I, Mummy has posted what must be my favorite Batman.

I remember when we used to go grocery shopping right after church1. One of the three grocery stores in town was open on Sundays, at least until one in the afternoon. There was a gas station that was open on Sundays, and 7-11 only had truncated hours. All that was left was the hardware store, which apparently did thriving business on Sundays ( Read more... )

I want to go to the Library of Congress National Book Festival! Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen.

Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez . . . Margaret Atwood . . . Susan Cooper . . . Elizabeth Moon . . . Mark Teague. . . .

I wonder what a vacation is like.

I have recently (yesterday) caught up on MeatShield, a sort of fantasy/gaming comic that updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It's not quite like Complex Actions, which is more blatantly gaming-related, but almost everything about it seems to be influenced by gaming. This doesn't at all mean it can't be enjoyed by non-gamers! It's just plain ( Read more... )

Those maniacs Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza are launching another webcomic. Yes, that's right, another. Because Least I Could Do and Looking for Group aren't enough!

Nice work if you can get it, though.

Ohh, and there's a Richard bag! (Now I need to go through the store looking for Pella stuff!)

'Nuff said?*

*Scene: Salvador, Bahia, 1973. Me sitting on the floor with a stack of Marvel comics. Many end with "'Nuff said." I turn to the credits of one after another, frantically trying to figure out who Nuff is and what he said!

This column about government and health care doesn't really say anything I haven't seen somewhere else. It's fun to read, though!

(*http://www.cerebusfangirl.com/checklist/misc/hedoesntloveyou.jpg)

I visited my mother's house last week, and while I was there I grabbed a handful of comics from when I was just getting started at being serious about collecting them! That wasn't as easy then as now, because there weren't as many comic shops, so you kind of had to hope 7-11 carried the same titles one month as it did the month before, and if it ( Read more... )

I need these! Flaming Carrot and Dynamite Girl!