They Say It’s Your Birthday… As we celebrate the kickoff of Year Two, ComicMix Radio notes our own anniversary by bringing back our very first guest, the shy and retiring ComicMix editor-in-Chief Mike Gold, who is eager to share what’s next for the site in the clicks to come. Meanwhile, we’ve got the details on…
Today in 2004, Mattel announced that Barbie and Ken were breaking up. Mattel was reluctant to give further information on the details of this tragic break up, but only too soon was Barbara Millicent Roberts seen cavorting around town with Blaine. The two were caught playing Rebound® together, whilst Ken was at home tending to…
What started as a little thing to chronicle the writing of American Gods has grown and grown to the point of– well, something really big and blog-like. And dressed in black. And a turban. And some such. So here’s to you, old man. And one of these days, we’re going to run that interview of…
It was 30 years ago this week that I first slept with the man who would be my husband. This didn’t happen because I sensed he was my soul mate, my other half, the light to my void. I didn’t think he’d be the perfect father to my children. I didn’t think I needed…
On this day in 1933, to the strains of the William Tell Overture, the first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger premiered on WXYZ radio in Detroit, Michigan and later on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network and then on NBC’s Blue Network (which became ABC). We hope we don’t have to tell you…
On this day in 1958, the first Lego brick was sold. Eleven minutes later, it was lost under a couch. Children all over the world have played with Lego bricks for the past 50 years, and Lego sets are still right at the top of many wish lists. Industry and trade associations also recognize the…
Today in 1974, Lee Majors starred as Steve Austin, the world’s first bionic man, when the Six Million Dollar Man debuted as a regular series on ABC. Based on Martin Caidin’s novel Cyborg, the show created an explosion of superhero trends in TV, spawning the likes of Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk and The Bionic…
Even a full-scale bombing can’t keep a good Smurf down. Last seen in <a href=” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MAYrF1PDks controversial UNICEF ad, the blue-skinned, three-apples-high Smurfs appear to have survived their encounter with the horrors of war and are making a comeback for their 50th anniversary. 2008 looks to be a blue-ribbon year for the inhabitants of Smurf…
Today is the anniversary of a great comic debut: the funny pages revealed in 1929 the adventures of the worldly Tintin. That weird little mohawk, that smart, itsy dog, who knew the French could come up with something so, that is, tres, charming? Tintin was so popular in fact that it has been translated into…
Ah, the new year. A time to freshen up, begin anew and reflect upon the past. For some of us, this means looking back to a fateful new year’s day in 1995, when after exactly 15 years of service to the absurd and hilarious, Gary Larson finally put The Far Side to rest. Who can…
On this day in 1967 — well, actually, on Stardate 4523.3, but you get the idea — Cyrano Jones sold Lt. Uhuru an adorable little fur ball of the species polygeminus grex that quickly began to multiply like a rabbit on steroids. The creatures found their way into every nook and cranny of Deep Space…
On this day in 1932, the 5,933-seat Radio City Music Hall, a joint effort by John D Rockelfeller, Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the Radio Corporation of America, opened in New York City. Rothefal’s dance troupe the Roxyettes change their name to the Rockettes and star in the premiere extravaganza.
