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Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years…

March 7th, 2008 at 10:15 pm PST » Comments (0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7l250E5uM4

(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 had a painful [...]



Mike Wieringo passes away

August 13th, 2007 at 3:32 pm PDT » Comments (0)

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 the most, [...]



On the puzzling acquisition of IDW by IDT

July 24th, 2007 at 8:22 pm PDT » Comments (4)

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 high-profile [...]



I suspect this will be Glenn’s new wallpaper

June 19th, 2007 at 10:40 am PDT » Comments (2)

If you ever wanted a desktop wallpaper with lots of pictures of the Wasp, boy, does Marvel have a wallpaper for you!



Songs about hot girls in comics shops

June 17th, 2007 at 12:51 am PDT » Comments (0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpdXkimSSc

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”.




Why I Love Warren Ellis, pt. 27

June 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pm PDT » Comments (1)

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 something to have sex
with.  I’m [...]



Let’s have some fun, shall we?

April 26th, 2007 at 7:16 pm PDT » Comments (1)

Thanks to my friend Ray Lopez.
Your results:You are Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

77%

Dr. Doom

75%

Green Goblin

73%

The Joker

67%

Magneto

66%

Apocalypse

64%

Riddler

59%

Kingpin

59%

Mr. Freeze

50%

Venom

46%

Catwoman

45%

Juggernaut

41%

Dark Phoenix

37%

Poison Ivy

37%

Two-Face

33%

Mystique

25%

A brilliant businessman on a quest for world domination and the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mind of our time!

Click here to take [...]



Another sad comic

March 31st, 2007 at 12:26 am PDT » Comments (0)

At Gail Simone’s board, one of the posters (Ed Contradictory- what an alias!) posted this, and my heart stopped.

I edited it to fit here.
And to answer your question…no, it’s not an authentic strip. Someone made it in Photoshop. But it still stopped me cold.
By the way, Gail Simone is one of my favorite people on [...]



The Summer of Sinnott!

March 23rd, 2007 at 2:14 am PDT » Comments (1)

TwoMorrows is publishing a book about the greatest inker ever, Joe Sinnott.
I’ve bought a ton of TwoMorrows books over the years, and I’ve never been disappointed. John Morrow and his crew do a fantastic job of covering the history of comics and the lives of the people who make them. John has a special love [...]



DC Licensing must be so proud

March 2nd, 2007 at 1:56 am PST » Comments (5)

My bum leg felt okay tonight, and my wife needed to shop for her mom’s birthday, so we hit the Monmouth Mall tonight. While walking around, we spotted a store we had never seen before:

The merchandise for sale was…ahem…rather interesting. Exotic lingerie…

…spare uniforms for nurses and cops…

…shoes only a stripper could love…

…and Halloween costumes for [...]