Yes, it's time for yet another annoying quiz.

Which Marvel Supervillain are you?

Galactus’ Blog.

I guess that last entry should have gone in SeeBelow. Sorry, calamityjon!

Once he was the highest-paid creator in comics; he wrote and drew the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and Superman. Then he started slumming, and the next thing you know: Alpha Flight.

Now, as I was horrified to discover, John Byrne, of all people, is doing layouts for, of all the shitty comic strips, "Funky Winkerbean". See for yourself.I ( Read more... )

I have been asked by someone who reads this space where they can find my read-throughs of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and DC Who's Who. They have made this request, apparently, because I do not label my entries in any way. This is because I am lazy.

Anyway, they are here:

OHOTMU Issue #1.
OHOTMU Issue #2.
OHOTMU Issue #3.
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That last entry was pretty boring, but I think I can do better.

Here's the standings in the second week of my two baseball fantasy leagues. My teams in bold.

AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION (rotisserie-style legacy league)

1st place: Central City Blues (50 points)
2nd place: Metropolis Wings (49 points)3rd place: Hub City Bullseyes (46 points ( Read more... )

Last night, while watching CNN like a tool, I was working on a chapter in my crappy novel that is turning out to be particularly awful. So I took a break and did some reading, and then had a sandwich. While I was eating my sandwich, I did some thinking ( Read more... )

It is the curse of the geek that he must always evangelize for his lame-ass enthusiasms while simultaneously scoffing at the passions of other geeks. "Live-action role-playing games?", he scoffs. "What kind of loser would want to do that? Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to monitor my eBay auction for an ultra-rare Magic: the Gathering ( Read more... )

I have, in the endless reels of free time that constitute my life, created a taxonomy which more clearly defines three words which are often used interchangably and, to my mind, incorrectly: DORKS, NERDS and GEEKS. It is through common understanding and plain speaking that our civilization advances; we may never be at peace until this issue is ( Read more... )

So, reading Calamity Jon's latest installment of Gone and Forgotten -- which dealt with the Marvel Contest of Champions and its accompanying lame international superheroes (like The Collective Man, Arabian Knight, Shamrock, etc.) who were little more than cartoon embodiments of the generic American ethnic stereotypes about the countries they came ( Read more... )