This isn’t a happy post…this is kind if bummer.  Today I read an article online from a recent conference in New York in which a high ranking member of Marvel Comics openly discussed the mindset behind price increases on books.

You can read it here:  http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/more-on-marvels-price-increases/

Going through the ( Read more... )

No, I still haven't seen the movie. My pal George in the states has seen it...and he's anxiously waiting for me to see it so he can rant and rage at it (like you do.)

However, while I am waiting he sent me this:

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If you are familiar with the comic book...there's some really sick stuff in there.

Don't miss the butterfly.

Several months back I signed up for Amazon Prime, which turned out to be the best £49 I spent last year as the whole idea of getting to order something and have it the next day killed my usual shopper-spree instinct that says "urgh!  If I have to wait, maybe I'll get it at a store"...which then never happens because I never go to a store to shop ( ( Read more... )