On today’s events in Egypt

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 [...]

eBay policy on pre-orders detrimental to comics retailers

eBay announced last week that it’s clamping down on pre-order sales on Playstations 3s and Nintendo Wii consoles. Last year, when the Xbox 360 came out, numerous eBay buyers were hurt when they tried to buy consoles through such auctions, only to suffer when sellers couldn’t deliver the product. This is a responsible move on [...]

Sign of the impending comics apocalypse

I was grabbing a Vitamin Water and a banana this morning at a 7-11 on the way to work when I saw these- pogs. Apparently, they’re back. I weep for the youth of America.