May you all find what you’re looking for, be it peace, love, courage, funding, or that copy of Superman #74 in very fine or better. We bring you a little bit of a New York holiday tradition as you open your presents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf-4lCsLlpg Through next year we all will be together, if the fates allow….
Man, they’re weird up in Nova Scotia. If only they had the budget for that climactic battle at the Fortress of Solitude. Related: this essay as to who’s faster: Superman, the Flash, or Santa Claus: Even moving at an amazing 1 million miles per hour, Santa simply is no match for Superman or Flash, yet…
John Noble, who plays Walter Bishop on Fox’s Fringe, has narrated “Happy Fringemas” to the familiar meter of “The Night Before Christmas”. The video is a recap of the series, which debuted in August, through now as it takes a break for the holidays and is in reruns. Fringe returns with new episodes in early…
While we’re inundated with good, classic and fairly crappy Christmas specials, we here at ComicMix take note of what we think may be the first holiday special surrounding Three Kings Day, a.k.a Little Christmas, of the day when the three kings arrive to see the newborn baby. Nickelodeon will air its Dora Saves Three Kings…
On this day 75 years ago, the Twenty-first Amendment was enacted, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, thereby ending Prohibtion in the United States. So what does this have to do with comics? Well, without alcohol, the next Iron Man movie would have no plot (if you don’t know what we’re talking about, buy Iron Man:…
After Black Friday and even Cyber Monday, there is still a lot of us with a number of names on that Christmas list. When you are racking your brains for the unique gifts, keep in mind the cool stuff tucked away at your local comic store. Beyond the weekly fix, there are plenty of things…
Nothing has the warm and fuzzies attached to it better than a classic Disney Christmas, just one of the titles we point to on this week’s tour of the comic and DVD shelves, plus: Pushing Daisies the comic! Are you geek enough for MTV? DC caters to the oldsters Stop humming “Jingle Bells” and…
Paramount Home Video has begun the Christmas shopping season with the announcement of Shrek the Halls coming to DVD on November 4. The CG-animated television special debuted last holiday season and featured a brand new story, cramming all the trilogy’s characters into a thirty minute event. It received good reviews and had an impressive audience…
The Muppets will be first returning to television before the Big Screen. NBC has announced the production of Letters to Santa — A Muppets Christmas for this holiday season. This will be the third holiday themed special following a 1970s hour with John Denver and a 1980s effort. They also adapted Charles Dickens’ immortal tale…
Happy Independence Day, comicdom! Here’s hoping everyone out there is well stocked with food to grill, beers (preferably Yuengling, from "America’s Oldest Brewery") to down and fireworks to potentially blow off your fingers. All that, a few Uncle Sam or Captain America comics, and you’re well stocked. And make sure you wear that American flag…
Did you know that in the English speaking world, there’s a tradition that women may propose marriage on leap years? Yep. Surprise! While it has been argued that the tradition was initiated by Saint Patrick or Brigid of Kildare in 5th century Ireland, it is dubious as the tradition has not been attested before the…
Sure, love is like a drug sometimes — but what kind of drug? Is it a quick pick-me-upper like caffeine? Is it the kind of drug that makes you taste colors? Heck, some might argue that it’s the type of drug that makes you look like Nick Nolte’s mugshot after a couple of weeks. As…
