“I hate banana pudding. Does anyone hate banana pudding as much as I do? I hate how banana pudding has tarnished the reputation of good pudding, like chocolate, or even tapioca.”
“You know that whole Icelandic volcano erupting thing?
So I’ll assume if you’re reading this, you already know the ending to Blackest Night. I must say it was good, but I had a hunch Sinestro wouldn’t last long as the White Lantern. I was happy to see all of the Lanterns as one. Simply beautiful. The artist deserves as many props as one could give him. I’m also happy to see almost everyone come back to life–Except Aquaman. He could have stayed dead that fish fucking fucker.
Batman, on the other hand…Did not come back. As we all know, no one stays dead in the world of comics. Eventually they all come back! Superman came back what, an issue later? So this means Batman is not dead, which we all knew. He is probably stuck in some time warp, and only Doctor Who can save him. I kind of want that to happen, since Doctor Who is sexy. So I eagerly await the return of the actual Batman, since whatever Robin is taking his place sucks and I don’t like him.
Brightest Day has been good so far; I’m really digging the new Flash title. I admit I know very little about Flash, but it’s never too late to start! I also still need to find Blackest Night Wonder Woman #3. I can’t remember if I bought it or not.
Gotham City Sirens also has a new artist! While I like this new artist a great deal, the story is still really boring, except when Edward Nigma gets involved. I think he and Catwoman should hook up. I’m totally serious.
Well as you all are aware that I’m in Turkey right now, I can’t exactly magically appear for conventions out my butt. Dear lord knows I wish I could but that’s not even on the spectrum. xD Unfortunately I’ll be missing out on my dearest con, Wizard World Philly (aside from random shittiness, it was my first so it will always be special). But I will make it to a show!
So I just wanted to drop y’all a quick line to let you know what cons I will be attending this year. Real quick line. Seriously.
Baltimore Comic Con.
Yep that’s basically it. Well maybe not. I am considering checking out New York Comic Con/New York Anime Fest, purely for the LULZ of this idea, but I also fear this con-bination. 😉 See what I did there I love puns!!!
So if you’re going to be at BCC (or maybe NYCC we’ll see how funds sit at that point in the year) I’m sure I will SEE YOU IN BALTIMORE!
One of my friends’ Dad has been nominated as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2010 Man of the Year due to his very lengthy (30+ years) involvement with fighting this disease. He is currently the head of the Oncology Center of Central Baltimore and does some fantastic work. His name is Dr. Stanley Walker and I honestly believe he deserves this. If you want to do something awesome, please donate anything you can in his name. The money is raised in honor of blood cancer survivors, something I feel is a fantastic, and great thing to do.
BTW: “Thanks guys.Be sure after you hit donate to candidate, type in “Walker” in the last name to make sure donations are on his behalf.”
Oh and as far as something comic book related goes: I still can’t stand the “new look” Archie stories. They look horrible and I want to punch my eyes out every time I see them.
So I would like to take a break from comics for a second to give a shout out to all of those who are currently living through SNOWMAGEDDON 2010. I live in Maryland, and we got hit with around 24-30 inches of snow. I haven’t seen this much snow since the 90’s. Tuesday and next weekend we’re supposed to get more! Oh well, I can deal. Here are some pictures of my amazing dog Spencer enjoying the snow:
He is a 2 year old Samoyed, and he is amazing.
And now I will leave you all with something comic book-ish, just to keep up appearences!
As some of you may know, I have a big spot in my heart for Archie comics. As a kid they were a valuable source of entertainment, and as an adult they are a valuable source of nostalgia, and something I now collect actively. Growing up though I never fancied Betty nor Veronica, though as I’ve gotten older I can say I prefer Veronica of the two. I’ve always liked the other girls of the Archie universe; Cheryl Blossom, and especially Katy Keene. I also like Suzie and Ginger, however both characters are pretty much forgotten by fans who don’t actively collect golden age comics. There is a new character named Ginger whom Betty and Veronica hang out with, but it’s not the same girl.
Archie himself is the most one-dimensional character I’ve ever read, but thats not a bad thing. He’s girl crazy, clumsy, but a typical nice, all American type guy. Betty is your typical girl next door, and Veronica is that rich bitch you all loved to hate and hated to love in high school. Their personalities are like night and day, but they’re honestly the same girl. All girls are capable of being nice and sweet, and haughty and rude. Hell, aside from the different color hair they look exactly the same. However, it’s a dynamic that has worked for well over 60 years, so who gives a shit.
My favorite character however, is Jughead Jones. In my opinion he seem’s to be the most complex character; woman-hater (yet has had a few girlfriends in the past), aloof, a pig, but means well. He’s usually Archie’s go to guy for advice, and Jughead gives pretty good advice (even if it’s usually “Go with Betty she’s sane”). Jughead has even shown his softer side for Betty, commenting that if he weren’t a woman-hater, he would date her. He’s had many girlfriends in past issues, and frankly he is a charmer. He obviously likes women, but doesn’t want to end up like his best friend Archie, meaning he doesn’t want to be an asshat.
