Monthly Archives: January 2009

Comics Radar 045 – A Whole New Year

Posted on 2009/01/13 by Comics Radar
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:42 — 47.9MB) We start off talking about Fox and Watchmen. We follow that up with a discussion of Political leanings in comics. And finally dicuss our Nine Questions for 2009. Some … Continue reading →

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Wizard Con-celled

Posted on 2009/01/10 by Comics Radar

Yesterday, Wizard put out this announcement. Wizard World Texas has been cancelled for 2009 and Wizard World LA has been postponed. (I’ll assume indefinitely since they haven’t announced a date it has been moved to.) This kind of disappoints me. … Continue reading →

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Episode 45 Live!

Posted on 2009/01/10 by Comics Radar

Hey Everybody, Matt and I will be sitting down in front of the Mics tomorrow at 9pm EST. And Once again we’ll be going LIVE on Talk Shoe I’d love to know your Nine Answers for 2009 and we’ll be … Continue reading →

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Of Coffee and Comic Strips

Posted on 2009/01/09 by Comics Radar

Thanks to Derek from Comic Book Noise for alerting me to this story. Mike Peters, cartoonist of Mother Goose and Grimm is being sued for the above cartoon by Columbian Coffee Growers. I, personally, think the funny thing is my … Continue reading →

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Comics Political Leanings?

Posted on 2009/01/09 by Comics Radar

Embedded video from CNN Video In the upcoming issue of Spider-man, Barack Obama will be making an appearance. and do the “terrorist fist jab.” So, of course, this means Joe Quesada gets to make another media appearance or two. Good … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Egg Cream!!!!!

Posted on 2009/01/07 by Comics Radar

According to John August, Shazam is Dead: By “dead,” I mean that it won’t be happening. I don’t think it’s on the studio’s radar at all. It may come back in another incarnation, with another writer, but I can say … Continue reading →

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Pull List 1/07/09

Posted on 2009/01/06 by Comics Radar

AVATAR PRESS Anna Mercury #5 (of 5)(Felipe Massafera Painted Cover), $3.99 Doktor Sleepless #11 (Raulo Caceres Wrap Cover), $3.99 No Hero #3 (of 7)(Juan Jose Ryp Regular Cover), $3.99 What a great way to start off the weekly Pull list, … Continue reading →

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Who Helms ‘Hex?’ Hayward Helms ‘Hex.’ That’s Who

Posted on 2009/01/06 by Comics Radar

Yes, I had to go for the Seuss reference as we find out today, that Jimmy Hayward will be directing Hex. His last Major Hollywood film? Horton Hears a Who. (Also his first Major Hollywood film.) This makes me cautiously … Continue reading →

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And the New Doctor Is….

Posted on 2009/01/03 by Comics Radar

Matt Smith! … Who? Doctor Who! But all wordplay aside. Not even those that actually get to see the BBC are familiar with his extremely film light resume. He seems most well known for his run on a the BBC … Continue reading →

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Who is the 11th Doctor?

Posted on 2009/01/03 by Comics Radar

I’ll admit one of my more severe cases of geekdom is my downloading of Doctor Who. I got the Christmas Special the day after it aired, and I’ve watched it twice since then. Try for a third, but was out … Continue reading →

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