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The Legendary Mindy Newell?
One of the joys of having returned to the comics convention scene this fall was seeing old friends and industry comrades again after too many goddamn years – Walter and Louise Simonson, Marv Wolfman,...
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MINDY NEWELL: The Enemy Within
I stink at writing battles between the superhero and the bad guy. Oh, I’ve always managed to struggle through – and through the years I’ve learned how to choreograph them pretty well, thanks to...
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Marc Alan Fishman: In Defense of the Modern Comic, Part 1
Once again, my Facebook friend Jim Engel tipped me off to another jumping-on point for a rant. I think I owe him a Coke. Seems someone at the Wall Street Journal perked up at the news that the...
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Mindy Newell: Success and Failure, Conclusion
“All you can do is open up the throttle all the way and keep your nose up in the air.” First Lieutenant Meyer C. Newell P-51 Mustang Fighter Jock Separated from his squadron, shot up and leaking...
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Mindy Newell: See Ya, Hub
“I hate endings!” said the Doctor to Amy (in last night’s episode of Doctor Who, “The Angels Take Manhattan”) as he ripped out the last page of the novel he was reading. The Doctor always rips out the...
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Mindy Newell: Frakkin’ Ho-Ho-Ho!
Well, I haven’t heard Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song yet – the Festival of Lights starts at sunset on Saturday, December 8th – but I did hear a rant about the War on Christmas on the radio the other...
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Marc Alan Fishman: Look! It’s a Bland… It’s a Plain… It’s Supermeh!
At the onset of the New52 there was a buzz and excitement over the flagship character of DC Entertainment. Known as (perhaps) the most recognizable comic book character of all time, Superman was all...
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Scholarships Are NOT Entitlements!
As a student at Rutgers, FDU and Wroxton College in the U.K., I often competed for writing scholarships. The awards proved invaluable on numerous levels: 1) As an amateur/student, I was forced to...
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Mindy Newell: The Problem With Diana
Over at www.geekmom.com, Corinna Lawson’s June 21st Cliffs of Insanity column once again wondered why Wonder Woman doesn’t get any respect; this was instigated by the news that DC is producing a new...
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Mindy Newell: The Problem With Diana – Part Three
So this is the story told in the Florida courtroom. George Zimmerman looks out his window. He sees Treyvon Martin walking down the block. Zimmerman picks up his gun, goes outside, gets in his car, and...
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Mindy Newell: Columnist Columnizing
“Don’t you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don’t even have to be true!” – Dave Barry Some thoughts this...
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“Must a name mean something?” Alice asked doubtfully. “Of course it must,” Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; “my name means the shape I am – and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name...
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Mike Gold: 52 Original Future Crises Of Sin
Now that the Big Two are deep into their mandatory summer crossovers – as opposed to their mandatory winter crossovers, their mandatory spring crossovers, and their mandatory fall crossovers – I can’t...
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Back in the 1970s during my first tenure as a DC Comics employee, I rhetorically asked the question “who was relaunched more often – Wonder Woman or Captain America?” For you young’uns, in today’s...
View ArticleMike Gold: What Goes Around Inevitably Comes Around
DC Entertainment Co-Publisher and Editorial Big Kahuna Dan DiDio let the cat out of the bag on Facebook last week. In referring to Countdown To Infinite Crisis, he said “Definitely one of the...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: The New Breed of Con Goer
This past week, you’ve likely seen it: Denise Dorman, wife of “Famed Comic Book/Sci-Fi/Fantasy illustrator Dave Dorman,” decided to write an op-ed concerning the decline of sales she and her husband...
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Mindy Newell: Wonder Bitch
“I’d love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.” – Bette Davis Over at GeekMom.com , founding editor and columnist Corinna Lawson wrote a review of both Wonder Woman #36 (featuring the new team of...
View ArticleMindy Newell: Baby Mine
Baby mine, don’t you cry. / Baby mine, dry your eyes. / Rest your head close to my heart, never to part, / Baby of mine. • From Walt Disney’s “Dumbo”(1941), Words and Lyrics by Frank Churchill and Ned...
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Mindy Newell: Je Ne Suis Pa Charlie Hebdo
Yesterday I had a thought – which I do have on occasion. I have always considered myself a “socially conscious” comics writer. This means that, if you look over my body of work, you will notice that I...
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Mindy Newell: Dear Supergirl…
Superman: C’mon, Kara…don’t give up. You’ll make it. Pl…please…please stay with us. Supergirl: I can’t. B…But’s it’s okay…I knew what I was doing…I wanted…wanted you to be safe. You mean so much to...
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Michael Davis: The Problem With Jaden
With the possible exception of the Black Panther, no other black franchise has garnered as much “it’s going to be a major movie or TV show” hype within the fan rumor mill than Static Shock. Finally...
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Mindy Newell: Denver, Stormtroopers, and Farts
So as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by fellow columnist Emily S. Whitten calls “Convention Crud” and I called, last week, “Airplane Adenovirus”… I had an ABFAB time at the Denver...
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John Ostrander’s Positions
Following Donald Trump’s election, comic artists Humberto Ramos and George Pérez have announced that henceforth they will not attend conventions in states that voted for Donald Trump. (You can read...
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Mindy Newell: Post-Election Blues Redux
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then...
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Dennis O’Neil: George Pérez and his Big Balloon
None of us know what made us what we are, and when we have to say something, we make up a good story • Steven Pinker Long drive to and from Secaucus. It was a convention-filled weekend and, judging...
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