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Anime reporter wanted

Anime reporter wanted

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  • February 14, 2007

Anime Selects and Ziddio.com are looking for a reporter who will relate news from the Tokyo Anime Fair next month for VOD and online video segments for a show produced by Comcast’s Select on Demand.

Wannabe reporters can attend auditions at the NY Comic Con at the Javits Center in New York City on February 24 or 25, at the Anime Selects booth, or you can upload your video audition clip at Ziddio.com via the "Be a Tokyo Reporter" link. Applicants must be 18 years or older, have a valid U.S. Passport that won’t expire in the next six months, and have a general to expert knowledge of the anime industry and be physically and mentally capable to travel overseas.

Toy Fair photos, part 2

Toy Fair photos, part 2

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  • February 14, 2007

Continuing from our earlier post.

First, let’s get the obligatory comic book connection out of the way — the playset based on the set designed by Bryan Hitch, the new TARDIS:

Of course,  you’ll need the figures…

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Genre film costume auction

Genre film costume auction

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  • February 14, 2007

British auctioneer Bonhams is holding a massive auction of what is believed to be the UK’s largest collection of film and television costumes on March 6th. The collection comes from Angels The Costumiers, a fifth generation family firm that has been doing costumes since 1840 and worked on 26 movies that have won Oscars for Outstanding Achievement In Costume Design.

Items going under the hammer include costumes from Superman, Supergirl, six of the Doctors from Dr. Who, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Highlander, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, James Bond’s suits from Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Tomorrow Never Dies, and Alec Guinness’s Obi Wan cloak, pictured here.

In recognition of the popular appeal of the items, Bonhams’ saleroom will be allowing interested customers the opportunity to try on selected costumes. So if you can’t afford to bid, you could just try flying to London — but you probably won’t be able to nip off somewhere and play with your significant other unless you win. (Hat tip to Craig for the story.)

Grell gets busy

Grell gets busy

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  • February 14, 2007

Now’s your chance to gather up all those Mike Grell comics and get ’em signed!  Mike informs us he’ll be very busy this spring, hitting the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle on March 31-April 1, the Pittsburgh Comicon in Monroeville, PA on April 27-29, and the Iowa Comic Book Club’s I-CON 2007 in the 4-H Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on May 19.  Who knew state fairs featured comic book clubs?  We city-dwellers miss so much sometimes…

Minneapolis’ Dreamhaven hit

Minneapolis’ Dreamhaven hit

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  • February 14, 2007

Neil Gaiman reports that Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis, the place he considers his "home store" in terms of doing his local shopping there and signing lots of stuff for them to sell online, has had a break-in over the weekend. 

Owner Greg Ketter says, "Damages will be costly but insurance should cover a lot of it. But after the lull in current business, this really will hurt. I don’t like charity but if you could encourage people to maybe buy an extra book off us soon, it may help. Three bookstores have closed in the Twin Cities in the past two months and I don’t want to make it four." 

Those not in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area can visit their online store, where you’re likely to find lots of Gaiman-related items in among tons of sf, fantasy, horror and other related merchandise.

The ComicMix podcast is in the air!

The ComicMix podcast is in the air!

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 available at your friendly neighborhood comics shop, and this will be a feature of every Tuesday program. Thursday’s programs will feature reviews and Saturday’s will include full-length interviews.

Also featured in today’s podcast are salient mutterings from Peter David, The Beatles, and ComicMix’s editor-in-chief, and a nostalgic look at comics and popular culture that people were enjoying this week, back in 1963 and 1971.  All this plus updates on Indiana Jones and The Flash.

We encourage you all to participate in our fun and games. Contact us with any questions or comments and when we’ve got our ComicMix message boards up and running, join Mike and the ComicMix crew in our online dialog!

Mainstream news covers comics

Mainstream news covers comics

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  • February 13, 2007

Our weekly check on what mainstream news sources are saying about comics:

From Star Wars websites to comics

From Star Wars websites to comics

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  • February 13, 2007

According to ComingSoon.net, Paul Ens (former director of StarWars.com and Lucas Online) and Scott Chitwood (co-founder of TheForce.net and SuperHeroHype.com contributor), announced today the launch of Red 5 Comics, a new comics publishing company set to introduce its first titles this fall. They aim to "produce cinematic-style stories that appeal to the same avid movie and comic fans who already frequent their websites.

The Red 5 line-up will be a combination of creator-owned and internally developed titles Individual comic issues will be sold in both traditional print form at comic shops and in downloadable electronic formats online." The press release is up at their site, and they’ve also put out a call for artists and other creative positions. May the Force be… nah, too easy.

Toy Fair photos

Toy Fair photos

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  • February 13, 2007

Yes, we can tell it’s that time of year, because photos start showing up of you with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Yam.

Special thanks to Rebecca Badurina (she’s on the right) for providing photos and information.

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