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TB-N would like to wish our favorite Newlin a very merry birthday!

I know we are all a little sad that the 9-month wait to watch new episodes of our beloved show True Blood has begun, but fret not Truebies! You can still get your True Blood fix by checking out our site for up-to-date information on your favorite True Blood actors and also what they’ve got for sale over at the HBO Store.

We will be featuring items that are of particular interest and hope you will enjoy. First up, the hardcover edition of Tainted Love. The book sells for $24.99, and you can buy it here.

I have been getting all of the comic books and so far the Tainted Love series has been my favorite. The illustrations are top-notch and the story was funnier and co-written by Michael McMillian (Steve Newlin). So if you haven’t purchased the individual comic books, you can get them all in this handy hardcover.

True Blood, Vol. 2: Tainted Love

Marc Andreyko, Michael McMillian (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • J. Scott Campbell (c)

Hoyt, the human boyfriend of Jessica, tries to do a good deed… and it doesn’t go unpunished! Hoyt notices that Jessica has been staring at a poster for a local prom night, which leads him to romantically scheme to throw a surprise one for her at Merlotte’s (with the help of friends Sookie, Sam and Tara). Unfortunately, things go awry when Jessica drinks a bit too much of the punch, which just happens to be part of a tainted batch of Tru Blood! Now out of control on a rampage into the night, Hoyt, Bill and Jason do their best to help their friend. Meanwhile, Sookie and Lafayette try to help Jessica a little differently, by seeking out Eric, and the local sheriff! It’s a thrill ride beyond compare as they fight to bring Jessica back to the safety of Bon Temps stretches dangerously close to dawn.

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Reverend Newlin is back! And nobody’s more thrilled than us here at TB-N. I see a few of you have noticed that Rev Steve was checking out the Stackhouse bod in the season finale. Here’s what Michael McMillian had to say about Steve’s attraction to Jason:

“It seems really clear to me that Steve was always just as attracted to Jason as his wife was,” McMillian says. “In his eyes, Jason Stackhouse is the guy that Steve really wanted to be. I think he had a really heavy man-crush on him … that might have gone a bit deeper. And I think Steve is more heartbroken that Jason slept with Sarah than he is that Sarah slept with Jason, if you know what I mean. I have my own theories and ideas of what Steve’s been up to off-screen – and I’m sure the fans do, too – and I’m sure the writers will fill that in. But I think the fact that he’s coming back for Jason is linked to that emotional undercurrent he was feeling in Season 2. I have no idea where the show is headed, but it’s great to be back, even just for a few hours on set.”

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The wonderful cast of our favorite show gives tips to fans about the upcoming Comic-Con via The Hollywood Reporter.

DEBORAH ANN WOLL

What panel would you stand in line all day for?
Woll: RiffTrax with Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. I own so many movies that I’m ashamed I own specifically because I have a RiffTrax that goes with them. They always do a panel with a live RiffTrax. Last year, we had our True Blood panel and the RiffTrax panel was right afterward. I dashed offstage, went backstage and changed into my Hit-Girl outfit, stuffed my designer dress in a duffle bag and ran to their panel.

THR: What questions do you recommend fans not ask at panels?
Woll: Spoilers — because we can’t answer them. If you ask us what’s going to happen, we have nothing to say. It takes up time because we can’t say anything but watch it and I hope you enjoy it.

THR: Any can’t-miss parts of Comic-Con?
Woll: If you go to Comic-Con, go to Artists’ Alley. Meet the artists and see their drawings; a lot of them will do commission stuff ad for $50 you can get a drawing that’s incredible.

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We’ve all seen them, carrying their hate signs and picketing outside of Fangtasia and other vampire bars. They chant in unison, “Steve Newlin’s right; you’re devils of the night!” at any and all entering or leaving the establishment. But what of Steve Newlin? He’s the leader of the Fellowship of the Sun, the figurehead on a very popular line of anti-vampire assault rifles, and yet – he’s gone, and no one is even talking about it. Was he abducted? Or has he staged his own disappearance? His car was found on TX route 43 which seems to be east of Dallas and west of Shreveport.

So… have you seen him?

Michael McMillian was interviewed by Ain’t It Cool News and he had a few things to say about his character, Rev. Steve Newlin, his comic “Lucid” and being part of True Blood. Here are a couple of questions to get you going:

BUG: So what’s it like being kind of like a modern day Van Helsing?

MM: It’s like a really egotistical and lame Van Helsing. It’s so much fun. That character is so great. It started with what Charlaine Harris wrote in the books and then what Alan Ball and the team of writers made him into. It’s just so much fun. He’s a great character and again I think it’s an example of Steve kind of plays a role in that world of a comic book villain who I think has a lot more dimension to him than just a pompadour in a white suit and cowboy boots. The thing that I found fascinating about playing Steve Newlin is that in many ways he’s right. He’s using hate to spread his message which is not okay and obviously hurting a lot of people and innocent people in the process, but the guy’s anger is real and his family…I thought for sure that his father being murdered, his family being murdered by vampires would have ended up being a hoax, but I thought it was cool that they really…those vampires in Dallas that we were hoping would save Godric in season two, they killed his family you know…

BUG: You had a huge role in season two and in the second run you were still there, there was like a presence and everything for the next season is there going to be more?

MM: I hope so. I think with the human vampire relations being what they are at the end of season three and with Steve hawking shotguns in your local Sears you know, there’s a good chance that we will see him again. I’m speculating right now and I think he plays an important role in that show being the human anti-vampire voice, so so far he’s been in every season, so hopefully he will be back in season four.

Read the whole interview at the source

OMG buy this comic book and make him even happier!

Michael McMillian looks way happy to be at the Golden Apple Comics advance release party for his Lucid hardback comic yesterday (May 18, 2011) in Los Angeles. The guy looking all, “What the hell?” at Michael is  Shawn Depasquale who did the lettering for the book.

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