St Clair and Lennon Parham, creators and stars of NBC‘s new comedy, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER. Plus it had to happen – comic book sales begin to shoot DOWN in March!

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In the final contest of the tournament between Thomas Siddell’s Gunnerkrigg Court and Tarol Hunt’s Goblins, fans came out in force and it got a bit ugly in the stands. As a response to the vitriol that sprung up in the comment threads, both Thomas and Tarol agreed that whatever they won should be donated to Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in their network of over 70 hospitals worldwide.

To follow their example from their joint donation of $150, ComicMix is adding the $50 that was left over from nobody picking the Final Four contestants, to bring it up to an even $200.

We tip our hats to Tarol and Thomas for being gentlemen, and we hope you enjoy reading their works.

Oh… and congratulations to Gunnerkrigg Court for winning the 2012 Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament, 22,159 votes to 21,226!

We thank all of you for participating, and hope to see you in a few days when we start taking nominations for our May Mayhem NSFW Webcomics Tournament!

To see the previous divisions and how they finished, click here, or look at our directory for all the nominated webcomics.

The previous thread for our webcomics tournament final between Thomas Siddell’s Gunnerkrigg Court and Tarol Hunt’s Goblins has grown so large as to impact the operation of the site, not to mention the nasty tone of many comments.

We’ve shut down the comments over there, and are reopening them here. We remind you of our previous statement: referees can call technical fouls on audience members, and doing so will affect vote totals. So keep it civil here.

The finals start right now, and ends tonight, April 9, at 11:59 PM, Eastern Daylight Time.

Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament Finals

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To see the previous divisions and how they finished, click here, or look at our directory for all the nominated webcomics.