MIDTOWN BLOGOCONS! Raph here, INCREDIBLY EXCITED for this week’s NYCC! Of course, I’m talking  about New York Comic-Con 2011, at the Jacob Javits Center October 13^th to the 16^th! I am incredibly excited for many reasons, most notably, I MISSED last year’s Con! Crazy, I know, but you can blame an infected trachea on that…

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MIDTOWN BLOGGA DAWGS! Raph here with a DOUBLE DOSE. This time, it’s time to show Marvel some love, and talk to my close, personal best friend (… don’t ask me to prove this) Matt Fraction about Fear Itself, what with issue 6 having come out last week! I also got an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT out of Matt, so without further ado…

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Hey there Midtown Bloggies! Raph’s back with another 5 Q’s! Guess you can blame me for any late books…

CHRISTOS GAGE is currently writing a boatload of books, including GI Joe, but what I’ve been really enjoying is his Avengers Academy series for Marvel Comics. Christos worked on Avengers: Initiative, which was a book in which all of the people who registered in the Superhero Registration Act were trained and taught how to act in their new roles as government sponsored protectors. The book initially focused on a small group, but with the size of the campus, voices get drowned out. In Avengers Academy, Christos is focusing on a small group of super-powered teens, who were taken in by Norman Osborn… and tortured to become the next generation of villains. The Avengers feel these kids are the most at-risk, and base the Academy around them. The moments between characters and the overall interactions are some of my favorite coming from Marvel, and so it was a pleasure to speak with Christos about his work.

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This week Voice Actor Phil LaMarr stops by to talk to us about his roles of Green Lantern John Stewart from Justice League Unlimited, Hermes Conrad from Futurama and his upcoming role as Jarvis in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

Writer Brian Michael Bendis tells us all about his next big Marvel event Siege! Plus exciting news on Ultimate Comics Spider-Man as well as his work on Powers and it’s upcoming TV adaptation.