The Secret of the Wednesday’s Haul

Wherein the author reviews a few comics, occasionally puts out a podcast and now and again muses on other stuff

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She’s a guitar slinger– Friday Night Fights

August 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

If she doesn’t get you with the forward smash, there’s always the backhand swing to defeat the baddies.
From some issue or another of Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s excellent Nextwave.
It’s still ladies night for the Friday Night Fights.

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Did he read the same book as me– a review of Astonishing X-Men #26

August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So a retailer this week telling his customers not to buy Astonishing X-Men #26 in his shop’s email was one of the major controversies in a week full of controversies. The question was if that was really a good idea– telling customers not to buy product he himself has already bought and paid for. [...]

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Some things need to be talked about, like con etiquette

August 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

John DiBello over at Bully Says has a piece over at his blog today that everyone should read, about what can only be called sexual harassment at comic cons, San Diego in particular, and the inablility of the con, the facilities’ management or even the facilities’ security to to anything about it.
And let’s be honest, [...]

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Tags: Conventions · comics

links for 2008-08-15

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Pandora doubles listeners with iPhone App
Reminder to myself to try this app sometime.
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Comix | Grateful Dead
Tim Truman's Grateful Dead comix online.
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