If you’re reading this, we’ve survived February, my least favorite month. If we’re going to have Leap Years (and we are), I don’t see why we can’t have the extra day in May, or June, when there are flowers and it’s not too hot yet, but the days are long and full of promise….
Little Gamers, the deceptively cute webcomic about foul-mouthed European gamers, is now in development as a videogame itself. Last week, during the industry’s Game Developers Conference, Microsoft spotlighted it as one of the downloadable games being developed with their XNA program tool set. The trademark Little Gamers humor got a big laugh with beer and…
So you grow up with a favorite comic character and then you actually get into the industry and get a chance to work on the hero you read as a child. What happens when the story you work on happens to be the one in which they trash the character? ComicMix‘s Andrew Pepoy shares his…
This column has its roots in Mike Gold’s column this week. While it’s not necessary to read Uncle Whizzy’s Wazoo this week, it is recommended – as it is every week. Loves my UWW on Monday! I’ve spent a lot of my writing career in other people’s sandboxes and, in general, have had…
Alice in Sunderland Bryan Talbot Dark Horse Books, 2007, $29.95 Even for an artist as hard to pin down as Talbot, [[[Alice in Sunderland]]] is odd and unique: it’s one-half a local history of the town in northern England where Talbot lives now and one-half a popular history of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll)…
It’s been a hell of a winter for me. Under the Lennonesque heading of life being what happens to you whilst you’re busy making other plans, the latest in a series of stumbling blocks that have come between me and my ability to participate more in ComicMix’s news section — including the still-ongoing detox from…
Previously on ComicMix, there’s been some cool new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull news including the exciting first trailer for your viewing pleasure. Now, thanks to the Unofficial Movie Blog, there’s a picture of the new poster for the upcoming film as well. The poster, snapped by Dan perhaps somewhere in…
Previously, my ComicMix colleague Rick Marshall brought you a first look at DC Comics and Warner Bros. animated direct-to-DVD anthology Batman: Gotham Knight. The film, designed to fill the gap between Batman Begins and Batman: The Dark Knight, features the work of several notable writers including Josh Olson, David S. Goyer, Alan Burnett, Jordan Goldberg,…
LEGO’s coolest product now hits the comic stores – in two formats, no less. We’ve got the story, plus: — EA and Image offer up some Dead Space — Candyland, Battleship and Magic – all headed to the theaters — A new week means another brand-new trivia question and another chance to grab an exclusive…
After much discussion with friends and the unwashed and bewildered, today I have decided to weigh in (again) on one of the many ongoing and irresolvable debates that have haunted the hallowed halls of comics academia since time immemorial. The question: when the instigator of a series retires from his or her creation, should…
Ah, it’s Oscar time again! I know I’ll be glued to my seat, whilst falling asleep in it at the same time! Look for all the geeky movies to win the usual geeky (technical) awards, most of which won’t be given out on the air. Better to get your geek on reading our ComicMix columns…
Yes, Heroes is back… at least, in the toy and comic stores. Mezco Toyz is handling the no-brainer of bringing Claire, Hiro & the rest into the world of action figures. Who is coming and when? ComicMix Radio has got the scoop, plus: — A trip to the coolest toy collection on the planet (and…
