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ComicMix Six: Six word comics biographies

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October 26, 2009

If you’ve ever visited Smith magazine, you’ve probably been there for the great comics (A.D.: After the Deluge, The Pekar Project, Next-Door Neighbor, Graphic Therapy,
Shooting War, and My Home Birth) and their innovative Six Word Memoirs. Inspired by the famous anecdote of Ernest Hemingway telling a complete story in only six words (“For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”) they’ve gotten enough contributions from readers to fill an entire series of Six Word Memoir books.

Amazingly, though, they haven’t really combined the two.*

It works suprisingly well, and a few of them are already made for it– “With great power comes great responsibility”; “Truth, Justice, and the American Way”; “Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot”– and so we’ve decided to jump start the process. So here are our first six:

Reed Richards: Don’t worry, the shielding will hold.
Batman: I promised on my parents’ grave.
Wonder Woman: War’s easy. Compassion’s harder. Peace … inevitable.
Wally West: Dreams can come true so fast.
Cyclops: “Boy Scout”? I kill by looking.
Lois Lane: You think YOU have high standards?

We’ll be adding more via Twitter, using the tag #comicmix6wordbio. Feel free to play along via Twitter, or add your own in the comments.

* Okay, they’ve illustrated a few of the stories as comics, such as this piece from Rick Parker.

New Alan Moore zine, free Charles Vess, submit to Viz, and Gravel to film: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/9/09

ComicMix Quick Picks
October 9, 2009

All the quick news while shooting at the moon and waiting for stories from Baltimore Comic-Con to come in…

Alan Moore is launching Dodgem Logic, “the 21st century’s first underground magazine
from his home town of Northampton, a community that is right at the
geographical, political and economic heart of the country; one which
has half its high street boarded up and is at present dying on its
arse, just like everywhere else.” Josie Long, Graham Linehan, Kev O’Neill, Melinda Gebbie, Steve Aylett, Leah Moore and John Reppion will be contributing. (Hat tip: Cory Doctorow.)
Dark Horse Comics just announced that, in honor of their imminent publication of Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess
in December, they are offering the entire book online for free viewing for an indefinite time. All two hundred-plus pages of Drawing Down the Moon can be found on the Dark Horse website.
VIZ Media is now accepting submissions and pitches for original comics. Interesting. I think this is a change in policy and direction.
I almost don’t believe this story from Superhero Hype and Variety about Legendary Pictures picking up the film rights to the Warren Ellis series Gravel, just because I would automatically assume Bleeding Cool would have that story first. Tsk, tsk… Rich is slowing down. (Warren: we have just the guy for the role for you. Honest.)
And in case you didn’t hear, Archie’s an imaginary bigamist.

Anything else in the news? Consider this an open thread.

Monty Python turns 40: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/6/09

ComicMix Quick Picks
October 6, 2009

Still slow going around these parts, but have these tidbits to keep you warm during the cold season:

Not strictly comics-related, but the work of Monty Python is close enough to our hearts here at ComicMix that we’d feel remiss in not wishing them a happy 40th anniversary– the first episode of Flying Circus aired October 5, 1969.
To celebrate, IFC announced it will air all episodes from the original Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch comedy series starting October 18th as part of the network’s “Python-a-thon” week through the end of 2010. IFC has acquired all four seasons of the Monty Python series (45 episodes). IFC’s “Python-a-thon” runs October 18-23 consisting of the original six-part docu-series Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) each night at 9 pm followed by a Python feature film at 10 pm and capped off by an episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus at 11:30 pm. Additionally, IFC will air all thirteen episodes from season one unedited and uncut through the end of 2009 on Mondays at 7:30 pm and Fridays at 11 pm. Seasons two, three and four will begin airing on IFC next year.
The Eisner-winning Marvel series Invincible Iron Man is getting new trade dress for the upcoming Stark Disassembled arc. The new design has been getting a lot of buzz for the same reason the series has: it’s half past awesome.
Cla$$war, a 2002-2004 comic from publisher Com.x about a supersoldier that goes rogue to expose the corrupt regime that created him, has been optioned for a movie by the same people who made The Surrogates.
We don’t normally like to put this kind of thing here, but this article on superhero Facebook status updates is sure to make any comics fan who’s sick of turning down invitations to Mafia Wars laugh out loud.
Joe Quesada informally announced that there’s a sequel to the X-Men: Misfits manga coming from Del Ray this time next year in his weekly Cup O’ Joe column at CBR.

