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See the New ‘Scott Pilgrim’ trailer… by liking it!

scott-pilgrim-9759497Social networking sites and the media have found a great unity these past few months, as movies and their Facebook sites have been areas where fans can get sneak previews of scenes, exclusive interviews and more.  Now, the upcoming motion picture “Scott Pilgrim VS The World” has a cool offer for fans via their Facebook page.  Just by “liking” the film and helping it reach 100,000 fans on the site will release the trailer a week early.

Hit the jump for the full press release and details. (more…)

The Point Radio: Jason Lee Back To TV

From CHASING AMY to The Chipmunks to MY NAME IS EARL, no one does “quirky” better than Jason Lee and now he has a new series to add to the list, coming this month to TNT. Jason talks about what brought him back to TV plus his feelings on EARL‘s demise. Plus DC gets behind GREEN LANTERN in a big way and more cast added to X-MEN FIRST CLASS.

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Enjoy the long weekend! We’re taking Monday off, too but we will be
right back here on Friday June 4th.

Don’t forget that you can now enjoy THE POINT 24 hours a Day – 7 Days a week!. Updates on all parts of pop culture, special programming by some of your favorite personalities and the biggest variety of contemporary music on the net – plus there is a great round of new programs on the air including classic radio each night at 12mid (Eastern) on RETRO RADIO COMICMIX’s Mark Wheatley hitting the FREQUENCY every Saturday at 9pm and even the Editor-In-Chief of COMICMIX, Mike Gold, with his daily WEIRD SCENES and two full hours of insanity every Sunday (7pm ET) with WEIRD SOUNDS!

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Comic art auction to help animal shelters in Nashville

With all the devastation that’s occurred recently across the United States, it’s time we comic book fans do a little bit to help. ComicMix contributor (and recent birthday boy) Mark Wheatley has donated a pair of awesome sketches to an Ebay auction collection. The proceeds from these auctions will go to help the Nashville Animal Rescues & Shelters devastated by the recent flood, which caused over 1.9 billion dollars in damages to the area. Both sketches, one of Batman, the other, Conan, are 11″ x 14″ and are original black marker sketches by the artist. Do yourself a favor and click the links above to visit the auctions, or see what else is available and drive the bids up. It’s going to help a great cause, and could win you some great original art.

Exclusive: Hallmark Ornaments to debut at SDCC 2010

Hallmark will return to Comic-Con this summer with a line up of exclusive DC Comics, Star Wars, and Simpsons products for the event to introduce enthusiastic collectors (that’s you,
fanboys…) to the world of “Keepsake Ornaments”. Just in case your calendar isn’t marked yet, Comic-Con
International falls on July 21-25 this year, at the San Diego Convention Center in California. Here’s the run-down:

75 Years of DC Comics features the publisher’s three most iconic heroes bursting into action from the very comic books in which they made their first cover appearances—Wonder Woman in Sensation Comics No. 1 (January 1942), Superman in Action Comics No. 1 (June 1938) and Batman in Detective Comics No. 27 (May 1939). Limited run of 750. (more…)

Happy Birthday Mark Wheatley!

From all of us at ComicMix, we’d like to extend a hearty and happy birthday today to artist, writer, and all-around awesome man, Mark Wheatley! Join us in wishing him a day of fun, quirky gifts, and trick candles! Leave your wishes below, and then do yourself a favor and check out his contributions to the ‘Mix, EZ Street, Frankenstein Mobster and Vampirella, Hammer of the Gods, and Lone Justice!

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‘Jonah Hex’ Animated Images Unveiled

jh-gun-6841683The second DC Showcase animated short, Jonah Hex, will appear as a bonus feature on the Special Edition Blu-Ray and 2-Disc Special Edition DVD release of Batman: Under the Red Hood.

Scripted by renowned author Joe Lansdale and starring the voices of Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Linda Hamilton (The Terminator), Michelle Trachtenberg (Mercy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Michael Rooker (Days of Thunder), the PG-13 rated DC Showcase short is based on the award winning comic series created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga.

