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 [...]

The list is here.
I’m not arguing the inclusion of the graphic novel Fun Home to the list. I’ve always been a fan of Alison Bechdel’s work, and while I haven’t gotten to this book yet, I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things about it. It’s in my to-read pile, which at this point is almost as [...]

Cockrum was the artist behind the X-Men revamping in the 70s, turning a moribund title into the blockbuster franchise it is today. He created Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, the Starjammers, and the Imperial Guard, among others. He suffered from diabetes, and passed away Saturday at the age of 63.
This is really an awful story in some [...]

ITEM! My good friend Glenn apparently didn’t get the memo that November is "Let’s All Stop Writing Our Blogs For A While" month, and sent me an email asking for updates.
Of course, it’s my own fault. I’ve spent the last week building a new desk. Part of the problem of buying and loving oversized [...]

1. I’ve been told by my e-mail host, Fastmail, that there’s a catastrophic disk outage that’s playing havoc on their site, and I’ll be unable to access the ray@raycornwall.com email for at least a day. So I’ll be slow to respond to emails this weekend.
2. I’ve changed some of the tags around on the sidebar.
3. [...]

We blew up the blog real good, didn’t we? I’d like to thank Omer Kakarca for designing the theme. There is still some work to be done (the logo’s pretty hideous), but I like the new layout, and I hope you do too. Drop a comment if you see any bugs.

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 eBay’s [...]

This post tries to wrap up all the loose ends in Civil War to explain the behaviours of Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Nice piece.
I haven’t forgotten 35/30, but it’s been ambushed by, of all things, Essential Luke Cage 1 and what might be the funniest Doctor Doom story EVER. More tonight.

Since the relaunch of the Marvel Masterworks program in 2003, Marvel has priced the books at $49.95 for books with the new silver bookjacket design and $54.95 for books with the original marble design. Starting in January, the price will be $54.95 for either edition, but the bindings will be sewn, rather than glued. I [...]

"But, what I’ve stated in the past is that what we’re hoping for Civil War to do is to get us a little closer to that feeling that was prevalent in the early days of the Marvel Universe. Back to that feeling of uncertainty, of unease between characters. This was always an integral part of [...]