Monthly Archives: November 2007

You never know if you don’t try

DC’s MINX imprint looks like it has officially hit the bricks. DC announced this morning that the line of graphic novels will cease publication in January. The books were intended to draw in the female audience, and so it was expected that they would actually sell better in the mass market (bookstores like […]

Mizuki Shigeru and some other stuff

In an attempt to actually make some money from my unhealthy blogging obsesson, I’ve been tweaking this blog (and Deep Kyoto also) a lot recently; adding an extra column and a lot of amazon stuff, mp3 players etc… Let me know if it get’s annoying. Up on Deep Kyoto tonight there is a fresh post […]

shortpackedblowschunks.com

Hello to anyone who arrived here by typing shortpackedblowschunks.com. Apparently, when David Willis posted today’s comic containing a fictitious domain name, he did not register that name at some $9 registrar (the one I use is NameCheap) and have it mirror his regular site. And I was fortunate enough to be the first evildoer to […]

links for October 2nd

Jonathan Jones: Alan Moore knows the score | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
“…we’re always being told art should disturb. Moore makes artists like the Chapmans look like the middle-class entertainers they are. He’s a real force of imagination in a world that is full of fakes. If there was any justice this man would get […]

VPILF

HEADLINE: McCain Slips in Tub, Tina Fey Is President!

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I’m sure McCain was despondent when they told him women could actually vote, but he seized the opportunity to secure that vote by deciding to select a woman, any woman, to be his running mate.
“Alright, fellas, what we need here is a female that can […]

The 50 Things That No Great Comics Collection Needs To Have

Inspired by Tom Spurgeon, my own public service.
1. Lady Death
2. Chuck Austen
3. Brute Force

4. Milo Ventimiglia
5. Water damage
6. Psycho Pirate getting his eyes poked out
7. Three copies of Watchmen
8. CGC
9. The cast of Guiding Light

10. Polybags
11. Alan Moore’s WildCATS
12. Shitty minicomics
13. Power Girl’s rack
14. Alf
15. Film adaptations
16. Film adaptations of movies based on comic books
17. […]

Of Mice and Musicals

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I found out during recording of HijiNKS Ensue Podcast #21 that the legion horde of Whedon Zombies brought down DrHorrible.com with a swiftness. Mmmm, delicious server brains.
I still haven’t seen the first episode of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog.” The fact that there exists Whedon songs in the universe that aren’t already stuck in […]

Film poll: it’s a four horse race!

Thanks to those who have taken part in my film poll. Currently, it is looking like a four way split between Apocalypse Now, Chinatown, Some Like it Hot and the Seven Samurai. Keep them coming folks!
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s […]