Personal

Guy stuff.

An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

QUOTE: Steve Gerber, on Current Events

"I think something has happened to this country in the past 10 years or so. We've become much more willing to accept anything -- again, it's hard to escape the clichés -- Madison Avenue or the Government shoves down our throats. The truth has become unbearable to contemplate. There's a terrible apathy that's engendered a new movement back to the Self. The society seems to have accepted the notion that by simply becoming oblivious to what's happening in the world outside our skins, the horror will go away. It's not going to go away."--Steve Gerber, The Comics Journal #41 (August…

Continue ReadingQUOTE: Steve Gerber, on Current Events
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Lady Vic (DOR-134)

Take two friends who love comics. Add a superhero-themed collectible card game. Sprinkle a dash of competitiveness, and a lump of testosterone. The result? Weekly matches that turn friends into nemeses.This is not your typical "card of the week" column. Every web site dedicated to CCGs has been there and done that. This column is all about our competition, though. Dan and I usually play two games of Vs. a week, and every Sunday, we'll feature the card that we think most influenced the outcome of the matches we played the preceding week, and the metagaming lessons we learned in…

Continue ReadingVs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Lady Vic (DOR-134)
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Google Me

A co-worker/friend of mine is tracking himself through googlerankings.com, trying to get his site listed as the number one search on Google, Yahoo! and MSN for his name. Out of curiousity, I manually searched my full name on each of the search engines to see what my years on the internet have reaped.Google Top 5:Comic Book Commentarycomiccommentary.blogspot.com/loudpoet productionswww.loudpoet.com/BUZZSCOPE :: Establishing Shots #4: One Year Laterwww.buzzscope.com/features.php?id=1209Blogger: User Profile: Guy Gonzalezwww.blogger.com/profile/1165003louderARTS Projectwww.louderarts.com/poets/gonzalez/I'm a little surprised by the last three searches as they seem rather specific, especially the Buzzscope column and my louderARTS page. I'd have expected my staff page on Buzzscope to…

Continue ReadingGoogle Me
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Blog, I have forsaken thee…

Remember when I used to post every day, sometimes multiple times a day? Those were heady times, between the war and the elections and the poetry scene, etc. Nowadays, I don't think I'm even averaging one post a week.Part of the reason is that comics have pretty much taken over the little bit of free time I have, so most of what I have to say these days either goes on CBC or Buzzscope. On the personal front, I've always been reluctant to get too personal here, and Salomé is doing a much better job of keeping people updated on…

Continue ReadingBlog, I have forsaken thee…
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

LINK: Reality Check + NYCC Update

My latest Establishing Shots just went up, and I go off on a bit of a personal, real world tangent before ripping into idiot trolls:At this point, there's some ill-mannered idiot out there reading along wondering why I'm not writing about Spider-Man's new costume (I give it six months), or offering yet another opinion on Infinite Crisis #4 (Can you say, "plot hammer", boys and girls?). He's probably considering hitting the talkbacks to post some asinine comment like:"Wish there was some menu here where I could filter out all those fine authors who confuse a column with embarassing gender battles…

Continue ReadingLINK: Reality Check + NYCC Update
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

On The Shelves: 2/1/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!It's the beginning of Black History Month. Flashback: one year ago. Still one of my favorite posts.My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/1/06. 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, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]CREATIVE TALENT COMMUNICATIONS When Zombies Attack #1 (Of 4), $2.99This sounds more like an agency than a publisher. And isn't the zombie craze over…

Continue ReadingOn The Shelves: 2/1/06
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

No news is good news

...for the time being, at least. I'd say it's a 50/50 shot right now, which is actually a little better than what I thought a week or so ago. Keep those fingers crossed! In other news, I need a vacation. And another 3 hours added to each day! Ugh. PS: Cleared out 12,000+ emails from my loudpoet.com email this weekend, dating back to March 2005, when I abandoned it to an overload of spam. Caught a few emails of interest in my deleting frenzy, though - batches of 200, sorted by subject, made for some interesting anecdotal marketing research -…

Continue ReadingNo news is good news
Newer Posts
Older Posts