Author: Mike Raub

Silver Age Great Nick Cardy Speaks!

Silver Age Great Nick Cardy Speaks!

Some call it the "luckiest day of the year,"  but to us it’s just another day soaking in the warm glow of Pop Culture! The Big ComicMix Weekend Broadcast goes a little old skool with news on new Pokemon and the new Magic cards, a tip on a new film from the Stargate folks, Homer In The Air plus a talk with one of the best comic craftsmen of the last four decades (guess who?) … and the story of a guy who dropped this clothes on Broadway and then went on to have a hit song!

Press The Button, and if a bunch of "7s" turn up on your screen, call a priest!

Ultimate Spiders A-Plenty

Ultimate Spiders A-Plenty

The Big ComicMix Broadcast is back with a bang after the 4th with a tip on how to latch on to those Ultimate Spider-Man #100 covers, Girls gone wild in our Summer Reading Rundown and The Top Ten in the Comic Shops last month … plus the eternal question of when does a hit not sound like a hit?

Press The Button – maybe your crusty old Dell will transform into an IPhone?

Big ComicMix Broadcast Explodes!

Big ComicMix Broadcast Explodes!

Pop culture madness takes no holiday as the Big ComicMix Broadcast jumps right into the week with the rubdown of the coolest comics and videos to grab on your day off… plus news of a YaBaDabba Marathon, Reviews of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD and TRANSFORMERS plus proof positive that even a well rounded guy can strike gold with a mindless top 40 hit!

Press The Button – it’s safer than fireworks! Honest!

The Big ComicMix Broadcast: Words and Pictures

The Big ComicMix Broadcast: Words and Pictures

I thought it would be pretty darn polite if we created a weekly spot here at ComicMix where we could post the links and contacts for some of the things we cover during the week in our trice-weekly Big ComicMix Broadcasts. Let’s jump right on what went down over the last few days:

We covered a few more comics you might not be aware of in our Summer Reading feature – including The Black Coat, Ben Lichius’ adventure strip about America’s First Super Patriot. You can see more & even order issues here.  For something completely different, there is In His Likeness, which is primarily seen on the web here but creator James Hatton has a collection of the first 100 strips in a trade you can order.

In the event your local comic shop doesn’t carry Dave Nestler’s Blonde & Gagged, you can see it here, plus much more of Dave’s work and it is a good place to follow progress of the proposed B&G film.

It was great taking with all three creative partners in 12 Gauge Comics’ Occult Crimes Task Force. The Trade pb of the first series is out in stores now, but you can see a lot more on the 12 Gauge Website here and even get a signed copy of the first issue, neatly scribbled on by Dave Atchison, Tony Shasteen and Ms. Rosario Dawson as well!

Finally, if you want to get ready to grab that Anita Blake black & white variant, the line begins here, but the sale starts on July 13th.

Next week, we gear up (no pun intended) for Transformers fever (we’ll be interviewing star Mark Ryan at the San Diego ComicCon), plus more summer reading and another Secrets Behind The Comics.

Please send us your thoughts and comments, Keep your ears clean and we will see you on Tuesday!

Likeness is copyright James Hatton. All Rights Reserved. OCT is copyright 12 Gauge Comics, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Who’s Watching the Watchmen Movie?

Who’s Watching the Watchmen Movie?

So you are all worn out after waiting on line for that iPhone yesterday? We’ve got a Heap O’ Hot Summer Stuff on the Big ComicMix Weekend Broadcast, including that Watchmen rumor everyone will be talking about, a tip on what will be the hottest variant comic of the summer, plus more Summer Reading Previews and a look at something in the comic stores just for the grown ups!

Press The Button. Who knows – maybe an iPhone will pop out of your disk drive!

Transformers Get Animated

Transformers Get Animated

The Big ComicMix Broadcast #60 slams in with news on the new Transformers Animated series, DeGrassi High in comics, the next 30 Days of Night series, some new stuff coming to a cable box near you plus more on Occult Crimes Task Force with Rosario Dawson and the creative team *and* a trip back to when we had those big mirrored balls in our ceilings!

Whew!

Press The Button – or we’ll bring back disco!

Stan Lee Walks The Walk

Stan Lee Walks The Walk

f you think it’s hot where you are, wait until you dive into the first Big ComicMix Broadcast of the week, starting with news on Heroes, Stan Lee on The Hollywood Walk of Fame and our Must Buy list of comics and DVDs out this week … plus another add to our Summer Reading List and the Last Hurrah for the Queen Of Disco

Press This Button. Maybe itt’ll crank up the A/C, too!

X-Men and Speed Racer?

X-Men and Speed Racer?

First full weekend of summer arrives, so grab a frosty one and settle in for some lazy, hazy Big ComicMix Broadcast pop culture nuggets – like news of the next Speed Racer cartoon, what’s coming to the X-Men this summer and more on the process it took to combine Rosario Dawson, two major comics talents and more into one new comic book series … plus a trip back to when the King was on The Strip!

Press the Button and pass the chips 

Rosario Talks and Fat Momma Squawks

Rosario Talks and Fat Momma Squawks

It’s the first full day of summer and we heat things up with our middle-of-the week Broadcast, starting with News on some new cartoons, anime and games, a talk with Fat Momma from Stan Lee’s Who Wants To Be A Super-Hero, the first part of our visit with Hollywood Fan Girl Rosario Dawson, and a trip back to when Bond was Steele.

Rosario was impressed the way you PRESSED THE BUTTON last time – do it again!

The Second Big ComicMix Video Podcast

The Second Big ComicMix Video Podcast

Here’s your big chance to see comics creators Mike Grell and Timothy Truman as they talk about their new Jon Sable Freelance (Ashes of Eden) and GrimJack (The Manx Cat) graphic novels — and you’ll be able to preview pages of finished art from these two upcoming tomes! It’s the second Big ComicMix VIDEO Podcast, up and at ’em for your consideration.

All you have to do, as usual, is PRESS THE BUTTON!