Happy Easter!
Here… have some eggs for Easter. Mmmmm… eggs.
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How to make a Dr. Manhattan cocktail
From The Eaten Path: Ingredients: 2 oz. clove-infused gin 1 oz. dry vermouth 1/2 oz. St Germain Splash of blue curacao 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters Place several ice cubes in a mixing glass or cocktail shaker. Don’t skimp on the ice (I use about five cubes per drink), as Dr. Manhattan is to be served…
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Action Comics #1 sells for $317,200
A copy of Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, was bought at auction for $317,200 on Friday, after 88 prior bids. The CGC FN: 6.0 book was sold through ComicConnect.com and its parent site, Metropolis Collectibles. There are two neat extra tidbits to this story, according to the AP story: The winning…
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Happy Birthday: Glenn Hauman
ComicMix’s production master is another year older and probably another inch taller today. Happy birthday, Glenn!
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More Watchmen merchandise: Rorschach ski mask
Now I have to protest. Not because of the blatant commercialization of Watchmen, but because they used one of the sickest, most graphic pictures available for the mask. I mean, look at it! Look! It’s disgusting and perverse! It stirs up all sorts of strange feelings inside of me. Thoughts of nuclear bombs and Egyptian…
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A cheap(er) evening with Harvey Pekar in NYC
YIVO’s “Comics and the Jewish American Dream” interview series (moderated by Danny Fingeroth) concludes tonight at 7:00 pm with Harvey Pekar, creator of American Splendor. Go and see where Joaquin Phoenix learned how to behave on Letterman. Admission at the door has been dropped to $10. All you have to do is say the secret…
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Klingon Weapon Used in 2 7-Eleven Robberies
It’s come to this. A man wielding a batleth robbed two 7-Eleven stories in Colorado Springs overnight. The first assault using the deadly Klingon weapon occurred at 1:50 a.m. when a man police described as white in his 20s, wearing a black mask, black jacket, and blue jeans walked in brandishing the weapon. The clerk…
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The Barack Obama Action Figure (Made in Japan)
It was inevitable. From a Japanese toy web site— and apparently, Barack Obama doesn’t even need Secret Service protection, he packs his own handgun. And his own street sweeper. And his own katana and wakizashi! And best of all, since it’s the Japanese, we get to have the Star Wars reference: Choose your punchline for…
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Yes, We Will
The happy mutants at Tor.com– no wait, the happy mutants are at BoingBoing, the snarky geeks are at io9, and the ink-stained shockwave riders are at Tor.com– are running a Dan Goldman comic, "Yes We Will", in which Obama deals with the greatest problem of his first term, as predicted by Nostradamus. Or the Mayans….
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Sales on Spider-Man/Obama bring new meaning to ‘brisk’
How brisk, you ask? This was the scene at Midtown Comics Times Square yesterday, with a man at the door keeping people waiting online outside in 22 degree weather. That’s brisk. At the time in the mid-afternoon, there were about 15 people waiting to get in so they could get upstairs and wait on another…
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Mark Wheatley drawing ‘Lone Justice: Crash!’ video
Lone Justice: Crash! is the new graphic novel from the Harvey award nominated team of Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley. This two-fisted pulp adventure began Monday on ComicMix, but how does it all come together? Mark Wheatley has taken the time to set up a video camera and show you exactly how he puts the…
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‘Lone Justice: Crash’ debuts today on ComicMix — for free!
From the creators of the Harvey-nominated EZ Street comes a hero for the ages, in the thrilling pulp adventure Lone Justice: Crash! Lone Justice: Crash! is the new graphic novel from the Harvey award nominated team of Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley. It’s the sideways sequel to the Harvey Award nominated EZ STREET graphic novel,…
