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…
Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire, Volume 1 By William Messner-Loebs IDW, July 2008, $19.99 Historical fiction is the odd duck of literature; it inevitably ages twice – once just because it’s set in a past milieu that even the original audience will be unfamiliar with, and a second time because it was really written…
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…
Yen Press launched a new manga magazine last month called Yen+ (or maybe Yen Plus), to compete directly with those twin 800-pound gorillas of manga in America, Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat. I now have the first three issues here in my hands, so let’s take a look at Yen+ and see what’s in it….
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 kicks…
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…
Our best wishes go out to all our readers in Texas and other states affected by Hurricake Ike, and we encourage folks who can afford it to help relief efforts (like this one) to help our fellow Americans. Meanwhile, we at ComicMix continue to provide our own brand of relief in the form of cultural…
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