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| lair |
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| dad bends the rules |
[May. 5th, 2008|07:36 pm] |
"murder" means elliot gets to rip up old newspapers and make messy confetti all over the living room.
There's a really important one in here this week- ( DVDs comin' out tomorrow, May 6th ) |
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[May. 4th, 2008|05:49 pm] |
I forgot The Comics Reporter's Five For Friday #118 -- Name Five Locales From Comics You Like That Are not A) A Character's Primary Residence, B) Their Traditional Headquarters
1. The Barrelhaven (Bone)
2. B & J's Collector's Emporium (Hate)
3. Radu's (Green Lantern)
4. Planet Krypton restaurant (Kingdom Come)
5. That hollowed-out robot that The Thunderbolts were going to use as a base but never did. I'm not going to pull my comics out, but it's from the first couple of issues where Hawkeye joined the team. (Thunderbolts) |
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| Sketchbook Saturday |
[May. 3rd, 2008|04:45 pm] |
Free Comic Book Day ended up being kind of stupid- the store I went to had a "One Comic Per Person" limit and they didn't even have the Gyro Gearloose comic! They gave Elliot a Tiny Titans though. |
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| Friday Five |
[May. 2nd, 2008|08:47 pm] |
1. What types of board games do you like to play, if any?
We like a whole bunch. Ellen and I play Scrabble pretty routinely but it's a frustrating game with E. as she takes forever and a day to make her moves and I get bored waiting for her. Even though Scrabble is as much a strategy game as it is a game of vocabulary, I'll freely admit that it's the word aspect of the game that gets me... which explains why I'm routinely beaten soundly by any and all comers.
I played a lot of Scattergories in Brooklyn with Melissa and Brad, usually under the influence of something or other.
I have a board game called Marry, Date, or Dump? that I bought for like $3 bucks at a Kay-Bee Toys outlet store and while it's pretty weak sauce, I played that a lot when I was living in Brooklyn, especially when I was on a date with a girl. It was a funny/stupid way to break the ice.
2. How often do you play board games?
I would say we play board games about twice a month, give or take. Some months we might play more than twice... some months less.
3. What is your absolutely favorite game?
Boggle. During my first year of teaching in Brooklyn, my teacher friends and I went through a Boggle craze wherein we spent ever lunch break playing the game. I like Boggle better than Scrabble because the constraints your under are a lot more challenging... and you learn the little tricks much quicker.
4. Describe your Monopoly strategy.
My Monopoly strategy is to stay as far away from the game as possible as I hate Monopoly. Again, Monopoly's a strategy game. I can barely think past tomorrow... let alone twenty minutes from now when I'll be landing on St. Charles Place.
5. Do you feel that board games are becoming obsolete with the rise in computer and video gaming?
I think there will always be a need for physical board games, for all the same reasons that movie theaters will never die. People need stuff to do when they're going out on dates.
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So for the first time ever, I'm going to Free Comic Book Day tomorrow. Although I'm a regular comic book reader/patron, I've never been to a FCBD because I always viewed it as a marketing strategy aimed at bringing new readers into a comics shop rather than plying already established readers with books... but I've always been interested in the hoopla and there looks to be a couple of good free books I'd be interested in getting. Depending on what my store has, I'm lookin' to pick up Tiny Titans, Hellboy, and Gyro Gearloose. |
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| vacation, all i ever wanted |
[Apr. 27th, 2008|07:42 pm] |
Barring a lightening bolt of inspiration, I'm not going to be doing any comics this week. There's no real reason behind this impromptu vacation besides my not banking any strips during the week and laziness precluding me from cranking some out today.
...anyhoo, see you back here next week. In the meantime, I already wrote up my comic & DVD release blurbs for this week, so I'll post those tonight. I know you impulse shoppers would be lost without 'em.
( DVD releases for Tuesday, April 29th )
and
( Comic Book releases for Wednesday, April 30th ) |
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| Sketchbook Saturday |
[Apr. 26th, 2008|04:14 pm] |
I used to really like The Comic Critic when I was in college; it was published in one of Buffalo's local free papers. |
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| Friday five |
[Apr. 25th, 2008|09:33 pm] |
What's harder to live without, chocolate or alchohol?
