Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:29PM2 comments ›
Thu Aug 7, 2008 — by Glenn Hauman
ComicMix Quick Picks: 8/7/08
Teach your children swell...
The collection of posts that may not warrant a full entry of their own. Excelsio -- er, onward and upward:
When I saw this bit about Franklin turning 40, I have to admit that wasn't the Franklin I was thinking of... yes, Franklin Richards is 40 years old too. And people complain about Bart Simpson never aging?
The Skiffy Channel's top 10 brilliant but cancelled sci-fi shows. Also known as their regular line-up.
Lost in all the San Diego shuffle, MTV of all people have started a comics/movies blog called Splash Page, and have gone so far as to hire former Wizard and DC Comics staffer Casey Seijas. We welcome them to the blogosphere, but would like to remind them that hiring ex-DC and Wizard employees to run a weblog is our shtick.
Paul Levitz interviewed in the Wall Street Journal. Surprise note: yes, he's another alumni of Frank McCourt's english classes. I always wondered where Paul picked up the Irish brogue.
Robert Downey Jr. trying to keep his ego in check for Iron Man II:
"Suddenly, for a minute, I felt like everyone needed to take a knee and listen to what I had to say, because I f--kin' made it, and my way works and all this stuff. Then I go home and I go, 'Oh my God, what's happening to me? I gotta get grounded here.' "
Downey got Tropic cowriter and actor Justin Theroux the gig writing Iron Man 2. Theroux is just crawling out from under the pile of Iron Man comics as we speak.
"I've just stopped marinating in all the Iron Man lore that I didn't know, and I'm sort of firing up the chainsaw and ready to attack it," said Theroux. "You're writing for Robert Downey Jr., so, at the end of the day, that's an enormous amount of fun."
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Comments (2)
Brian Jacks (10:33 PM on Sat Aug 9, 2008)
"Lost in all the San Diego shuffle, MTV of all people have started a comics/movies blog called Splash Page, and have gone so far as to hire former Wizard and DC Comics staffer Casey Seijas. We welcome them to the blogosphere, but would like to remind them that hiring ex-DC and Wizard employees to run a weblog is our shtick."
Ha, duly noted guys. You are officially added to our blogroll; look forward to sharing the wacky blogosphere with ya. :)
Glenn Hauman (1:00 PM on Tue Aug 12, 2008)
Bless you and thank you. We assume the misspelling of our name in the blogroll is part of that cheeky weblog rivalry that we're now starting up in an attempt to drive traffic to each other?
Well played, sir, well played.