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ComicMix Radio: Feeling the Rush From MoCCA

ComicMix Radio: Feeling the Rush From MoCCA

Meet award-winning publisher and writer Tyler Chin-Tanner and step into his fast-paced world of adrenaline, as well as the upcoming American Terrorist. Tyler was just one of the people we met at MoCCA — before things got "hot," plus:

— Marvel adds a cover to Invincible Iron Man

— Fox revamps their fall TV lineup

— Chuck Dixon and DC = splitsville

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Happy Birthday: Chuck Dixon

Happy Birthday: Chuck Dixon

Born in 1954 in Philadelphia, Charles “Chuck” Dixon grew up reading comic books. He did his first comic book writing, on Evangeline for Comico, in 1984—his wife (since divorced) Judith Hunt drew the book.

A year later, Marvel editor Larry Hama hired Dixon to write back-up stories for The Savage Sword of Conan. In 1986 Dixon added Eclipse to his list of employers, writing for their Tales of Terror anthology and then for Airboy. The following year he started Alien Legion for Marvel’s Epic line.

In 1990, Dixon caught the eye of DC editor Denny O’Neil, who invited him to write a Robin mini-series. That led to more work within the Batman group, and Dixon wrote Detective Comics #644-738, including several major Batman story arcs.

To this day Dixon is considered one of the most prolific Batman writers in the character’s history.

Happy 70th birthday, Bilbo Baggins!

Happy 70th birthday, Bilbo Baggins!

No, you geek, I’m not talking about Bilbo’s birthday of September 22, 2890 of the Third Age, being born to Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took. That’s tomorrow.

But seventy years ago today, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in September 1937, illustrated with many black-and-white drawings by Tolkien himself. The original printing numbered a mere 1,500 copies and sold out by December due to smash reviews. Since then, it’s been printed in over 50 editions in English alone, and multiple media adaptions, including a graphic novel by David Wenzel, Chuck Dixon, and Sean Deming.

The ORIGINAL Spider returns

The ORIGINAL Spider returns

Moonstone Comics’ long-awaited prose anthology will be in the shops this coming week.

Based upon the historic (and oft-reprinted) pulp character The Spider, this anthology features brand new short stories by noted comics writers Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, Joe Gentile, CJ Henderson, Elizabeth Massie, Christopher Mills, Will Murray, Ann Nocenti, Chuck Dixon, and Robert Weinberg, as well as a number of s-f and mystery writers – including John Jakes of North and South, Kent Family Chronicles fame.

All this appears under an introduction by ComicMix columnist and comics legend Dennis O’Neil.