good news, Dr. Druid fans!

... your hero has now been validated!

hi, is this mic on?

haven't been posting much lately as real life has taken over the time i spend poring over them funnybooks and trying to concoct lame jokes out of them (along with somewhat astute and oh-so-obvious observations). i haven't missed reading the weekly stuff, i just don't have the time to even do a drive-by reading (hey, i need to pay the bills and this blog is proudly unmonetized). anyway, i want to concentrate on a bigger project, in which this blog will be co-opted into.

also, here's something to look forward to in three weeks:


see you freaks and geeks at the Javitz (5th straight year, homies!!).

brb

i wish i was at SDCC. but nope, am just here moving stuff from one dwelling to another. hope to be posting again soon, assuming my arms don't fall off in the process.

also, congratches to the 2010 Eisner winners!

i wonder if he's married

yes, that's a snarky response from a jealous peer. wait, he has no peer. (via CBR)

comics on the iPad

yes, it looks gorgeous, but the only clear advantage is accessibility and the elimination of that trek to the shop. bottom line, you're still going to spring for the device and the app, regardless of whether you are going to pay for some sort of subscription, or (cough, cough) otherwise. what happens if your iPad suddenly explodes? do you have any rights to the comics you already purchased? am sure it will be a physical file inside the device - it would be stupid for it to be stored online and claim you "own" it.

its a nice shiny toy, and it would be awesome to be reading comics with it. long-term for the voracious reader/collector, its too early.

plus, all those signature hogs/collectors who have no goal except to profit from the books via eBay (you know who you are), won't have anything tangible to have the creators sign on now, would they?

NBC execs slaughtered, film at 11

i mean, that's one really messed-up situation. and i'm not referring to that Jersey Shore airhead.

it's been three years already???

holy crud. apparently nobody pays me to do this.

well, Happy 2010 to all you fly nerds and geeks out there. and take a shower, geez!!

impulse buys

looking back, i actually bought a lot more books this year than any other (danger, Will Robinson, danger!). browsing the mall on a depressing Saturday afternoon leads me to impulse buys. hey, Waldenbooks is closing (sad) but they're having a fire sale on everything (good). and i mean everything. i actually now have a big problem how to haul the shit back east.

no mea culpas or regrets here. but let's examine part of my haul, which is obviously related to this blog.

yeah, i know. you're thinking ... you bought ASS-BAR!? i know Frank Miller pissed on everything here, his Bat legacy included, and the critically-derided books came out so late a new US administration took over and they still weren't finished. but who cares? its just a non-traditional interpretation of Batman, and somehow Jim Lee makes it all better ("wasted on the title", some say). i think i will pick crazy, inflammatory stuff drawn by Lee and Scott Williams, over crazy, inflammatory shit drawn by Rob Liefeld. who's with me??

to soothe your eyes and minds, i grabbed the acclaimed Umbrella Academy books by emo rock star Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, and are definitely must-reads.

actually, the point here is to examine if i really saved something on the fire sale.

ASSBAR - $19.99 minus 10% discount plus 8.25% tax = $19.47
UA: Apocalypse Suite - $17.95 minus 10% discount plus 8.25% tax = $17.48
UA: Dallas - $17.95 minus 10% discount plus 8.25% tax = $17.48

Total: $54.43 out of a total cover price of $55.89, which really is $60.50 with taxes. hey, can we ditch taxes for reading material? am already paying a lot for bailing out Wall Street, and am not sure if they're gonna even give me a fair mortgage, while fucking our economy. see, even the simple joy of buying comics ends up in ranting, and its not even about the content.

so ... 5 bucks and change saved. but in this economy? hmmm. the real value here is that someday, as long as i keep 'em intact, is that my kids may find value in reading them (hell yeah, they are gonna grow up geeks).

HEY!!!!

what the hell, Blogger?? you limiting us to 10 labels/tags per post now?? how am i supposed to properly credit the 3rd, 4th and 5th inkers of a comic that ships so late because they can't finish it with the regular art team!?!?!

you give us a bad name

another reason to be leery of collectors? [via CNN]

no, that's not Connor Hawke!

but it could.

no, it can't, stupid.

but it could.

otto ocho

reborn, Otto Octavius is!

Hulk hate DDoS!!!

Hulk not able to tweet!

Hulk smash stupid puny hackers!!!

Puny hackers just like Banner!!

Hulk will smash Banner's skull like fruit!!!





oh ... now Hulk can tweet!

but Hulk still hate you, Banner!!!

the rap sheet

the lowdown on your favorite badasses.

a convenient truth [via]

mutaaaaaaaaant!

ahhh ... kickass!

seriously. yes, seriously. [via CNN]

economics and the superhero [via Wonkette Twitter]

fat on food network?

yes, its true ... Marvel's Tom Breevort is consulting/judging for Food Network's Last Cake Standing: Extreme Superhero Cakes.

marvelous

just curious: is it alright to have the competition advertise on your website? (lower right)

also, with the fallout from the Wolverine leak, Fox/Marvel is stepping up the ads even if the official release date is still a month away. maybe i didn't notice it before, but this morning i saw the trailer right during the Today Show block time.