The Middleman is a show about a badass young artist (Wendy Watson, as played by Natalie Morales) who gets recruited by the titular hero The Middleman (played by Matt Keeslar) to help him in the fight against comic book evil such as zombie fish, vampire puppets and evil boy bands.
The show, based on the graphic novels by writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach and artist Les McClaine, aired for 12 episodes on ABC Family in 2008 and was given a comic book series finale in 2009. The Middleman was clever, geeky and action-packed, full of pop-culture references and witty dialogue. This is a fan-run fandom blog--feel free to ask questions or submit content! For posts by character, episode or ship, see the tags page.
hey america, do you remember that time when you wondered if there would ever be a high-quality, high-res, professionally shot, non-play-listed version of the now-legendary 2009 san diego comic con middleman cast reunion and table read of the lost episode “the doomsday armageddon apocalypse?” yeah…me too!
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I was going through the photos I have stored on my computer, as I do from time to time when I feel like reminiscing, and found these of the Middleman panel at Comic Con 2009. Table read of the unaired season (series) finale “The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse.”
One of the best panels I’ve ever attended.
Thank you to Javi for creating such a wonderful comic book series and adapting it so ably to television. Thank you to your directors and writing staff, your production crew. Thank you to Natalie and the rest of the cast who brought these amazing characters to life. It would be an absolute blessing if I could be able to work on something as magical as The Middleman was.
I just checked the Viper Comics site, and it turns out The Middleman’s 13th episode and series finale (in comic book form) is on sale right now! If you guys haven’t gotten your hands on a copy yet, now seems to be the time—I don’t know how long the comic will be on sale for.
And so it was, that at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, that the entire cast had a table read for the 13th episode, the unaired season finale, in front of thousands of fans. It was as humorous, heartwarming, and ultimately as optimistic as the rest of the show was. Immediately after, it was announced that a comic for that final episode would be released. The show had come full circle.
