(Warning: this article is written under the influence of Vicodin. I see the orthopedist on Friday for the worsening problems in my back and leg. I’m cranky.)
The New York Comic Con is trying very hard to do a better job than last year’s debacle, where they accidentally oversold the show to the public and the [...]

Christopher Butcher has the best take on the full-frontal Spider-Man in this week’s Spider-Man: Reign #1 issue. (I’m still waiting for the obligatory "Spider-Nuts" theme song parody.)
The big issue for Marvel isn’t the dangly bits shown in the picture. It’s the lack of quality control at the House of Ideas. How many errors has Marvel [...]

Unlike those of you who make the weekly trek to your friendly neighborhood comics store each Wednesday, I get my comics once a month from MailOrderComics.com. Once a month, I get a box or two (or, um, three) full of graphic novels and comics, all wrapped lovingly in cardboard and styrofoam peanuts. I dive in, [...]

I’ve installed the Share This! plugin created by WordPress guru Alex King. If you like one of my posts, you can email it to someone, add it to your Google bookmarks, Digg it, and a whole bunch of other options.
For me, this blog isn’t supposed to be a monologue. It’s a conversation. I’m hoping that [...]

It turns out that my back condition is degenerative disc disease. I go for an MRI soon to determine the extent of the injury. Bleh.

(Thanks to Glyph Jockey for the Nancy cartoon. Click through for the whole joke. Thanks to Boing Boing for pointing it out.)

I’ve been battling back pain for a while now, and my doctor over the weekend now suspects I have a herniated disc. It’s hitting the nerves on the right side on my right leg, so walking any distance more than a few feet is mighty painful. I should be getting an MRI to confirm the [...]