Reality? Our latest ComicMix Podcast discusses big things at the Sci-Fi channel, anger towards Marvel’s Captain America stunt, and we reveal the astonishing inside low-down on After Hours comics and their new "reality" comic about… suicide? Timeline swoops down on 1976 and Superman Vs. Spider-Man #1. All this and Logan’s Run – with George Perez,…
As someone whose first reaction to the news about Bravo acquiring Television Without Pity was, "Uh, what’s Television Without Pity?", I greatly identified with, and applauded, this clever substitution of Captain America’s dialoge from a page of Civil War Frontline #11, wherein one Sally Floyd conflates pop-culture trendiness with actual American values instead of a…
Looking for that video of Stephen Colbert accepting the mantle of Captain America last night (apparently Marvel has just discovered the shield missing), or decrying the death of Steve Rogers in his Word segment from last Thursday? Don’t bother going to YouTube for ’em. Comedy Central’s parent company Viacom announced today that it has sued…
With 300’s $70 million opening weekend, everyone’s eyes lit up. No one expected this number, with the best estimates at least $20 million lower. Now everyone is scrambling to read the tea leaves and try to understand what just happened. A few thoughts from our corner of the universe. First, this will make 2007 the…
Discussion about the death of Captain America probably won’t die down for awhile, and that’s just how Marvel likes it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t glean all the humor we can out of this event. To that end, in Episode 95 of The Fred Hembeck Show, the cartoonist presents a scenario wherein he sees…
Captain America, the comic book character created during World War II as a patriotic opponent of the Nazis, was killed by sniper bullets in a recent comic. What do you think? Monica Chan, Systems Analyst "But who will avenge him? If only there were a group of ‘avengers,’ if you will, organized for that…
One of the more interesting comments on Captain America’s passing was this from blogger Ari Emanuel on the Huffington Post: "It’s hard to be a star-spangled Super Soldier these days. Given the lip-service-only support this administration gives our troops, the patriotic hero would have to fight evil with a substandard red, white, and blue shield,…
Mega media news, including the JLA #7 jam cover with about 40 million characters and the seven-and-one-half minute Spider-Man 3 trailer. Wendy Pini gives us the lowdown on her newest project and her brand-new webcast comics, Timeline visits 1974, and once again we dip into our ComicMix mailbag. All this courtesy of ComicMix’s very own…
Sources tell us that Joe Simon was interviewed for tonight’s episode of Nightline on ABC about his creation, Captain America. Check your local listings for times.
I got a note from a long time comic book reader on Wednesday. He was incensed that Marvel disgraced themselves by killing Captain America. Worse, they did it sneakily, without telling the retailers this was the issue so it sold out to the fan boys before the general public could see the bloody body for…
You’d think that, what with the Libby verdict and the ongoing Walter Reed scandal and the presidential campaign horse race in full swing a year and a half before the general elections, it wouldn’t be that slow a news day. You’d be wrong. Everybody who’s anybody in mainstream news out there in the Real World…
The Flash gets a new artist, the 2007 24-hour-comics-day is disclosed, this week’s new comics are previewed, Jae Lee is interviewed, IFC’s anime maven speaks… and… where is Buffy hiding? Mike Raub has the lowdown on ComicMix Podcast #10 — available right now, right here: Transcript www.ComicMix.com Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Is this…
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