Wow I'm really sucking at subject lines these days.
Worked from home today and got some stuff done around the house. Looks like I might be working from home tomorrow too.
I'm hoping to actually be more productive over the next several days. I'm in one of those headspaces right now where I want everything in my life to be organized but I'm a bit overwhelmed where to start as usual. *sigh* Trying not to panic and just deal with one thing at a time.
In the fun category, had a lovely conversation on Twitter with
tejas,
taylorgibbs,
xanthelj and others about how the producers of NCIS should really produce a set of anatomically correct NCIS action figures. Action!Tony would come dressed in leather and Action!Gibbs would come with a whip and paddle. Action!Abby would come with a camcorder. :) We also discussed all the expansion sets they could sell along with the figures. It was really kinda awesome and I can guarantee there would be a market for these action figures.
Other fun category is more about comics. This week I picked up "Brightest Day" #1 along with several "Red Robin"s and a few others. While I really loved "Brightest Day", my absolute favorite issue that I picked up this week was last week's "The Brave and the Bold" with Wonder Woman, Zatanna and Batgirl. It was wrtitten by J. Michael Straczynski and the art was by Cliff Chiang. Before I talk about the issue itself (behind a cut) I just want to recommend this issue to anyone who reads comics. It was so beautifully done and was such a great story with these three characters. If you're planning on picking up the issue, PLEASE DON'T read behind the cut.
The story is called Ladies' Night. It starts with Zatanna waking up from a precognitive dream. You don't know at that point what the dream is about, just that she was incredibly shaken by it. She then contacts Diana (Wonder Woman) and tells her that they need to have a night out with Barbara Gordon (Batgirl).
After some convincing of Barbara, the three head out to a night club to have fun and dance. At one point Barbara goes looking for the other two and finds them hugging each other in the ladies' room. She isn't sure what to make of the scene but she goes back to the dance floor.
The three have a great night and the evening winds down. The three go their separate ways and we then see a scene sometime later where Barbara is at her apartment with her father. They're having a meal and going through her father's scrapbooks of villains. There's then a knock at the door. When Barbara opens the door, she's shot by The Joker. It's the shot that eventually put an end to her life as Batgirl and put her into a wheelchair.
Zatanna's dream was about that moment. She didn't know when it would happen, but she knew it would happen. Once she knew that she wanted to give Barbara one night where she could remember dancing.
The buildup and the payoff were just so wonderfully done.
I have to say that I'm pondering picking up Wonder Woman now that JMS will be writing it. I'm definitely picking up the new "Birds of Prey" series that Gail Simone is writing. I think the first issue is next week. As much as I love my slashy superhero guys, I'm really wanting to read some titles with strong women as well as the male titles.
I'll do a review of "Brightest Day" #1 tomorrow, but suffice it to say that I'm digging on Aquaman now!
I'm hoping to actually be more productive over the next several days. I'm in one of those headspaces right now where I want everything in my life to be organized but I'm a bit overwhelmed where to start as usual. *sigh* Trying not to panic and just deal with one thing at a time.
In the fun category, had a lovely conversation on Twitter with
tejas,
taylorgibbs,
xanthelj and others about how the producers of NCIS should really produce a set of anatomically correct NCIS action figures. Action!Tony would come dressed in leather and Action!Gibbs would come with a whip and paddle. Action!Abby would come with a camcorder. :) We also discussed all the expansion sets they could sell along with the figures. It was really kinda awesome and I can guarantee there would be a market for these action figures.
Other fun category is more about comics. This week I picked up "Brightest Day" #1 along with several "Red Robin"s and a few others. While I really loved "Brightest Day", my absolute favorite issue that I picked up this week was last week's "The Brave and the Bold" with Wonder Woman, Zatanna and Batgirl. It was wrtitten by J. Michael Straczynski and the art was by Cliff Chiang. Before I talk about the issue itself (behind a cut) I just want to recommend this issue to anyone who reads comics. It was so beautifully done and was such a great story with these three characters. If you're planning on picking up the issue, PLEASE DON'T read behind the cut.
The story is called Ladies' Night. It starts with Zatanna waking up from a precognitive dream. You don't know at that point what the dream is about, just that she was incredibly shaken by it. She then contacts Diana (Wonder Woman) and tells her that they need to have a night out with Barbara Gordon (Batgirl).
After some convincing of Barbara, the three head out to a night club to have fun and dance. At one point Barbara goes looking for the other two and finds them hugging each other in the ladies' room. She isn't sure what to make of the scene but she goes back to the dance floor.
The three have a great night and the evening winds down. The three go their separate ways and we then see a scene sometime later where Barbara is at her apartment with her father. They're having a meal and going through her father's scrapbooks of villains. There's then a knock at the door. When Barbara opens the door, she's shot by The Joker. It's the shot that eventually put an end to her life as Batgirl and put her into a wheelchair.
Zatanna's dream was about that moment. She didn't know when it would happen, but she knew it would happen. Once she knew that she wanted to give Barbara one night where she could remember dancing.
The buildup and the payoff were just so wonderfully done.
I have to say that I'm pondering picking up Wonder Woman now that JMS will be writing it. I'm definitely picking up the new "Birds of Prey" series that Gail Simone is writing. I think the first issue is next week. As much as I love my slashy superhero guys, I'm really wanting to read some titles with strong women as well as the male titles.
I'll do a review of "Brightest Day" #1 tomorrow, but suffice it to say that I'm digging on Aquaman now!