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It was a Dark and Shadowy Night.
Cover Art: Alex Ross (L) and John Cassiday (R) Art: Howard Chaykin The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 41! This week, Barry Reese talks about Howard Chaykin’s return to the character, responds to some...
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Mike Gold: Comics Creators Kick Ass
Excuse me if this week’s profundity seems a bit more extemporaneous than usual. It’s been one of those weeks, and at 3:00 yesterday morning Roscoe The Cat literally saved my life and I’m still...
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Dennis O’Neil: Superhero Haute Couture
We’re not always aces when it comes to accurate prophecy, we comic book pundits, though we shouldn’t hang our collective head too far down because prophecy doesn’t seem to be anybody’s strong point....
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Martha Thomases: Pop Goes New York
Mark your calendars. This is a date that will live in history. I just had a great time at a Reed Pop show. The occasion was the first Special Edition NYC, held last weekend at New York City’s Javitz...
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You’ve already seen it, you slathery blagger, but from this side of the time divide it’s an experience yet to be had. I refer, of course, to the debut latest television version of DC Comics’ venerable...
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Mindy Newell: It Doesn’t Know It’s A Game
Joshua/WOPR: “Shall we play a game?” David (Matthew Broderick): “Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War.” Joshua/WOPR: “Wouldn’t you prefer a good game of chess?” David: “Later. Right now let’s...
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Joe Corallo: Meanwhile In Elseworld
This past Saturday I participated in the Women’s March in NYC. While I marched with a group of burlesque performers and friends, other columnists here at ComicMix participated including Molly Jackson...
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Joe Corallo: Welcome To The Hotel Pennsylvania
This past weekend was the Big Apple Convention at New York City’s famed Hotel Pennsylvania. Fellow ComicMix columnist Molly Jackson joined me in attending this show as she has for the past four years...
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Joe Corallo: United Against Hysteria
I didn’t think I was going to write about Howard Chaykin, Image Comics, and The Divided States of Hysteria. When the first controversy sparked up the beginning of last month I had already committed to...
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John Ostrander: Great Horny Toads!
Censorship can, sometimes, be a spur to the creative mind. It’s more often a pain in the ass but there are times when a creative mind finds ingenious ways of getting around the bans, whatever they may...
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Chaykin Banned In England!
You’d think with the Olympics going on and all that sloppy security Mitt Romney told us about, the authorities would have more important work to do than to count the number of penises (peni?) Howard...
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Emily S. Whitten, In Conversation with Dean Haspiel
Dean Haspiel strikes me as a creator who’s constantly growing. He’s an artist, he’s a writer, he’s won an Emmy for TV design work, and in the last year he’s started up a new project, Trip City, a...
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Mike Gold: The Secret Agent’s Secret Origin
Unless you haven’t been paying your electric bill, you probably are aware that the first James Bond movie, Doctor No, was released a half-century ago this week. You might not be as aware that several...
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Michael Davis: Why Do I Read Comics? Part 2
(Intermezzo) Some weeks ago I wrote part one of this series then I went to France and forgot to file it before I went. Once I arrived in France I was blown away by my comic experience and wrote about...
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Martha Thomases: War! What Is It Good For? Comics!
Having watched all three presidential debates and the vice-presidential debate, I’m in the kind of stupor that is recognizable to other political junkies. With about ten days to go, I am chewing on my...
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THE SHADOW KNOWS THE FIRE OF CREATION
Cover Art: Alex Ross The 176 page trade paperback collection of Dynamite Entertainment’s The Shadow: Fire of Creation arrives in comic shops on Wednesday, November 7th. Who knows what evil lurks in...
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THE SHADOW FAN PODCAST TAKES ON CHAYKIN’S BLOOD AND JUDGEMENT
Cover Art: Howard Chaykin New Pulp Author Barry Reese takes an in-depth, spoiler-filled look at Howard Chaykin’s 4-issue limited series from 1986! The Shadow Fan goes through the entire story, with...
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Michael Davis: Your Comics Suck
When I was a kid, comics were all I thought about. There was no better time in my day than when I was finished all my crap schoolwork and was able to turn my attention to the Fantastic Four,...
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Martha Thomases: History Comes And Goes
History happens every day. Every day changes the world. Not every day gets written down in history books. Not every day is part of that pop quiz second period. Usually, the battles get written down....
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The Buck Starts Here!
Cover Art: Howard Chaykin Art: Howard Chaykin Hermes Press has released the first cover for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, a four-issue mini-series written and drawn by Howard Chaykin premiering...
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