In a surprising move this week, DC has pulled the plug on its Minx line of young adult graphic novels. What does it mean? We examine that , plus: Harry Potter courts Imax Want to host a Star Wars House Party? Margaret Cho talks comics she loves and TV she does Starting Saturday, ComicMix Radio…
As reported here on ComicMix last Monday by Matt Raub via AP : “A sheik from Saudi Arabia, a former diplomat posted in Washington, has put out a fatwa on Mickey Mouse, calling him the new enemy of Islam. ‘Mickey Mouse is a soldier of Satan, and everything he touches becomes impure,” said Sheik Muhammad…
Back in my DC Comics days, I was sitting in my office pretending to work when Mark Waid stuck his head in. “Hey, do you know when Paul McCartney wrote ‘Silly Love Songs?’” he asked. “Pretty much his whole damn life,” I replied without looking up. That about summed up my feelings about Paul McCartney….
NBC rolls the dice in a big way with a three hour relaunch of Heroes this Monday. After nine months away, and a weak second season as well, can they overcome it all? Milo Ventimiglia thinks so and in our exclusive interview, he explains it all, plus: The World’s Most Dangerous Milkman in a movie?…
For the last few weeks, most ComicMix columnists have been writing about politics. I can understand how you, Constant Reader, who came here to read about comics and movies and games, might think this is self-indulgently off-topic. Most of us have an intense interest in politics, and we think this is the most important election…
Are you going to the Baltimore Comic-Con at the end of the month? So are we! And we’ve got something special for you. In honor of the first anniversary of our announcement of our comics publishing program at last year’s show, we’re testing three graphic novel collections of recently completed stories from ComicMix. You’ll…
As we told you on Tuesday’s broadcast, DC has been plagued with a few printing errors one of which was Action Comics #869 that was recalled last week and redistributed this week. Why? The answer is a little simple, literally, plus: Heroes‘ website expands including new web episodes Marvel’s original online comics are here Meet…
Over last weekend, the Presidential campaign’s silly season came to a screeching halt. Karl Rove, politics’ answer to P.T. Barnum, manipulated things pretty well, dominating news cycle after news cycle with his Beauty Queen Who Can See Russia From Her Porch (!) but that pesky reality came in and re-focused everything back on the issues…
Printing mistakes and distribution snafus have plagued us all comic-wise the past few weeks. We help you catch up on what you should and will be seeing in the comic stores, plus: Geoff Johns jumps into the DC Universe MMO Captain Action gets out the vote Shia LaBeouf in Y The Last Man? It…
Are you a pig, or are you a sheep? I’m a pig, myself. Contrary to popular opinion – particularly these past couple weeks – pigs are clean, intelligent, productive, and necessary to our eco-system. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and while I must admit pigs do nothing for me, I’m…
Now you can get actual, beautiful printed copies of a few of the best comics ComixMix has offered, but these will be true collector’s items. Details right here, plus: Beau Smith packs cowboys, pirates and Nazis in a new comic Sarah Palin gets an action figure or three Missing a comic? We’ve got the update…
I’m in Mexico. I hate it here. Next week I have to be in Japan and I will most likely hate it there also. Why do I hate it here in Mexico? Well, beside the fact that my ability to get on the Internet is hit or miss and I may have to send…
