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Warning- political rant ahead I woke up today to find out about the shutdown of the Internet and cell phone communications in Egypt. Aghast at the situation, I kept a window to the live stream of Al Jazeera all day and followed the events. The riots were strange and weird to watch. For example, the [...]
I’ve long been a big fan of Joe Quesada’s decade-long run as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel. A lot of great comics came under his watch- Grant Morrison’s New X-Men, Brian Michael Bendis’s Ultimate Spider-Man and Alias, Greg Pak’s Planet Hulk, and Garth Ennis’s Punisher run are four notable examples. Over the years, as Marvel recovered from [...]
People assume that because you love comics, you love certain comics characters. I always found that a bit strange. After all, if you tell me you love movies, I’m not going to automatically assume you love Luke Skywalker and E.T. But I get it all the time… “Whattaya like? Spider-Man? X-Men? Superman?” Usually the answer [...]
On the way home from Sunday shopping, I noticed a big “STORE CLOSING” sign on the Coconuts music and movies store in Toms River. I wasn’t surprised by its impending doom; I haven’t set foot in any of their stores in years. In fact, I wondered why it had stayed afloat for so long. Clearly, [...]
Any person who doesn’t like this movie is a communist and a fraud. That is all.
I occasionally suffer from insomnia, and lately I’ve been bit by the sleepless bug hard. Since I work from home, I’ll usually take an hour nap after work (around 6 PM). It probably doesn’t make anything better, but it feels good at the time, so that’s how it goes. As a result, even if I [...]
This is Dewey, my blind but wonderful cat. He’s actually snoring. For me, this is a weird post. I’m not typing this on my PC, but rather on my new Samsung Moment Android phone. My wife’s phone died, so we upgraded both our phones to this model. She’s (rightfully) suspicious of having her data wedded [...]
I found out about “Bubble Boy”, the Colorado boy who had supposedly snuck into a weather balloon built by his family and was stuck inside as it went skyward, probably the same way as you: Twitter. I looked frantically for a live feed, found one, and watched as this helium balloon slowly started to shrink [...]
If you want it You can have it But you’ve gotta learn To reach out there and grab it –Weezer, “Photograph”, Weezer (The Green Album) Today begins the first day of my new adventures. I’ve been having adventures all my life- I just wrapped up an adventure that took me into midtown Manhattan every day, [...]
A few links aren’t working after the latest upgrade. I’m upgrading the blog to a new version of WordPress, and will soon be migrating over to a new domain. Details forthcoming.
Just opened my copy of the Kirby biography by Mark Evanierfrom Amazon today. It SMELLS like old comics. And that’s a good thing, a wonderful thing. I’ll be able to say more about it after I’ve read it. But good God, the book smells like a pulpy old comics store. And that’s the feeling you [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7l250E5uM4[/youtube] (Any accusations that I picked the title for this post just so I could post up an old school jam are completely, 100% true.) I’m ending my months of silence on the blog starting now. 2007 was a weird year for me. In the first few months of 2007, I was basically crippled. I [...]
Mike Wieringo passed away yesterday of an apparent heart attack. Newsarama has the details. From all accounts, Mike was a healthy 44-year old vegetarian. All who knew him said he was in great shape. His death feels senseless. I’ve never hidden my love of the Fantastic Four. When I think of the stories I’ve enjoyed [...]
From Newsarama: “IDT Internet Mobile Group (IMG), a division of IDT Corporation, has formed Zedge Studios to develop and license digital content for distribution through web and mobile platforms. Additionally, IMG has acquired a controlling interest in IDW Publishing (www.idwpublishing.com), a leading independent comics publisher pre-eminent in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, boasting such [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxPxpSvXQ8[/youtube] It’s the 50th anniversary of this great cartoon! Go catch it on YouTube. (Thanks to Fark.com for the reminder.)
If you ever wanted a desktop wallpaper with lots of pictures of the Wasp, boy, does Marvel have a wallpaper for you!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpdXkimSSc[/youtube] I was at Wizard World Philly with my buddy Glenn Walker of Comic Widows. A con report will be up shortly. In the meantime, check out Tripod’s “Comic Shop”.
From today’s Bad Signal: “ Almost ten years to the month that John Cassaday and I had our first conversation at San Diego about creating a new series: I have just completed and delivered the full script for PLANETARY #27, the final issue of the series. I am now going to get drunk and find [...]
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