ComicMix at MegaCon ’08
Anyone who thought that MegaCon was a small secondary gathering of Florida area comics and fantasy/anime fans could not have been more mistaken. I was one of about 30,000 people at the Orange County...
View ArticleAtari Comics Receive Digital Reprint
The Steam online digital distrubution system announced that Atari PC games would be added to their catalog of programs. One of the games, Atari 80 Classics in 1, is more of a bargain then meets the...
View Article‘White Viper’ Starts June 3 on ComicMix!
A baby, abandoned. Surrounded by dead bodies, she is found by a poor monk. He takes her back to his home for safety, and the company of his brother monks. Happily ever after? Think again. In White...
View ArticleWhite Viper: It All Begins Today!
Today on ComicMix, the legendary art team of Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin begin a new series, White Viper, with scripts by Erin Holroyd. A mother abandons two bundles in the snow. A rapacious...
View ArticleWhite Viper: The Way of the Snake
In today’s brand new episode of White Viper, by Erin Holroyd, Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin, our heroine learns to fight in the style of the snake. Particularly, the viper. Hmmm, I bet that’s...
View ArticleDick Giordano: 1932 – 2010
It is with profound personal regret that I report comics legend Dick Giordano died this morning. The man who guided two comics companies, Charlton and then DC, to greatness and served as collaborator,...
View ArticleDick Giordano: Mentor
Sitting here at I-Con, the word is spreading throughout the Green Room with alarm that Dick Giordano, one of the most universally beloved figures in the comics world is gone. Growing up as a comics...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: Rob Corddry Joins ‘The Boys’?
Hot Tub Time Machine‘s Rob Cordrry has a few dream projects in mind – one of which is starting in the big screen version of a little comic created by Garth Ennis. Can we make this happen, or better...
View ArticleMindy Newell: The Letter
Is being the target of an uncouth, offensive, foul, and vulgar letter the same as being sexually harassed? At the time it occurred – let me do the math here, hang on… okay, it was 29 years ago – I...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on DC’s New World Order
In 1986, as the Crisis on Infinite Earths was winding down, Marv Wolfman made the radical suggestion that DC indicate the universe had truly changed by altering the numbering on all the titles and...
View ArticleMINDY NEWELL: How I Became A Comics Professional…
…or how the fuck did that happen? Part One So how did I get into comics? I wasn’t going to write about this because the last column was all about me, and I don’t want you all thinking that “it’s all...
View ArticleDENNIS O’NEIL: Not Dennis O’Neil
When is a Denny O’Neil column not a Denny O’Neil column? When it’s being written by Man-Child editor Gold. Denny is under the weather – hopefully no longer in pain, as the only thing worse than being...
View ArticleMike Gold gets Dick Giordano Humanitarian Of The Year Award from HERO Initiative
We are exceptionally proud to note that our own Mike Gold, Editor in Chief of ComicMix, was given the first Dick Giordano Humanitarian Of The Year Award from the HERO Initiative at this year’s Harvey...
View ArticleMike Gold: Before Watchmen, Because…
It seems everybody has his or her tits in a wringer over this upcoming Before Watchmen thing. I’ve made a few comments here and there, but now that these books are about to come out, I’m going to...
View ArticleMike Gold: Bad Taste Tastes Good
I am of the opinion that “bad taste” is a good thing. It’s the most ridiculously subjective concept imaginable: what offends me (admittedly, very little) might be absolutely awesome to you, and we...
View ArticleMindy Newell: Not Superman’s Girlfriend!
Last week I wrote about Lois Lane (here) for the first time since 1986 and my mini-series “When It Rains, God Is Crying,” which was edited by ComicMix’s own Robert Greenberger. It got me to thinking...
View ArticleMike Gold: Phantom Survivor
While we’re all busy celebrating the 49th anniversary of Doctor Who and the 50th anniversary of both Spider-Man and the James Bond movies, the daddy of heroic fantasy characters quietly turned 76 way...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: DC’s Wandering Boot-heals
Our good times are all gone And I’m bound for moving on… Ian Tyson I doubt that anyone who cared was surprised when, last week, Diane Nelson, the high honcho of DC Comics, announced that the company...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: Gotham’s Doctor, Batman’s Saint
You may have seen it yourself: the scene a while back in which James Gordon and Dr. Leslie Thompkins stand in front of their police department colleagues getting very well acquainted. It happened...
View ArticleMike Gold: Airboy Takes Flight – Again
This may be hard to believe, but every once in a while the good folks at ComicMix L.L.C. act as though we really are a corporation. Yeah, it’s hard for me to believe that, too. Last Sunday, our...
View ArticleMike Gold: Well, It Ain’t Much Of A Secret War
Our friends at Marvel Comics have informed the world that “the biggest Marvel event of all time” will come to an end four weeks from today, on January 13, 2016. Of course, the “biggest Marvel event of...
View ArticleMike Gold: Suicide Squad, John Ostrander, and My Damn Good Luck
Are you tired of all the comics-related movies this summer? I didn’t think so, but I do understand why some of the movie critics are. These poor bastards see a couple hundred movies each year, they...
View ArticleEd Catto: Robert Loren Fleming’s Thrill Ride, Part 1
In the 80s, DC comics woke up the comics industry with Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and The Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. Fans and retailers were anxiously awaiting the next big...
View ArticleEd Catto: Thrill Ride with Robert Loren Fleming – Part 2
This is the final part of my conversation with comics writer Robert Loren Fleming on the tragic backstory and forgotten history of DC’s Thriller comic book series. As I explained last week, this is...
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