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On Comics, Pokémon and Storm Hawks

By On January 16, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Marketing, Pop Culture

Other than the occasional review at Amazon – or even less frequently, at PopCultureShock – it’s been a while since I’ve written about comics. After 2.5 years of being ankle-deep in the industry, writing reviews, interviews, commentary and the occasional news piece, I really don’t miss it at all. While I’m still reading comics, my weekly [...]

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On the Shelves: 12/20/06

By On December 19, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit!

My weekly, semi-informed look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 12/20/06 follows. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, [...]

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Retailer Spotlight: Richmond Comix

By On April 16, 2005 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

A few weeks back, we took a trip south to visit my mother in Virginia, and I decided to hit Diamond’s Comic Shop Locator to see what the four-color world was like outside of New York City. Punching in the zip code of her suburban Richmond town, I was surprised to see [...]

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By On April 12, 2004 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

A long and tiring, but ultimately fun weekend got off to a shaky start as I blew off the American Candidate deadline after busting my ass (and Ed’s, and Salomé’s) putting the audition tape together on Tuesday night. The day off Thursday threw my schedule out of whack and Friday at work was too hectic [...]

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By On October 27, 2003 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

It’s an old joke that people have kids so they can have an excuse to play with toys again. While certainly not the only reason – they can have a nice affect on your taxes, too! – it’s definitely in the Top 10, and Isaac’s 3rd birthday proved to be a veritable bonanza.

After getting [...]

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