Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (aka glecharles) (aka loudpoet)

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Comic Book Stuff

With CBC on hiatus for a bit while I come up with a plan for what to do with it, I'll be pimping my Buzzscope writing here for the time being.Weekly ReviewsCombat Zone: True Tales of GI's in Iraq, Vol. 1 TPWhatever side of the ideological fence you may be on, there is some great story-telling potential in the concept, True Tales of GIs in Iraq. Unfortunately, whatever Zinsmeister's talents may be as a journalist, they do not translate into compelling sequential art.Silent Dragon #1 (of 6)Andy Diggle offers up a veritable buffet of a story that demands you return…

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Lost In The Dark!

There's something ironic about playing on a softball field sponsored by Con Edison that doesn't have any lights! Or maybe that's not irony, just stupidity?The late game always sucks because somewhere around the 6th inning it starts to get dark and the ball is difficult to see in the field. Sucks more when the game before you is tied up and they go past your 7:15pm start time, meaning the darkness hits around the 4th inning. As a result, we lost in the bottom half of the fifth inning, 3-2, when the game was called on account of darkness. A…

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Welcome to the Playoffs!

Actually, it's the second round, as we won last week's game, an 11-5 rout that we made more interesting than it should have been with a shaky last inning. After throwing out my shoulder in my previous game a couple of weeks ago, I played 1st base and was in on several plays, including three unassisted outs on pop flys. Went 2-for-3 at the plate, with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Overall, probably my best game yet.Tonight, we'll all have to step it up as we're playing the only undefeated team in the league. Game's @ 7:15pm up at…

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If It’s Not One Thing…

It's another. And another. And another!Thanks to our latest daycare fiascosituation, there's some big changes on the horizon, pretty much across the board. Fork in the road time, if you will, with pretty drastic consequences coming from either direction. Part of me wants to kill Rosa for flaking out on us in such incredible fashion - without even a phone call! - and part of me wants to believe this is the equivalent of my decision to move back to Miami when I got out of the Army crashing and burning on arrival, sending me back to NY and, ultimately,…

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INFO: The New CBC

Via FlogComic Book Commentary is going on hiatus for a bit, to return sometime in the Fall with a completely different look and feel. In the meantime, check out the archives (scroll all the way down) and catch my ongoing four-color adventures here at Buzzscope.

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Try Something Different: 7/27/05

Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 7/27/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AC COMICS Men Of Mystery #54, $6.95ACTOR Actor DFE Hunter Killer Alt Cvr #1, $6.99 Actor New Avengers #2 Miki Sgn, $19.99 Actor X-Men Forever #1 Alt Cover, $10.00A. D. VISION Full Metal Panic Manga Vol 8 TPB, $9.99 Notenki Memoirs SC, $9.99ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC Dreamland Chronicles #2 (Of 24), $4.50 Gimoles #1 (Of…

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Buzzscope Reviews: 7/20/05

A week off for vacation and the to-read pile is ridiculously high! Oddly enough, for all the comics I bought this week, there weren't too many that inspired a review, positive or negative. Two I did like but didn't get a chance to review were Defenders #1 and Grounded #1. The former was as fun and silly as expected, while the latter was a pleasant surprise that caught me unawares. Check it out here.The Atheist #2A taut, black-and-white thriller with a tinge of horror...The Atheist is also the kind of comic book that rewards the discerning reader, one who demands…

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