What’s getting you through the lean news season? Tell us in the comments.

Superman’s powers explained and DiDio on Outsiders: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/5/09

ComicMix Quick Picks
October 5, 2009

It’s been a slow few days in comicsylvania, so here’s a roundup of the last few days:

Stellan Skarsgård (Bootstrap Bill in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy ) joins the Thor cast. Says it all, really, especially since no one will say what part he’s playing.
A unified theory of Superman’s powers. Warning: may blow your mind.
Rob Liefeld turned 42 on Saturday. Hooray!
From the inaugural Long Beach Comic Con: DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio is the new writer on troubled team title The Outsiders, with Philip Tan on art.
Also from LBCC (and the horse’s mouth), Geoff Johns will be writing a Wally West backup feature for the upcoming Flash relaunch as well as the main Barry Allen-centric story.
An all-new, all-awesome picture of Robert Downey Jr. wearing the Iron Man armor from the upcoming sequel has surfaced. The full pic is at the link.

It can’t possibly have been that slow the last few days. What else did we miss?

ComicMix Quick Picks: NY Anime Festival grows, comic sales hold, and Hugh Jackman doesn’t stop the show

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 30, 2009

Get ready for a special
“still-recovering-from-fasting-on-Yom-Kippur” edition of ComicMix Quick
Picks. Yesterday was pretty busy, and here’s a roundup of the stuff we didn’t get to:

New York Anime Festival attendance was up 16 percent from last year. And according to data from this past August, comic sales have held very steady, even through the econopocalypse. Are these signs of a recovering economy, or signs that our kinds of people just can’t cut this stuff out of our budgets?
Popular British football (that’s soccer to us heathen Americans) comic strip Striker ended its 24-year run in British newspaper The Sun ended–without telling readers. Hilarity ensues.
Marvel second-in-command Tom Brevoort explains why Alpha Flight seems to be unable to stick around for very long in their own series: “But
when you drill down, the core concept of the series is based on
geography, which is very limiting — they’re like the Avengers, but in
Canada.”
Sam Rockwell, who’s playing Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2, dropped some plot SPOILERS in an interview, if that’s your thing. We’ll say no more.
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig stopped a performance of their Broadway show “A Steady Rain” in the middle
to chastise– you guessed it– someone who forgot to turn off their cell
phone. After pissing off Wolverine and James Bond, it’s a wonder the
guy made it out of the theater alive.
Heroes ratings continue to disappoint. Who wants to place bets on the exact date and time it gets canceled?
Columbia Pictures just bought a spec script for a movie called Supermax, about a prison full of people with creepy superpowers. The problem is that they’ve also been developing Super Max, a vehicle for DC Comics hero Green Arrow, also about a prison for people with powers. Now, the rumor is that even if it gets a name change, the thematic similarities may kill the comic book-flavored movie in favor of the new one. How fair is that?
Former Terminator Summer Glau has been upgraded from “Dollhouse guest star” to “Dollhouse regular cast.” Joss Whedon’s been wearing out his rolodex for the show’s cast, huh?

What else did we miss? Tell us in the comments.

‘Surrogates’ underdeliver, Shuster and Ignatz Awards, and other ComicMix Quick Picks

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 28, 2009

Quick Picks for a slow Sunday:

Today was former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter’s 58th birthday. Thanos was unavailable for comment.
Comic book movie Surrogates flopped in theaters, earning only $15 million over its opening weekend–which is nothing for a big-budget movie like this.
They announced the winners of the Ignatz Awards, given for achievement in comics and cartooning, at the Small Press Expo; and the winners of the Shuster Awards, given to outstanding Canadian comic creators, at the at the University of Toronto as part of the Word on the Street National Book & Magazine Festival.

What’d we miss? Tell us in the comments.

