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Merry Of The Merriest

Get out from under the tree and come share a little pop culture joy as ComicMix Radio lays out this week’s huge list of new comics and DVDs available to both the naughty and the nice. Plus:

• Straw Men is headed into the comics in 2008

• Freddy, Jason and Ash are sell outs!

• Nickelodeon splits in two

• Can you guess what our favorite holiday movie is? It was in the theaters nineteen years ago today!

Come on, it’s Christmas – do we really have to ask you to Press The Button?

Der Fuhrer Vas A Timelord?

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  • December 25, 2007

Ever say something that seemed funny to you but wasn’t quite… right?

According to the London Daily Post,  at a screening of today’s Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned," Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies suggested Adolf Hitler might have been a timelord.

For a few, the line was funny. But for most, perhaps recalling Hitler’s V-2 bombings of their nation and the thousands and thousands of their countrymen killed, it was too soon. When asked who could have played the role, Davies responded tongue-in-cheek: "Hitler. He  was stern and strong. He would be great."

Oops.

Current Who David Tennant appeared "slightly stunned" and declined to answer the same question.

 

Simone & Ajax – Christmas 2001

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  • December 25, 2007

Read more Simone and Ajax Christmas adventures:

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

and A Christmas Calamity!

Oh, and don’t forget the ongoing Adventures of Simone and Ajax all here on ComicMix.

(And no, we’re not running a GrimJack installment today– for some reason, we just didn’t think that the Grinner looks good in a Santa suit. But we do have a Munden’s Bar story with the birthday boy, if you’d like.)

Little Ditty About Danny and Fred, by Dennis O’Neil

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  • December 25, 2007

Danny and Fred were the last two kids in their grade to still believe in Santa Claus. 

 
Danny had first believed in Daddy, but he stopped when Daddy began to yell a lot, and drink whiskey, and throw things. So Danny could believe he had a father, because he could see a man coming and going, but he stopped believing in Daddy. 
 
But he still believed in Santa Claus. Santa Claus would never yell or throw things or drink whiskey, and besides, he brought presents and all Danny had to do was be good, which he was anyway. Fred, who lived next door, also believed in Santa, though he and Danny never discussed the etiology of it, so Danny didn’t know why Fred believed. He didn’t care, either.
 
Then, when Danny was fourteen, Father, who was once Daddy, came into Danny’s room on Christmas Eve and pulled Danny from bed and hustled him into the front room, where the Christmas tree was. Father sat Danny down on the sofa and got a big cardboard box from a closet.
 

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The latest from Harris Polls for TV shows on DVDs

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  • December 24, 2007

I found myself taking a recent Harris poll on TV shows, and they asked some questions about TV shows and DVD, asking if I’d want to buy any of these on DVD:

All of Us

Witchblade

Pushing Daisies

Chuck

Men in Trees

Big Bang Theory

Birds of Prey

Planet Earth

The New Adventures of Old Christine

Moonlight

Man from UNCLE

Big Shots

Cold Case

Gossip Girl

Fastlane

Makes you wonder what’s going to get brought to DVD soon, eh? (And yes, I know Man From Uncle just had a big release.)

How about you? Which of these do you want to see on DVD soon? And what else should be on the list?

Simone & Ajax – Christmas 2005

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  • December 24, 2007

When Donner is Blitzened, who can you get to save Christmas?

Read more Simone and Ajax Christmas adventures:

1996

1997

1998

1999

2002

2004

2006

And we have more to come before the big day!

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An Editor’s Night Before Christmas, by Mike Gold

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  • December 24, 2007

 ‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house

Deadlines were mounting, so I emailed Herr Claus

The scripts were all posted on the Internet with care

In hopes that the editing elves would soon be there

The artists were nestled, all snug in their beds,

While visions of royalty checks danced in their heads.

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Hot Who Links and Much More!

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  • December 23, 2007

OK, so we get a little sappy this time of year. Just bear with us and accept ComicMix Radio’s gift of some cool web links. And in the spirit of giving, a few of these haven’t even made it to the podcast yet!

• In two days, a lot of us should be treated to the first new Doctor Who adventure in months when the BBC airs this year’s Christmas special (and the Internet Fairies drop it somewhere online). In the meantime, did you know there is an online adventure calendar poster here. If this doesn’t put you in the mood for more Who, nothing will. 
 
• As we told you on Saturday, Shadowline is creating a contest geared toward writers to create a super-heroine for the 21st Century. The character will be 100% creator-owned as all Image and Shadowline books are (trademark and copyright to be shared by writer and artist). The winning entry will be featured in their own self-titled three issue mini-series to be drawn by Franchesco!, artist for She-Dragon and Green Lantern Corps Quarterly. Contest will be divided into three parts and for Round One: Contestants e-mail a BRIEF one paragraph story synopsis by January 31, 2008 to: superheroinecontest@gmail.com. Stories/concept must be original with original characters. No pre-existing characters may be used unless owned by contestant. 
 

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