Today is Letterer Appreciation Day, chosen because it’s the birthday of Gaspar Saladino, one of the greatest comics letterers of all time. Letterers are the modern descendants of medieval scribes, illuminating manuscripts, doing a job that when done well is mostly unnoticed and certainly underappreciated. From the bold, dynamic lettering to elegant, intricate scripts, letterers…
The multi-talented Ty Templeton wrote a Christmas song this year, and since it’s Christmas Eve, you get to hear it. Put this into your musical rotation tonight, enjoy, and have a safe and Merry Christmas!
Yes, we know. But he would have done it for us. Miss you, fella.
Worlds will live. Worlds will die. And the… aw, you know the rest. Although you may not know everything… December 8 on the CW– where legends live! 😉 And if you want to read the original book, you can buy it here.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fire at an Albany comic book store. Around 7:15 p.m. Friday, Albany firefighters and Dougherty County EMS responded to a fire at Phoenix Comics, located in the shopping plaza in the 1100 block of North Westover Boulevard. Upon arrival, flames and smoke were visible; the…
Yeah, yeah, but when are we getting Shogun Warriors back? Marvel Entertainment and Tsuburaya Productions are excited to announce a collaboration that will bring new Ultraman stories to comics and graphic novels! Unveiled at Tokyo Comic Con, this new collaboration will launch in 2020. Ultraman has been a pop culture classic ever since its introduction…
On Wednesday, September 11, hailing from the northern wilderness of Canada, the iconic Marvel character, Wolverine, is now at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Known as one of the gruffest, most irascible, totally cynical and brooding heroes of the X-Men, Wolverine takes the stage as an online exclusive collector’s item. Complete with his classic costume and soft claws,…
IDWFC • 48 pages • $7.99 For long-time comic readers, Summer also means Annuals. Clearly, they are no longer confined to only summer. The Star Wars Adventures Annual is full of all-ages adventures and is published by IDW. I love this idea and as a mature reader (i.e. older) I can both appreciate them… and…
IDWFC • 32 pages • $3.99 I’m a sucker for travel posters, especially at the end of summer. In spring I always plan more summer trips than we can possibly fit in. Around the time when Kohl’s and Target’s back-to-school ads start showing up, I get that “we didn’t do enough” pang of regret. That’s…
We try not to get political here at ComicMix, but this is just too important in the wake of current events to ignore. The Second Amendment is clear: the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Granted, when the Founding Fathers wrote that amendment, they understood an “arm” to be a musket,…
