Last week I was listening to some of my 80's compilation CD's and heard Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistable". Throughout the whole song there's the unmistakable *shnkt* of metal clearing a sheath, which really had no relevance to the song itself. Now I realize it was the 80's where weird crap like that was common in pop music, but it made me ( Read more... )

Back on Feb. 22 (sorry for the late report) the Virginia Comic-Con kicked off their 2009 "season". And like dutiful little robots our usual gang piled into the Explorer and headed down I-81 and I-64 to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Richmond. Actually, we had a few extras with us this trip as my brother-in-law and a couple friends of some of the other ( Read more... )

Although I've done these reports several times on my Myspace blog this will be my first one here. It's nothing real deep, just a report of my latest trip down I-81 with friends to Richmond for the latest Virginia Comic-Con. Here's a bit of background so you're up to speed. VA Comic-Con is what I've heard referred to as a "hotel con" because it's ( Read more... )

Over the past couple months there has been some speculation in the comic book press about the Big 2 (DC and Marvel, for my non-comics readers) increasing the price of the "floppies" (man, I hate that term for the monthly, single issue comic, but it seems to have become the preferred term so I guess I have to go with it) from $2.99 to either $3.50 ( Read more... )