The Waiting Game
► The landlord, or whoever is coming to fix out fireplace, was a no-show today, so I guess they'll come tomorrow. Dad and I were supposed to go out tomorrow, but we've decided to wait until Friday since I don't know if I'll be free, and he apparently has to wait at home too, for a package. Still hope they can quickly and easily fix the fireplace and get it working again.
► Received an email from Artchild this morning confirming that he mailed my Red Sonja drawing yesterday. Given he lives in Toronto and it's only a few hours away, I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow.
After thinking about it, I decided to postpone getting a second drawing from him for awhile (at least for a few weeks). I figured I shouldn't get too caught up in it just yet. Also, I thought I should stick with the deal my friend John and I set up for this weekend's Mid-Ohio comic con, where he's going to look for some books for me. Who knows, maybe he won't find anything on the list I gave him.
He's going to be stopping by Adam Hughes table to get a few things signed, so I asked him if he could get Adam's signature for me (hopefully personally addressed). I'd like his signature so I could frame it and put it next to my Big Barda sketch. Since I want to frame it, I suggested he could just ask him to sign a blank index card for me. John's a bit embarrassed by that idea and said there was no way he'd ask him to sign a scrap of paper, but that he'll see what he can do. I thought that was funny, and don't really see anything wrong with asking him to sign a blank paper along with some comics, but I'm not going to complain.
Edit: I've been informed by Matt that while there's no problem asking someone to sign a blank index card, some cons won't allow it and demand you buy something to have signed.
► 5 steps to make your own 'Mom Cave' - That's odd. In my family home growing up Mom had complete control and authority over any and every room that wasn't a one of our bedrooms or the basement rec room. Living room, family room, bathroom, powder room, master bedroom, den, halls, front entrance, kitchen... Isn't the whole point of the recent "man cave" phenomenon (which I find rather patronizing) the acknowledgment that in most marriages the wife usually dominates the rest of the home when it comes to decor and control?
► The 10 greatest all-nude fight scenes in comics - God I loved that Batgirl/Catwoman issue. I swear, if by some minor miracle I ever get a chance at getting a sketch from Kevin Maguire (one of my 5 favourite comic book artists), I'm asking for naked Batgirl.*
* If not Blue Beetle. Non-nude.
► The top 7 S&M covers of Lois Lane. Seriously. - Exactly when did all cases of bondage go from meaning a person in captivity held against their will, or brutalized and beaten and humiliated, turn to meaning nothing but winking kinky sexcapades?
► 26 Sexy Halloween Costumes That Shouldn't Exist - Ironically, I think the Sexy Naked Woman costume is decidedly unsexy.
► Nerdy Apple Bottom: My Son Is Gay - In which an awesome mom talks about what happened this Halloween when her 5 year old son dressed up as Daphne from Scooby-Doo. It does my heart proud that there are mothers like her out there. Besides, he looked adorable.
► Superman Mashup: Be Super Safe at the Office
Quote of the Moment
Rupert Pupkin: The more scribbled the name, the bigger the fame.
- The King of Comedy (1982)
► Received an email from Artchild this morning confirming that he mailed my Red Sonja drawing yesterday. Given he lives in Toronto and it's only a few hours away, I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow.
After thinking about it, I decided to postpone getting a second drawing from him for awhile (at least for a few weeks). I figured I shouldn't get too caught up in it just yet. Also, I thought I should stick with the deal my friend John and I set up for this weekend's Mid-Ohio comic con, where he's going to look for some books for me. Who knows, maybe he won't find anything on the list I gave him.
He's going to be stopping by Adam Hughes table to get a few things signed, so I asked him if he could get Adam's signature for me (hopefully personally addressed). I'd like his signature so I could frame it and put it next to my Big Barda sketch. Since I want to frame it, I suggested he could just ask him to sign a blank index card for me. John's a bit embarrassed by that idea and said there was no way he'd ask him to sign a scrap of paper, but that he'll see what he can do. I thought that was funny, and don't really see anything wrong with asking him to sign a blank paper along with some comics, but I'm not going to complain.
Edit: I've been informed by Matt that while there's no problem asking someone to sign a blank index card, some cons won't allow it and demand you buy something to have signed.
► 5 steps to make your own 'Mom Cave' - That's odd. In my family home growing up Mom had complete control and authority over any and every room that wasn't a one of our bedrooms or the basement rec room. Living room, family room, bathroom, powder room, master bedroom, den, halls, front entrance, kitchen... Isn't the whole point of the recent "man cave" phenomenon (which I find rather patronizing) the acknowledgment that in most marriages the wife usually dominates the rest of the home when it comes to decor and control?
► The 10 greatest all-nude fight scenes in comics - God I loved that Batgirl/Catwoman issue. I swear, if by some minor miracle I ever get a chance at getting a sketch from Kevin Maguire (one of my 5 favourite comic book artists), I'm asking for naked Batgirl.*
* If not Blue Beetle. Non-nude.
► The top 7 S&M covers of Lois Lane. Seriously. - Exactly when did all cases of bondage go from meaning a person in captivity held against their will, or brutalized and beaten and humiliated, turn to meaning nothing but winking kinky sexcapades?
► 26 Sexy Halloween Costumes That Shouldn't Exist - Ironically, I think the Sexy Naked Woman costume is decidedly unsexy.
► Nerdy Apple Bottom: My Son Is Gay - In which an awesome mom talks about what happened this Halloween when her 5 year old son dressed up as Daphne from Scooby-Doo. It does my heart proud that there are mothers like her out there. Besides, he looked adorable.
► Superman Mashup: Be Super Safe at the Office
Click to viewQuote of the Moment
Rupert Pupkin: The more scribbled the name, the bigger the fame.
- The King of Comedy (1982)