The Middleman is a comic book series written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach with art by Les McClaine and published by Viper Comics, and a television series picked up for the 2008 season by ABC Family. ABC announced that the show would not be renewed for a second season.
The series was initially intended to be a television pilot. Grillo-Marxuach decided he wanted to write a series that represented all of the things he grew up loving (what he calls the ...
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The Middleman is a comic book series written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach with art by Les McClaine and published by Viper Comics, and a television series picked up for the 2008 season by ABC Family. ABC announced that the show would not be renewed for a second season.
The series was initially intended to be a television pilot. Grillo-Marxuach decided he wanted to write a series that represented all of the things he grew up loving (what he calls the "Javi-centric World View"). With a little coaching from Paul Dini, he realized his dream in the medium of comic books — for several reasons, not the least of which was how much it would cost to produce a "tentacled ass monster" for television.
The first issue hit the shelves in July, 2005 the mini-series was collected as a single trade paperback volume, entitled "The Trade Paperback Imperative." The second trade series trade, entitled "The Second Volume Inevitability," was released on July 2006 and includes the supplement "Legends of the...
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