What I did this weekend, in between cleaning up vomit and watching football; all three things completely unrelated. Stomach viruses suck! As do collard greens and rice in a pool of watery bile, your son’s foot covered up to his ankle. Pink yogurt and chunks of undigested oatmeal aren’t too hot, either. Wondering if that
Review: New Avengers #1 / The Ultimates 2 #1
To say I was skeptical about Marvel go-to-guy Brian Michael Bendis’ New Avengers seemingly self-serving reload would be quite the understatement. Based on the ill-conceived complete disaster that was Avengers Disassembled, and it’s half-assed epilogue/retrospective in Avengers Finale, I was fully prepared to hate it on sight. Boy was I wrong! After the requisite –
Comment: A Fanboy’s Rant #1
1. One of the sequences in Comic Book Superheros Unmasked (2003) dealt with the crash of the comic industry during the early 90s. I’d like to bring up one point made by Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada during the interview, where he basically states that the variant cover phenomenon during that time played a big part
Pumpkin Seeds: STFU! Edition
1. Democrats whining about the election. It’s pretty clear there were various problems across the country, as there always have been, but crying foul-play after your guy limply threw in the towel and disappeared is self-flagellation at its most annoying. Screw Kerry, deal with reality and start working on fixing the system that stuck us
NaNoWriMo 2004 Update: 15,609
While technically NaNoWriMo ended yesterday, practically speaking, I fell off the wagon two weeks ago and never managed to get back on. Final word count: 15,609. Well short of the 50,000 word goal, but an amazing leap forward for me in terms of self-discipline. For the first two weeks, at least. I take some solace
Parenting isn’t all rainbows and butterflies!
Last night’s Desperate Housewives had an interesting subplot centering on the stay-at-home mom character – the one with the hyper twins and an infant, and possibly a fourth kid? – and how she ends up having a nervous breakdown from the stress of it all. There’s a moment towards the end, when she’s talking to
Damn ABC and their addictive Sunday night lineup!
How am I supposed to ease into the beginning of a new week, following an exciting afternoon of football, when I can’t get away from the TV from 7-11pm? Scoff if you like, but America’s Funniest Home Videos is funny as hell. Tom Bergeron is no Bob Saget, thank god, and who couldn’t benefit from
Review: New X-Men:Academy X #1-6
When the New Mutants re-appeared on the stands 20 months ago, I was just returning to comics after a 15-year hiatus and welcomed the sight of a familiar face to ease me back into the monthly habit. Joshua Middleton’s beautiful cover art featuring some of the women from the original lineup drew me in, and
COMMENT: On Reloads and Relaunches
Answer: Everyone that bought a copy of Astonishing X-Men #1. [See the end for the Question.] As someone who stopped buying comic books back in the early 90s – missing the worst of the speculator-driven boom and bust – and started again last year, I can see both sides of the “Relaunch/Reload” debate that seems
Pumpkin Seeds: 11 Shots to the Dome Edition
1. The Incredibles, in a word was, what the hell, INCREDIBLE! Seriously; like “the Oscar goes to…,” Best Picture kind of incredible. “The Oscar goes to…,” Best Director kind of incredible. “The Oscar goes to…,” Best Original Screenplay kind of incredible. It had more emotional depth than most live-action movies, and absolutely blows the doors