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Nov 25, 2009, 7:10 am
Good news - no root canal today!
Bad news - root canal Monday.
Good news - four-and-a-half-day weekend starts this afternoon!
Bad news - four-and-a-half-day weekend ends Sunday night.
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Nov 24, 2009, 7:13 am
I'm enjoying the new Batgirl book waaay too much.
So, yeah, busy in work - doubt you'll get much more than this today. Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 1:42 pm
I'm a big fan of big dumb action movies of the '80s and '90s - you know the kind; they starred Arnie, Stallone, JCVD or Lundgren (hey, remember Dark Angel? That was great!) - and if you go... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 8:04 am
Assuming I don't get a sprog dropped on me this week, here's what I'll be getting (although having a root canal on Wednesday may mean I don't make it to the comic store, sadly...) - it... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 7:55 am
Secret Warriors wants to be a good book. Marvel wants it to be one of those books which, like the Bendis-penned Avengers titles, really 'matters' in the shared universe. Jonathan Hickman appea... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 12:03 pm
I don't play online role-playing games, not even Star Wars ones - just don't have the time - but if I did, I'd be playing this one because this is one amazing trailer: Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 8:42 am
I can't say I'm sorry or surprised to see Ms Marvel end at #50 (although I do like the cover homage).
I started reading the book with high hopes but over the first 16 or 17 issues, was frustr... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 8:02 am
Yes, I've reached the grand old age of 35, which I reckon is half the allotted span that's dealt out to most of us.
That's a bit depressing.
Not as depressing as it being pointed out to ... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 8:03 am
I'm doing one of those things that I do.
You know, the ones where I put together random pieces of information and postulate on what they mean.
And, more often than not, I'm completely, utter... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 11:43 am
It's a big week this week - and unfortunately, not too much to drop...
Adventure Comics #4 - Superboy Prime takes center stage as Blackest Night hits the book. Hope that this serves as his curtai... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 8:04 am
Edward Woodward died today, aged 79.
Damn. I used to watch The Equalizer when I was a kid, despite my parents thinking it was too violent for me and that it was ridiculous that a man of that age went... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 8:26 am
A PSA - Amazon has a sale on Doctor Who today - the first four seasons available separately for $33 each - they normally retail for more than double that, so its a pretty damn good deal!
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Nov 12, 2009, 8:35 am
Last Friday night as I was tidying up the dinner plates and making a cup of tea (yes folks, another excitement-filled Friday in New York City!) I was, for no apparent reason, whistling aimlessly.
Onl... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2009, 3:01 pm
I might be ambivalent on the Kick-Ass trailer but this looks like fun.
Now if only we can get sword fighting skeletons...
...and yes, I know they were in Jason and the Argonauts, not the original Cl... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2009, 2:04 pm
I'm ambivalent about this, having no attachment to the source material - but I do think it's impressive that Mark Millar managed to sell another comic for a movie after the first or second iss... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2009, 7:51 am
In the UK, it's Remembrance Day, in the US it's Veteran's Day. Elsewhere, it's Armistice Day, since on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Germany signed the Armis... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 11:58 am
Over on his blog, Joe Bloke posted the first issue of Atlas/Seaboard's The Scorpion -
Does the Scorpion look familiar at all?
I immediately posted on the blog that he looked a hell of a lot like... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 8:00 am
After last week's respite this could be another big week - which means the Purge continues!
Action Comics #883 - Like I've said, I'm sticking with the Superman books. The Reactron crossov... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 8:00 am
I was using www.stashmycomics.com last night - see, www.collectorz.com, that's what you get when you won't release a mac version of your comic collecting software and I need to transfer all th... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2009, 7:40 am
...you crazy self-referential fool, you.