Definitely chocolate. I'm a social drinker but I'm ravenous for all things chocolate.
Does the colour yellow remind you of anything?
Big Bird.
Who most annoyed you last week?
In general, the school where I work. Specifically, on student in my afternoon classes who really should have been kicked out months ago. He's way more interested in disrupting classes and his classmates than he ever has been in his education.
Do you have a cutesy romantic nickname for your partner (or previous partners)?
No.
What is your favourite Stephen King movie?
I've always really liked the mini-series adaptation of The Stand that aired on ABC in 1994. The Sci-Fi Channel reran it this weekend. I still think that's one of the best adaptations of King novel... and certainly, The Stand isn't the easiest of his books to adapt for any medium. If The Stand didn't count because it was a TV movie and not a proper film, I'd have to change my answer to the 1980 version of The Shining. You know... the good one. |
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| just whaling around |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|06:19 pm] |
Note to whoever it was that gave us this shirt: Even though it makes no sense, we love it. |
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| greasy cici's |
[Apr. 23rd, 2008|06:53 pm] |
I hadn't heard of Cici's before I moved to Ohio, but that's probably because I come from New York: The Land of Pizza that Doesn't Give You the Hershey Squirts.
( Cheers & Jeers for April 23rd! ) |
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| put it in a box |
[Apr. 22nd, 2008|07:41 pm] |
...so here's the thing. I hate this comic. Didn't come out good. Still... even though I didn't like it, I was bored enough at a staff meeting to ink it, which means that I knew inevitably I was going to unleash its' badness on the world at large. Unfortunately, today is that day.
( Comic books comin' out tomorrow, April 23rd ) |
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| stand up comic |
[Apr. 20th, 2008|06:51 pm] |
( Some stuff goin' on at the NYCC )
Honestly, there's probably a ton of better, non-mainstream comics news... but that's been all I can find. Most of the comic book news related sites seem to be under the impression that I want to watch YouTube videos of these news stories- they're totally mistaken on that point. |
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| Sketchbook Saturday |
[Apr. 19th, 2008|04:38 pm] |
I've been in a Nintendo mood with my sketches, but I totally couldn't remember what anyone in The Legend of Zelda looks like. Link has a mullet though. |
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| musical friday five |
[Apr. 18th, 2008|11:58 pm] |
...if I hurry, this will be the first Friday Five to be posted on Friday in awhile.
1. How often do you listen to music?
A lot less since I started getting into listening to podcasts and audiobooks on my commute to and from work, but I would say I listen to music every other day.
2. Do you ever listen to the radio? What is your favorite station?
I don't listen to any radio stations in Cincinnati besides 91.7 WVXU, and that's my favorite. I love Jean Cochran.
3. How do you find new songs, albums, or artists to listen to?
Music reviews in magazines at Borders sometimes... more often, I just pick shit up from the library. A lot of times I'll hear music in movies and that'll lead me to something.
4. When was the last time you bought a CD? A digital music file?
The last time I bought a CD was last month, I bought the new Ray Davies album Working Man's Cafe. The last time I bought a digital file, it was Loudon Wainwright's last album that had a bunch of songs from Knocked Up on it.
5. Do you think any of the technologies and distribution methods mentioned above will still be around in ten years? Why or why not?
Yeah, sure, they'll all still be around... why not?
If there's a comic book Five for Friday, I'll post that tomorrow along with some sketches. |
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| teaching at my school feels like being a... |
[Apr. 17th, 2008|09:31 pm] |
I didn't get a chance to make this one all toned. Sue me! |
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| i hate this process |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|06:19 pm] |
I thought I'd start posting some "Cheers and Jeers". The idea for Cheers and Jeers was something that I came up with entirely myself with no help from anyone or any publication in print either now or ever. 100% my idea.
( Cheers and Jeers for April 15th ) |
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