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"You’re too Shia, Shia! Hush-Hush, eye-to-eye!"

That’s Shia LaBeouf’s new theme song after this latest incident. The young actor has had a string of bad, painful luck lately that’s left him with some significant injuries. He was arrested in July after an early morning drinking related car crash that left his hand badly injured. There were some rumors that LaBeouf’s hand would never be fully functional again, going so far as to potentially losing a finger. Now recovering from the incident, the actor is back to work on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, his injury having been written into the film’s plot.

Now comes word that LaBeouf’s Final Destination-inspired luck has followed him to the Transformers set. According to TMZ, the troubled actor was injured by a prop on the set, cutting his face just below the eyebrow. After the injury was stitched, Shia hopped back on set and resumed filming. What a champ.

You know, it’s kinda like being lactose intolerant: eventually, you just live with the fact that dairy’s gonna give you the runs. Poor Shia’s gotta live with the fact that he’s always going to get beat up or otherwise publicly embarrassed. Trouble clings to this guy like a freakin’ symbiote. Still, it’s a small price to pay for hanging with Indiana Jones and Optimus Prime.

As we previously mentioned, we printed special editions of Grimjack: The Manx Cat, Jon Sable Freelance: Ashes of Eden, and the Harvey-nominated EZ Street for this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con, limited to a print run of 100 for each title. And just as quickly, there were people asking if they were going to be available if they couldn’t get to the show.

The answer is yes– we’re now selling the remaining copies here. GrimJack and Sable are priced at $25 each, EZ Street sells for $35. Just click on the buttons below to add the books to a PayPal shopping cart. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, debit cards, and PayPal.

We have very few copies left, so once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Doctor Who is journeying somewhere new, even for him.  A multi-platform adventure known as The Darksmith Legacy kicks off as a book and online experience for fans of the Time Lord.

Fans who want the fill experience will need to register online and create an avatar so they can participate in the adventure by completing tasks, earning points and helping the Doctor when things get most dire.  Collaboration with other fans online to earn extra points will release exclusive content and assist in the Quest to keep the precious Eternity Crystal safe from the dangerous Darksmith Collective. It’s the cyber equivalent of clapping your hands if you believe in fairies.

Fans can log in at a special website www.thedarksmithlegacy.com starting in mid-November.  Meantime, the book component will be ten volumes, with the first two being released in January and then one per month throughout 2009. Penguin UK will be releasing the books with no known American publishing announced. (more…)

We just love bears here at ComicMix. Be it real bears, scary bears, Gummi Bears or Care Bears, we can’t get enough of these furry fellas! That’s why we’re pleased as punch to report that two famous bears are coming to a big screen near you.

Up first, Warner Bros. has announced a live-action feature version of Yogi Bear, based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Ash Brannon (Surf’s Up) is attached to direct, while Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia (Tooth Fairy, executive producers on That 70’s Show) are writing the screenplay. The film is said to be a live-action/animated hybrid along the lines of the recent Alvin and the Chipmunks. Yogi, who first appeared on The Huckleberry Hound Show before launching his own series in 1961, will be done in CG alongside his sidekick, Boo Boo. The majority of the film will be shot in live action.

And panda lovers will be happy to learn that a sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda is officially in the works. Set for release on June 3, 2011, Panda 2 will be released in 3-D on both regular and IMAX screens worldwide. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and other voice cast members will reunite for the sequel. Panda veteran Jennifer Yu Helson has signed to direct, while producer Melissa Cobb and co-producers/writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger are also set to return. Kung Fu Panda 2 will compete against Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2, also set for release in summer 2011.

If you can’t wait that long for more Panda action, all you have to do is wait until November 9 when the original film is released on two-disc DVD and Blu-ray. The package includes an original companion story, Secrets of the Furious Five. Ska-doosh.

Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog may soon be coming to television. The strip was optioned by producer Radical Sheep Productions in May 2007, and recently announced a deal with TVO to develop an animated series based on the strip. The series is planned to be 26 11-minute episodes aimed at the six to 12-year-old audience. Script writing and animation design is already underway.

The strip tells the story of a ten-year-old boy who wanted a dog and got Bleeker: a canine-shaped walking cell phone/mp3 player/camera/printer/smoke detector/GPS that isn’t actually very good at being a dog. As Skip struggles to enjoy dog ownership, he is hampered by Bleeker’s quirky operating system, low battery life and frequent calls to technical support.

Pat Ellingson, Creative Head of Children’s Media, Content and Programming for TVO says of Bleeker, “What we love about Bleeker is that it’s a show that makes you laugh but has a lot of heart. Amongst all the comedy and the antics, Bleeker teaches us life lessons about the importance of friendship, community and family. It’s both educational and fun. We think it’s a great fit for TVO.”

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog was launched in July 2006 on Comic Sherpa. In February 2007 it was picked up by GoComics.com for online syndication, where it can be seen daily. Mahood has a Cafepress storefront with the usual assortment of branded clothing, and the first collect of Bleeker stripsis available from Lulu.com.
 

The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ annual juried competition, Illustration West, is the largest illustration competition west of New York worldwide. Throughout the 47 year history of the competition, they honored some of the most accomplished and emerging talent. For the first time ever, they have added a Comic Book/ Graphic Novel category. The Illustration West 47 show chair, Tatiana EL-Khouri told ComicMix, "I’m proud that we are embracing the Comic Book and Graphic Novel industry and all it’s contributions to the art community."  The deadline has been extended to October 3 for the ComicMix community. Artwork created in or published between June 1st 2007 and June 1st 2008 is eligible.

The esteemed judges include ComicMix’s Mike Gold and Michael Davis, as well as BET’s Denys Cowan, writer Marv Wolfman, Bob Kato, Simone Legno, Isabelle Dervaux, Joe Cepeda, Penelope Dullaghan, Tomasz Opasinski, Edel Rodriquez, Heidi Volpe, and Nate Williams.

To enter the competition, visit http://www.entersila.com

For more information about the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, visit http://www.si-la.org