February 2012
100 posts
“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that...”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Rea: When I go to SoCal regionals and I see a Phoenix [from Marvel vs. Capcom 3]...”
– From Giant Bomb’s coverage of the Cross Assault sexual harassment debacle. Which is a thing that happened just now, in 2012.
As an aside, Ben Kuchera’s coverage of the story for Penny Arcade Report includes this sentence: “This may be the first time in the history of video games...
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So Every Couple of Months I Get the Feeling I...
Which is not to say that I want to quit comics entirely, but basically just DC/Marvel.
It’s not that I don’t enjoy the books. I do. Most of them.
It’s the everything else.
I wonder if I could get by each month without reading books I have been loving like OMAC, Batman, Demon Knights, I Vampire, Wolverine and the X-Men, Daredevil, Journey Into Mystery and Thunderbolts and,...
New mixtape announcement - Slytherin House Mixtape
suitwithsneakers:
adamwarrock:
Yeah, we’re back… Check out the trailer here
Join the mailing list.
June 4. Slytherinmixtape.com. Go watch the trailer.
Punching Down
guttersnipercomics:
So, despite the mega-bummer-storm of the recent Gary Friedrich super-screwing/Before Watchmen/Avengers movie boycott/Walking Dead profits controversy, I’ve tried to stay positive about the losing battle that is being a comics fan, but a couple things have really stuck in my craw the last few weeks. It really started with this tweet from Brian Michael Bendis:
just fyi- any...
The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order →
bigredrobot:
This guy wins at Star Wars. Gonna have to try this soon.
Mind = blown.
MARKETING
nolantjones:
There is $250 million movie coming out next month by the director of “Wall*E” and “Finding Nemo”, with a script co-authored by the novelist of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”, based on a series of books written by the man who created “Tarzan”, which were huge inspirations “Star Wars” and “Avatar”… and apparently nobody knows about it. Mis-marketing is a scary...
So....this happened:
literateknits:
gailsimone:
aparadoxinflux:
Excuse me while I go flail about like a madwoman because OMG YOU GUYS GAIL SIMONE, ONE OF THE MOST BADASS WOMEN IN COMICS, IS FOLLOWING ME (HI!).
I’ll have none of that.
YOU are badassnessery!
Accurate representation of what happened when she followed me on Twitter. Followed by being too intimidated to post anything for a few days.
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BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME: Batgirl →
deadmentellnotales333:
gosithorgohome:
“THIS IS EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT BATMAN BUT I CAN HAVE SEX WITH IT!”
The above quote is why nobody should watch Comic Book Men or assume that it is a good representation of a comic shop. This is the kind of shop that comic readers avoid like the plague. It is, as so…
This.
“I know guys like this. I’ve seen them at cons, and I do my best to get as far...”
– Kevin Smith’s ‘Comic Book Men’ Is a Compelling Argument Against Comic Book Stores /// ComicsAlliance
Sims nails it.
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