A little bird told us there’s a new unintentionally-comedic Jack Chick comic book tract out, number 18 in the evangelical publisher’s Crusader series (mock them all!). This one’s called The Enchanter, and purports to warn of the dangers of Mormonism, claiming that "After people read this illustrated book, they will not be vulnerable to the…
To start the week out on a pleasant note for about half of you – check out bikini jeans. [via Pat Cadigan] Comics Links The UK SF Book News Network talked to John Higgins, artist on a graphic novel adaptation of the old splatter-horror movie The Hills Have Eyes. Estoreal reports on representing the Jack…
(See the continuation for an explanation of our "Bob & Godzilla" photo today.) Comics Links Publishers Weekly Comics Week talks to Matt Fraction, writer of Casanova. Steven Grant, at Comic Book Resources, thinks about Jack Kirby and the art of comic book covers, then and now. Brian Michael Bendis was interviewed by CBR about the…
A couple weeks ago I opined that the loss of the Weekly World News makes the supermarket a less enjoyable experience. While gathering grub for my big family Labor Day barbecue blowout this weekend, I found a small gem. Disney Adventures, which is about to go out of business, publishes an occasional reprint digest called…
Comics Links The New York Times notes what would have been Jack Kirby’s 90th birthday. (And, in honor of that, a random odd Kirby drawing is our illustration today – a stamp with a Kirby Silver Surfer.) The Beat digs into Marvel’s sales figures for the month of July. Blogcritics interviews Mike Carey about his…
Mark Evanier shows off the cover to his upcoming book Kirby: King of Comics, and explains what this book is (a big, heavily-illustrated look at Jack Kirby’s comics work) and what his next book will be (a much longer, text-heavy biography of Kirby). Columnist Alex Stein, in the Guardian, likes to argue with a friend…
Few people had the privilege of knowing comics legend Jack Kirby the way Mark Evanier did. Therefore, it is only fitting that Mark was the man selected to pen Jack’s definitive biography. Kirby: King of Comics will be released this October in a 224 page hardcover edition, complete with a pull-out poster designed by Alex…
The Jack Chick Parody Wing needs to update its listings now. BoingBoing (again) points to TIKI – A Jack Chick-style tract which the enthralled poster picked up at last weekend’s APE small press show in San Francisco. It warns against — well, you know.
April Fool’s weekend, and we offer nothing but the truth from Sushi Based Super Heroes to a Close Encounter From Jean Luc & Q to the Secret Origin Of How Stan Lee’s Secretary Got Me Through Puberty. We’ve got the low down on the new Spider-Man animated series AND the new Santo animated show (our…
Reality? Our latest ComicMix Podcast discusses big things at the Sci-Fi channel, anger towards Marvel’s Captain America stunt, and we reveal the astonishing inside low-down on After Hours comics and their new "reality" comic about… suicide? Timeline swoops down on 1976 and Superman Vs. Spider-Man #1. All this and Logan’s Run – with George Perez,…
Marvel Comics will be reprinting one of their most unusual horror/mystery titles in a hardcover Omnibus edition this summer. The first six issues were known as Amazing Adventures and featured work by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and Paul Reinman. The next eight issues were called Amazing Adult Fantasy and focused on…
The first ComicMix podcast is now available for your listening pleasure! A three-times weekly feature here at ComicMix, broadcaster Mike Raub has produced our initial 12 minute program featuring news, features and interviews. A new podcast will be available every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday — today’s podcast includes a look at new comics that are…
