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Mark Wheatley painting ‘Lone Justice: Crash!’ video

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  • January 23, 2009

Lone Justice: Crash! is the new graphic novel from the Harvey award nominated team of Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley. Regular visitors to ComicMix also know Mark Wheatley as the co-creator (also along with Robert Tinnell) of EZ Street, as well as Frankenstein Mobster on his own.

For many of Mark’s fans and admirers, it is his painting and color work that set his art apart from others– and Mark has set up video cameras in his studio sanctum to document exactly what arcane methods he uses to create his color comics and illustrations. We’ve already shown you his drawing technique, now see how he finishes the work. Feel free to comment– Mark will be on hand to answer any questions.

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An open note to the writers of ‘Lost’

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  • January 21, 2009

lostcast-9319870Congratulations on your return to the small screen tonight. It’s been a while, and I know many have been awaiting your return. However, a cautionary note:

In my job here at ComicMix, I spend a lot of time talking pop culture with a number of comics professionals. I recently found myself in a discussion with a writer about Lost, and he said, quote, “I used to follow the show, but they just had too many dangling plot threads and unresolved story elements– I stopped watching.”

Guys, when Chris Claremont says your series has too many dangling plotlines, you have a problem.

I mean, add a few super powers, and… hmm. Add superpowers to a convoluted plotline… didn’t I just get something about that? Why, yes I did:

Consider yourselves warned.

(Incidentally, Chris Claremont has a newly redesigned web site and blog, although he’s still working out the bugs of the migration and some of the redirects are still touchy. Go over and take a look, show him some love.)

Mark Wheatley drawing ‘Lone Justice: Crash!’ video

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  • January 15, 2009

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 entire package together. Take a look:

 

The top ten influences for ‘Lone Justice: Crash!’

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  • January 13, 2009

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 yesterday on ComicMix, but the roots of the creation of Lone Justice: Crash! started long ago.

Creating a new graphic novel doesn’t happen in a vacuum. And people like Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley are easily influenced. So readers would be well advised to take a look at what other creative efforts have had a hand in shaping the look and feel.

First – we start with what has warped the mind of Robert Tinnell, in his own words:

1.) MARTIN – First and foremost I have to acknowledge George Romero’s film, MARTIN. Much of what I write is inspired by this brilliant little deconstructionist vampire story and the way it so grounded fantasy in reality, in banality, actually. I often say, quite sincerely, I consider the film an American classic. So if you’re reading LONE JUSTICE: CRASH! and detect a deconstructionist approach to the superhero genre, bear in mind that in addition to the obvious comic book influences, Romero’s flick continues to linger in the background of my mind.

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And the next Doctor Who is…

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  • January 3, 2009

…going to be revealed in exactly 12 hours from now as part of a special edition of Doctor Who Confidential to be aired on BBC ONE today at 17:35 Greenwich mean time, 12:35 PM Eastern standard time.

Following the announcement in October that David Tennant would be stepping down from his role as the Doctor at the end of 2009*, speculation has been mounting as to who would take over from him for the fifth series of this iconic BBC drama that will air in 2010.

Who do we think will get the job? Well, there’s a reason William Petersen is leaving CSI…

Check back in half a day on ComicMix and see if we’re right.

‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews: Behind The Music

losy-dvd-3826058Continuing our previews of the Lost Season 4 DVDs (here’s Bob’s review and here’s the first preview) here’s how they come up with the soundtrack. Because when I think of Lost, I think of that memorable theme music… man, I could just hum that melody for days.

Keep coming back to ComicMix for more previews.

‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews: Sawyer Abroad

losy-dvd-4107369Yes, even more previews of the Lost Season 4 DVDs (here’s Bob’s review and here’s the first preview). Here’s how they do the shooting in one of the loveliest places on the planet, and make it look like every other place on the planet.

Keep coming back to ComicMix for more previews.

