Category: General

The Supposed “Mainstream” in Comics

This little essay is a response I wrote to a message board posting. Here’s the original post: I think the reason people assign themselves to being mainstream or the reason they don’t give Indys a fair chance is because, and I may get a lot of backlash for saying this, but there aren’t that many …

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Putting the “action” back in “action figure”: (Click for larger image)

The Amazing Poodle Boy

From the coupons section of a recent Sunday edition of The Winston-Salem Journal:

San Diego Travel Trauma

My advance travel plannning for this year’s San Diego Comicon has so far been less than hassle-free, as you can read about in my letter/warning published at Tom Spurgeon’s blog, The Comics Reporter: Comicon, Travel Planers and the U.S. Grant Hotel

What I’m Listening to:

Recent CDs I’ve purchased: Bonfire AC/DC (boxed set) How it Ends Devotchka Innervisions Stevie Wonder Ramones The Ramones St. Louis to Liverpool Chuck Berry Come See Me The Pretty Things (best of) London Calling The Clash Love and Theft Bob Dylan Revolution 33 Red Planet