High school cosplay, ‘Venom’ movie, and the rest of the ComicMix Quick Picks

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 27, 2009

They’re quick, they’re…picked, they’re the stuff we didn’t get to today:

The Venom movie may or may not be moving forward. Maybe. Well, they wrote a script. That they may not use. Exciting, right?
A Minnesota high school encouraged its students to dress up as superheroes during their Homecoming week. At last, the LARPers weren’t the only ones wearing capes to school.
Today’s comic book birthdays: Louise Simonson (Writer, New Mutants), who turned 63 and Tom Veitch (Writer, Star Wars: Dark Empire), who turned 58.
Smallville and Dollhouse premiered to series lows. After Heroes‘ premiere fizzled, should we be getting worried about the future of genre television?

As always, this is an open thread. What did we miss?

ComicMix Quick Picks for September 26, 2009

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 26, 2009

Freshly picked from only the finest and most pedigreed blog bushes, here’s the stuff we didn’t get to yesterday:

Entertainment Tonight visited the set of Iron Man 2, and has video.
The Chicago Tribune’s pop culture blog, of all places, has a fun round-up of what Battlestar Galactica actors are up to these days. Highlight: Mark Sheppard (Romo Lampkin), by law, must appear in every scripted series shot in North America.
You no doubt enjoyed him in “Burn Notice,” “Leverage,” “Dollhouse” and
“Warehouse 13” (and those are just a few of his recent credits). Look
for him next in the series premiere of USA’s “White Collar” (Oct. 23).
A quick update on the status of the Orphan Works bill. For those not familiar, the update itself has a good quick summary. It starts like this: In 2004, Google announced its intent to digitize all of the world’s 80-100 million books – and to make most of them commercially available as orphaned works. The plan has been controversial since its inception.
TokyoPop has released their winter publishing schedule. February will see a slew of new releases, which is a good sign for the industry, right?
There’s not much else to report because everyone is at Small Press Expo 2009 or New York Anime Festival this weekend. Expect fuller writeups from us on these later.

What’d we miss? Consider this an open thread.

ComicMix Quick Picks (in Six) for September 24, 2009

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 25, 2009

There was a lot going on today, so let’s see if we can get these Quick Picks done in ComicMix Six words or less.

A lawyer explains the Kirby lawsuit.
Heroes ratings nosedive, its worst ever.
Peanuts lookalike kids can win big.
Daredevil movie reboot coming, no Affleck.
Whedon confirms Buffy: Season 9 comic.
Ghost Rider 2 wheelie-ing into theatres.
Obama cover fad jumps the shark.

What was missed? Comments are open.

ComicMix Quick Picks – September 24, 2009

ComicMix Quick Picks
September 24, 2009

If you need further proof that we here at ComicMix love you and want you to be happy, check out these, our Quick Picks of stuff we didn’t get to yesterday.

Tim Leong, former editor-in-chief of the late, great, lamented Comics Foundry, landed an excellent interview with Joss Whedon over at Complex.com.
Yaoi Press publisher Yamila Abraham was arrested on drug and fraud charges. Abraham replies here.
DC will be featuring incredibly adorable Lil’ Gotham backups in upcoming Bat-family annuals. Seriously, they’re so sweet they’ll rot your teeth.
Disney’s revealed the timeline that led to the Marvel acquisition. It’s very dry, but there’s some interesting stuff in there.
In today’s comic book movie news, Dreamworks has acquired the rights to Xombie, the creator-owned Devil’s Due zombie cop comic. This is not to be confused with Milestone’s Xombi, last seen in Brave and the Bold with the Spectre.

What else did we miss? Consider this an open thread.

Author: Luana Haygen

ComicMix Six: Six word comics biographies

New Alan Moore zine, free Charles Vess, submit to Viz, and Gravel to film: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/9/09

Monty Python turns 40: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/6/09

Superman’s powers explained and DiDio on Outsiders: ComicMix Quick Picks for 10/5/09

ComicMix Quick Picks: NY Anime Festival grows, comic sales hold, and Hugh Jackman doesn’t stop the show

‘Surrogates’ underdeliver, Shuster and Ignatz Awards, and other ComicMix Quick Picks

High school cosplay, ‘Venom’ movie, and the rest of the ComicMix Quick Picks

ComicMix Quick Picks for September 26, 2009

ComicMix Quick Picks (in Six) for September 24, 2009

ComicMix Quick Picks – September 24, 2009

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