So... Last time I posted was back in April. The lack of posting hasn't been because I've been especially busy, or had nothing to talk about, but rather a matter of procrastination. A couple of days ago I got back from a short camping trip to Watkins Glen, NY, with a small subset of my usual camping group. Fun trip for the most part. Did a couple of ( Read more... )

A post by ocvictor discussing the Green Lantern mythos (among others), reminded me that I meant to talk about the trailer for the upcoming GL movie.

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Everything looks great. Ryan Reynolds even looks like Hal Jordan. But then he says,

The one thing a Green Lantern's supposed to be is fearless.
That isn't me.

Wait. What?

No! No! NO! The ring chose ( Read more... )

They're making a Green Lantern movie! How cool is that? And how cool is this little kid for asking the big question?

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Other stuff:

The Teen Titans as peeps!

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I managed to fix the chain saw. The chain had come off the bar, turning an implement of mass destruction into a noisemaker that couldn't hurt a hamster. Well, unless you dropped it on top of the hamster. As I thought, it was a simple fix, except for the fact that I managed to reinstall the chain ( Read more... )

What if Frank Miller had taken over for Charles Schulz?

So, suppose that instead of obscure Charlton superheroes, Alan Moore had based them on not so obscure comic strip characters. PVP reimagines how that might have turned out...

Ombudsmen (in five parts)

The Dr. Manhattan take off is hilarious.

Seen at Boing Boing:

Watchmen as a Saturday morning cartoon.

Seen at Uncertain Principles:

Images of Calvin and Hobbes as they got older.

Warren Ellis and Joss Whedon chat about comics.

I haven't actually talked about any of the books I've read since before Thanksgiving, so here goes.

( One Damned Island After Another... )