Today’s list of quick items: Secret Lives of Comic Store Employees from Wired: The horrifying thought to me is that I recognized most of the stores from the pictures before I even looked at the captions. And, yes, I regularly shop at three of the New York ones. Hi, Olive! George R.R. Martin sends…
Today’s list of quick items: Captain Kirk planning to take over Canadian civilization: "Guys, you gotta mix a little reality in with your imagination to achieve happiness in your life." –William Shatner, Free Enterprise. Captain Planet episodes online for free at Mother Nature Network, after a 13 year absence from the air waves. …
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: Hugh Jackman to Do Oscars Drunk and Nude. Okay, maybe that would deserve a post of its own, if only it were true. Still, the post from E! Online wins headline of the week around here. Also, Ricky Gervais will write…
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: This online TV thing really is taking off: Lost Finds 1.4 Million Viewers On ABC.com. Read the entire thing and get a look at how the TV landscape is changing, and more importantly, how the new rules don’t apply any more….
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: If you haven’t read it yet, you simply must: about DIGITAL COMICS by ~Balak01 on deviantART. Now this is the way to think about digital comics, none of this clutch cargo animation going around. Marvel, take note. Matt Smith locked…
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: Cartoon Network has committed to 26 episodes of Marvel Super Hero Squad, to begin broadcasting in late 2009. Apparently, the classic romantic comedy of manners is just not considered to be of sufficient interest anymore. First, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam…
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: Don’t believe the lousy "ratings" on Dollhouse that some folks are touting. The only ratings that can conceivably be in are overnights from the largest markets. No Live+7 (in other words, people who have it in their DVR because they went…
Today’s collection of items may not be worth a post of their own, but may be of interest: Twilight watch: Director Catherine Hardwicke declined a monster payday to direct the sequel New Moon, but she said no because she didn’t want to make the movie under the deadline and budget constraints that would have been…
Today’s collection of items may not be worth a post of their own, but may be of interest: An online Heath Ledger fan club has put up an online petition calling for Warner Brothers to withdraw the role of the Joker from Batman movies once and for all. They already have over 2,000 supporters "freaks."…
A collection of news items that have come in over the last few days while we’ve been recovering from NYCC. KC Carlson is also recovering, but from a mini-stroke instead of con crud. Get well soon, big guy. Brett Ratner directing Youngblood, according to Variety. So if you love what he did with X-Men 3……
Well, today ComicMix turns two years old. It’s a tad bittersweet, as the advertising cutbacks that have decimated other media outlets have had their impact upon this young site as well. So – as you’ve no doubt noticed – we’ve hunkered down for the long haul. We ain’t going to give in to this economy;…
The collection of non-NYCC posts that have come in over the last few days while we’ve been on the floor at Javits. Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is talking with Warner Bros. about directing the live-action version of Green Lantern. In conjunction with fellow Macmillan imprint First Second Books, science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor…
