This past weekend I saw Spider-Man Homecoming with my friend Chap. We went to the theater right by us early in the afternoon on Saturday. It was the best experience I’ve had seeing a Spider-Man movie in theaters since I saw Spider-Man 2 with fellow ComicMix writer Arthur Tebbel back in 2004. That was thirteen…
Why is it… that 20th Century Fox’s Legion teevee series is so good but their X-Men movies suck so bad? Why is it… now that Geek Culture has become so damn legitimate, I can no longer afford to be a Geek? Why is it… that Wild Dog has lasted longer on television than it did…
Lately, my Weird Sounds Inside The Gold Mind kickass rock and blues Internet radio show has spilled over into my ComicMix column. But it’s hard for me to restrain myself, and besides, self-restraint isn’t exactly my long suit. Since every living person, as well as the estates of many of the dead, makes all kinds of “big”…
About 20 years ago, I asked Batman editor Denny O’Neil if I could attend DC’s annual editorial retreat. I was their Publicity Manager at the time and I thought that if I could sit down and watch how the creative teams worked I could better promote the various Batman titles. Denny was cool with it,…
Iâve only been writing this column for a month now, and if youâve been reading you might have guessed that the next opportunity Iâd have Iâd write about Iceman coming out in Uncanny X-Men #600. Well, congratulations! You were right. Iâll try to be less predictable in the future, but I make no promises. As…
Math. Ugh. Hate it. Too real world for me. Unyielding, unforgiving, no sense of humor, and numbers don’t talk to me the way words do. My brain isn’t wired for it. However, numbers are a part of comics and comic book writing. Certainly there are the important numbers regarding sales, but they also figure into…
Michael Dougherty (X2, SUPERMAN RETURNS) has managed to turn his obsession for his favorite holiday into a feature film. TRICK ‘R TREAT is a horror anthology just released on DVD and we get the scary details from Michael and star Lauren Lee Smith. Plus Brian Bendis is plunging ahead full steam on POWERS in comics…
Among comic book fans, Brian Bendis has become a household name as the architect of Marvel Comics’ “Ultimate” universe, the writer of countless stories involving just about every character in the publisher’s stable and the author of a long list of well-regarded, creator-owned projects such as Powers, Torso and Jinx. Credited with making a host…
As a reader of comics, there’s probably one book in particular that got you hooked in the first place and kept you reading. Whether it was Superman, Batman, Fantastic Four or, like it was for me, Captain America, you always remember fondly that first one. Successful comic book creators such as Brian Bendis, Warren Ellis…
Over at IGN.com, Marvel scribe Brian Bendis and editor Tom Brevoort discuss the House of Ideas’ plans for ’08, including the "trust us, it’s bigger than the last event" Secret Invasion storyline set to rock the Marvel Universe in a few months. If you believe the hype, the real-world frights of Joe McCarthy’s hunt for…
Over at IGN.com, Marvel scribe Brian Bendis and editor Tom Brevoort discuss the House of Ideas’ plans for ’08, including the "trust us, it’s bigger than the last event" Secret Invasion storyline set to rock the Marvel Universe in a few months. If you believe the hype, the real-world frights of Joe McCarthy’s hunt for…
Did you pick up Marvel’s Halo Uprising #1 this week? The one written by Brian Bendis and drawn by Alex Maleev? If not, go grab one QUICK! We tell you why! The Big ComicMix Broadcast kicks into the weekend with an exclusive sneak preview of the Mattel Makeover coming to DC’s super-hero toy line, including…