The rest of the cast is just as fun. Dilton, the smart nerdy guy is as sweet as pie, while Reggie is an asshole who deserves to get hit by a car. Either way, this series deserves, and will be here, for another 60 years.
Also if anyone has an Archie #2 for sale I’m very willing to buy it.
I love Sailor Moon. As a child my Dad diligently recorded it on TV for me off of both the USA Network, as well as UPN. I had all the toys I could get my little hands on. At the same time I was watching Sailor Moon (at around 8 years of age), I was already reading Batman and Wonder Woman comics, so I was very familiar with my local comic shop. They also carried standard American type manga for Ranma 1/2, Oh! My Goddess, and Spirit of Wonder. However, this isn’t about how Sailor Moon was my gateway drug into the world of anime and manga.
When I started to watch SM, I always read the credits. I don’t know why, but I figured out the show wasn’t from America real fast. My Dad took me to Toys R Us around that time, and I went on a pretty silly search for Sailor Moon comics (hey, the credits said it was based on a comic series). Of course at the time, no one had translated the comic. I had seen, and bought, various Japanese edition’s for Sailor Moon, as well as Sailor V. The art frankly terrified me, since it was not what I was used too, and oh yea the shit’s in black and white. I was just learning how to read Japanese at the time, so it worked out in my favor, I guess.
Then I went into middle school. Around late 2000, a new publishing company called MixxZine announced they were translating Sailor Moon! This was pretty huge news for me, since for the past 3 years I’ve read and barely understanding the Japanese versions. It was also at this time that I met Julie, who also loved manga like I did. Middle school was a magical time for me. I loved it.
Then, MixxZine did release Sailor Moon. At first they had the right idea, but then some asshat possibly named Stu went and decided to release the series out of sequence. Sailor Moon left Mixx Magazine, and started her own 32 page series (begining with Sailor Moon R), BUT at the same time, Smile Magazine (a magazine for teenage girls) was printing Sailor Moon Super S. If you don’t know shit about Sailor Moon, there’s 5 seasons:
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon R
Sailor Moon S
Sailor Moon Super S
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
So basically Mixx skipped over the ‘S’ season for some fucking dumb reason, and decided to just fuck up the continuity, which obviously didn’t mean fucking didly to them. Plus, if you’re starting to read Sailor Moon from he Super S era, you’re going to be lost. You probably won’t understand why these big eyes long legged black and white hussies can transform into short skirted big boobied soldiers when they shout a planets name. It’s hard to follow, I know.
Thankfully the graphic novels eventually came out, and all was well in the world. Without going too much more into the history, most of the series and movies were translated, save for the last season. Shame too, because the last season had one of the best villains, story lines, and had very consistent animation. If you don’t believe me, go watch the first season of Sailor Moon. It’s a new animator doing it every day and you can fucking tell.
Long story short, I can’t watch Sailor Moon anymore, because it’s fucking dumb. However, I will always love it for what I ment to me as a child, and I could never bring myself to get rid of any of my Sailor Moon stuff.
I’m sorry there are two posts so close together, but I feel like we should have said something a few days ago;
As all of you know, Haiti was recently hit by earthquakes ranging from 6.5 to 7.3 on the Richter scale. It’s time for all of us to step up and be real life superhero’s, and to help those in need. You can start you heroic mission by visiting http://www.redcross.org/ and donating anything you can.
If you do not feel comfortable donating money, check local churches, temples, synagogues, ect to see if they are accepting food or clothing donations to help them. Anything you can do can mean a happier future for those hurt by this.
To answer ‘Who watches the Watchmen’ questions, I have an answer: My Dad. He has watched Watchmen almost every single day. He recorded it on his DVR, and every time I come home or walk by the den, there he is, fascinated by the movie. He refuses to read the graphic novel (he’s 60, and can pretty much do what he wants) so he watches the movie. Eventually I plan to make him watch the director’s cut, which is leaps and bounds better than the theatrical version.
However, the ‘Ultimate Watchmen’ cut sucks Dr. Manhattans balls. That version is the directors cut, along with ‘Tales of The Black Freighter’ and a few extra scenes sewn in. It feels like it’s 20 hours long, when it’s really around 3. It’s impossible to get through. My boyfriend bought that version on Blu-Ray because he’s a bigger nerd then I am. I can’t stand that version, but I love the directors cut.
Yet I digress! My Dad didn’t like the movie at first when he got it from Netflix. I had seen the movie multiple times with my boyfriend in regular theaters, as well as movie theater IMAX (which is not as big as science center IMAX). It did grow on me, but it’s still a lack luster movie. The acting, even in the director’s cut, it mostly stiff and hard to get through. Visually though, the movie is breathtaking. I could easily watch the movie on mute for 20 hours and enjoy it greatly.
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