Fantasy Comic League: January 2017 – Preview

The #FantasyComicLeague adds four new participants and grows into a two-headed monster in 2017! Much like the monsters the Marvel superheroes will be facing in the upcoming Monsters Unleashed crossover event. While behemoths and demons run rampant across the Marvel U in January, the war between the mutants and Inhumans turns heroes into monsters in Inhumans…

Fantasy Comic League: November 2016

The Deadpool Fantasy Deadpool Comic Deadpool League continued in the penultimate contest of the year as the Merc with the Mouth celebrated another victory as the league’s top hero! Brian (49) used Deadpool to overcome a sub par outing from Ms. Marvel, his mainstay hero, and won the month of November. Shaun (43) benefited once more from his dubious theories and…

Episode 71 – The Mixed Marvel Agendas

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast exploits topical agendas for this episode focusing on feminist issues and the Fantasy Comic League. Lannette, the Mixed Marvel Arts SnapChat correspondent, lingers past the opening introductions to introduce herself a bit more. Shaun details the recent kerfuffle brought about by Mockingbird’s final issue and pointedly remarks that comic book superheroes…

Fantasy Comic League: October 2016

Deadpool is back in black and on top of the Fantasy Comic League’s most valuable character list! Matt (50 points) benefited from Deadpool’s 21-point month, but also exploited the league’s indifference to Karnak. The oft overlooked Inhuman scored a modest 11 points in his league debut, helping Matt score the monthly victory. Shaun (37 pts)…

Episode 70 – To Me, My X-Men Writers

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast celebrates their fifth anniversary by hosting their first official interview with industry insiders. Eric and Julia Lewald, two of the creators behind Fox’s highly influential X-Men: The Animated Series, join Brian and Shaun to discuss the process of bringing Marvel’s merry mutants to the small screen. In addition to the behind-the-scenes look at…

Mixed Marvel Comics Giveaway – October 2016

This Halloween – and in celebration of our recent interview with Eric and Julia Lewald, two of the writers behind X-Men: The Animated Series – the Mixed Marvel Arts is having a Mutant Mash! Eight months after the events of Secret Wars, the X-Men are scattered and fighting against the Inhumans’ Terrigen cloud which is poisoning anybody with the…

Fantasy Comic League: September 2016

The third season of the 2016 Fantasy Comic League began the same way the second season had ended. Shaun tapped into Captain Marvel’s dominate Civil War performance to triumph over the rest of the participants. Carol and Black Panther, her Ultimates teammate, joined to score 45 of Shaun’s 58 points. Johnny used Spider-Man’s 23 points to edge out Brian when their two…

Fantasy Comic League: June 2016

Iron Man continued to sore in the Fantasy Comic League and scored the most individual hero points for the second month in a row. Thanks to the events of Civil War II, and a five-week month, Tony tallied a record-breaking 44 points – the most points scored by one character in a single month. Unfortunately,…

Fantasy Comic League: May 2016

The second season of the 2016 Fantasy Comic League welcomed two new members who immediately challenged the status quo of the league. Newcomer Swampy benefited from a resurgent Iron Man who garnered the most individual points for one hero, but his team, hindered mostly by Old Man Logan’s six-point performance, fell one point shy of Shaun’s first place team. Spider-Man provided his usual…

Fantasy Comic League: March 2016

The All-New, All-Different Avengers assembled for Brian and delivered him his second straight victory. Johnny continued his slow crawl up the ladder and Lash remained in the cellar. Shaun’s unorthodox approach to the draft earned him third place and introduced Howard the Duck and Adam Warlock to the league. The rookies only managed 15 points between the…