Review: ‘Lost Season 4’ on DVD

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Serialized television has seen a decline in ratings after becoming all the rage, ignited largely by the originality and quality of Lost.  Created by J.J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the series had an intriguing premise, an intricate mythology and a sprawling cast, but they never took the focus off the characters.  We got to know them, one by one, and came to care what happened. As several regulars died off, we were repeatedly told, this is a dangerous situation and everyone was vulnerable. This season, more favorite characters are wiped away in dramatic fashion and helps inform those who survive.

Of course, the fun of the series is also seeing the dead come back to appear in flashbacks and hallucinations so no one stays away from the show for good.

The third season was accused of losing that tight focus and its audience began to dwindle.  In spring 2007, ABC and the producers agreed to an end date for the show, spring 2010, and that freed the producers to finish plotting out the series in broad strokes.  We go the first hint of that in the season finale which had the first flash forward, showing us a suicidal Jack insisting he and Kate have to return to the island.

As a result, we were eager for the fourth season, the six-disc DVD collection, which goes on sale Tuesday and were not disappointed.  The freighter that has arrived proves not to be from Desmond’s beloved Penny but on behalf of Charles Widmore, who seems to be out to control the island and its secrets.  From that point, we delve into sixteen episodes which furthered everyone’s character arcs while introducing new wrinkles and new cast.

As one would expect, Jack and Locke are at odds as Locke’s spiritual side says they have to remain on the island while Jack remains committed to getting everyone off.  The cast splits and we follow both sides with Locke’s crew taking over the compound used by The Others, who have fled.

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The new Batman revealed?

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  • December 1, 2008

Following the conclusion of Batman R.I.P., there’s been a tremendous amount of speculation on what will happen to the Dark Knight next. Luckily, ComicMix is on the case!

New images reveal that the latest interpretation of the Batman will be taking cues from the widespread financial troubles that all of us are going through, proving that even billionaire Bruce Wayne isn’t immune from the gyrations in the market, and even Wayne Enterprises can be caught in the credit crunch. But even though times are tough, the Batman is tougher.

Of course, he does have to tighten his utility belt a bit. Instead of the gaz-guzzling tanks and jet engines on wheels of years past, the new Batmobile is prepared for oil shortages and supply disruptions.

Review: ‘Abe Sapien: The Drowning’ and ‘B.P.R.D.: 1946’

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It’s always a bit sad when someone quits a job, especially a well-loved and -trusted colleague who did a huge amount of the work. Sure, you’ll all take him out to lunch on his last day (or as close to it as you can manage), but that’s for his benefit. The next Monday, you all have to go back to work, and try to make up for what he used to do as well as you can.

Hellboy has been gone from the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Development for a while, now – since 2001, though the stories take place in various eras and times – and they’re still trying to make up for the loss. In an office, that would just entail some cursing, some longer hours, and a lot of questions about how to fill out the TPS forms. But for the B.P.R.D., there’s the little matter of saving the world without a nearly indestructible red guy with a sledgehammer for a right hand leading the way.

Since [[[Hellbo]]]y left the B.P.R.D., Dark Horse has published an increasingly proliferating array of stories set in the same world: an ongoing sequence of B.P.R.D. miniseries, and then short series about Lobster Johnson and Abe Sapien.

This year has already seen the Lobster Johnson trade paperback, and eighth volumes of both Hellboy and B.P.R.D. (which I reviewed together back in June), and now there are two more Hellboy-universe books to keep us busy.

[[[Abe Sapien: The Drowning]]]
Story by Mike Mignola; Art by Jason Shawn Alexander
Dark Horse, September 2008, $17.95

Abe has been at the center of several B.P.R.D. stories before, but this was the first time he got his name in the title – it’s a flashback story, set in 1981, when Hellboy was on an extended leave from the B.P.R.D. but supernatural mysteries still needed investigating.

B.P.R.D. head Trevor Bruttenholm had recently discovered that a British supernatural agent had used a rare and powerful Lipu Dagger to kill the evil Dutch warlock Epke Vrooman in 1884, near the Atlantic coast of France. Vrooman’s remains and the dagger are at the bottom of the sea, in a shipwreck. But surely an amphibious man wouldn’t have any trouble in diving down and retrieving the dagger?

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