Despite my attempt to Purge before the title began (although I guess since the title is counting backwards, it really started with last month's Deadpool #... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 9:02 am
The reason that I started this series of posts on the past week's comics was because of Guardians of the Galaxy #19. While any deaths in a comic that has been featuring time travel as heavily as t... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 12:12 pm
I'm never entirely comfortable when the Punisher operates in the Marvel U proper; I think he's usually diminished somewhat. After all, he can't really kill too many well known characters a... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 7:53 am
Newsarama posted a preview of the upcoming Fall of the Hulks: Alpha earlier -
- and although I'm sure this will be the equivalent of a Michael Bay movie, what with Loeb on board, I can't hel... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 7:48 am
The Purge continues this week, although honestly it's a pretty small week anyway - even so, there's one big cut on here for me.
SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #9 - This is still a good read a... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 8:01 am
If you swing by the blog semi-regularly, you may recall me saying on Monday that I was dropping New Mutants in single issues as part of the purge in spite of the fact that I love these characters and ... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:52 pm
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The reason for the girly noise was, of course, the echo of this:
Like father, like daughter! Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 9:25 am
It's been a damn brutal week in comics - and I mean really brutal.
Take Blackest Night: Titans #3.
Say what you will about Ed Benes art (such as 'cheesecake' and 'posed') but the... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 8:07 am
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Oct 27, 2009, 8:18 am
I had a brief Twitter conversation recently about how absolutely perfect the characterization of Banner is in the current run of Incredible Hulk, but on retrospect I don't so much think it's a... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 11:13 am
I've mentioned that I've been sucked into the craziness that is Deadpool at the moment. I loved the character back when he first showed up in New Mutants, and his subsequent appearances right ... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 8:01 pm
This is the week. The week that The Purge starts. There's just too many books to buy - and between the (a few years late) realization last week at BACC that you can pick up a lot of recent books f... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 8:55 pm
Yesterday, Twitter Pal MadMarvelGirl noted:
Jean Grey would not put up with this Osborn bullshitand then
I have a 'Jean Grey would not put up with this bullshit' theory of the current Marvel U... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 2:54 pm
So let me get this straight: Eternity contains everything, including Hank Pym.
And because Hank Pym thinks everyone hates him...
Yeah, okay. I can live with that.
But really, Eternity loves Hank Py... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 11:24 am
Geoff Johns' next episode of Smallville will introduce the JSA and casting has been announced for three key members.
Stargate's Michael Shanks will play Hawkman who "will have wings. And a bi... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 7:55 am
Back when Osborn first assembled his Cabal, before Namor and Emma Frost flipped him the bird, Doom and Loki started plotting behind his back, and the Hood lost his powers (or at least his first set), ... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 1:29 pm
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Oct 19, 2009, 11:20 am
According to AICN, Robert De Niro and Jude Law may have been cast in Thor. With Loki's role already filled, the obvious role for Law would be Fandral...
...and as such, I automatically picture De... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 7:37 am
It could be a big week...
Batman: Streets of Gotham #5 - Huntress takes the spotlight. That's good in my book as she's one character that's been a little lost in the recent Batshuffle.
B... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 11:47 am
There's something vaguely depressing about comic marts.
Not comic cons, you understand, which are more and more dominated by big displays from movie studios and other companies looking to hawk th... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 7:43 am
...is basically Extreme Sacrifice but will all of the Image characters instead of just the Extreme ones, right?
I mean, Image United has original Spawn (and who even knew there was more than one?) Al... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 11:45 am
I was going to pass on Deadpool #900, I swear I was - and then I saw the reprint.
Freaking. Awesome.
I have a horrible feeling that I sold my old run of Deadpool a few years ago, which basically inc... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 7:53 am
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Or at least Boone, Shannon, Charlie, Faraday and maybe even Nikki and Paolo. Consider me psyched!
There's a full list of characters here.
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Oct 8, 2009, 8:39 am
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My new column is up on DVDSnapshot - go take a look!
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Oct 7, 2009, 7:38 am
From time to time I get a bit burned out on the blogging thing. You can probably see it happening when my posts get less about opinions and more about snark, and less about liking things and more abou... Comment - Like
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