In the DC Showcase story, the tough-as-nails bounty hunter Jonah Hex always gets his man – until someone else gets to him first – in this case a murderous madam who wants to steal more than just her bounty from Jonah Hex.

jh-02-8123614The first DC Showcase short was The Spectre and was, in many ways, superior to the Justice League feature it was attached to. Similarly, this is likely to be better than the live-action incarnation due out June 18 if the early buzz is to be believe. Certainly having Lansdale, who wrote two miniseries with the gunslinger, involved helps matters.

Batman: Under the Red Hood is being released July 27 by Warner Premier, Warner Home Entertainment and Warner Bros.Animation. The series of direct-to-video releases has been a n ongoing program which led to WP exec Diane Nelson being promoted to president of the renamed DC Entertainment late last year. The next release in the series has not been formally announced but is expected to be teased on the disc following a pattern established in previous releases.    

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Jonah Hex continues to appear in his monthly DC title, cowritten by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray with a variety of top talents illustrating the stories.  A hardcover Hex graphic novel, by Palmiotti, Gray, and DeZenuiga is due out in time for the film.

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Howie Post: 1926 – 2010

Howard “Howie” Post, one of America’s premiere cartoonists, passed away last Friday.

At Harvey Comics, Howie worked on Hot Stuff, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Richie Rich and his own creation, Spooky The Tuff Li’l Ghost. He produced literally hundreds of stories for the company during his tenure. He is best known among comics fans for his creation Anthro at DC Comics, where he also produced The Adventures of Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis (both with and without Dean Martin) Doodles Duck, J. Rufus Lion and numerous romance stories. He did The Monkey and the Bear, Stawberry Shortcake, Heathcliff, and other features for Marvel Comics as well as their Star Comics imprint.

In the mid-60s Howie succeeded Sy Kneitel as head of Paramount’s animation studio. He was fired for producing a cartoon called Two By Two, which lampooned a story
from the bible. This was very much in keeping with Post’s unconventional lifestyle – called “bohemian” in the days before the beatniks and the hippies. He played a variety of musical instruments and spoke numerous languages. Howie also did television animation for Hanna-Barbara, including their Richie Rich series.

Howie’s greatest exposure under his own name came from his syndicated strip The Dropouts, shortly after Anthro was canceled. It ran from 1968 to 1982 in hundreds of newspapers and enjoyed a short tenure as a Saturday morning animated feature.

In recent years Howie supplemented his retirement income by giving training sessions to budding young cartoonists in the general New York / Connecticut / New Jersey area.

Personally speaking, Howie Post was one of the most outrageous and interesting people I had ever met; I was always in awe of his sharp wit and his unique worldview.

(Thanks to Craig Yoe and Linda Gold for the lead.)

The Point Radio: Will She Be The Wasp??

Next to the one about Nathan Fillion, the next hottest AVENGERS movie rumor involves MORENA BACCARIN. Will she be The Wasp? We talk more to the V Star about that and her recently renewed series, plus SMALLVILLE loses Chloe again and CHAOS COMICS is back – sort of.
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‘Batman: Under the Red Hood’ Website goes Live

The official website is now live for Batman: Under the Red Hood, the next DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies coming July 27, 2010 from Warner Premiere. The full-length Warner Bros. Animation film will be distributed by Warner Home Video.

The film’s trailer and 11 film images are now available for public viewing on the website. The website promises to be updated regularly with new images, video, cast information and contests.

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Monday Mix-Up: The New ‘Lost’ Spin-Off!

Sad that you’ll no longer spend your free time with The Others? Wish you could curl up on your couch with some Doritos, and visit with those crazy survivors of Oceanic Flight 815? Wish that they had a never ending set of alternative realities after they set off that bomb? Well fret no more you DHARMA loving dudes and dudettes. This fall ABC is bringing a LOST spin-off to the air that will bring you right back into the large and crazy world of LOST. We got a special sneak peak here folks, so click play and get ready for the mystery to continue…

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