Monday: There's no-one to run cameras for the midday news! Seems to be turning into kind of a weekly thing, so I deal with it ( Read more... )

Last night, the wife came home and I was watching the following video:

During which this conversation took place:

:40 (and paused) - Jenna: "What's that?"
Mike: "That is THE METAL, and coming up is the most metal moment in history"

:51 - Mike: *laughs maniacally*
Jenna:"I don't get it, it's just a guy in a suit."
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HULK SMASH YOUR STUPID METAL FACE, METAL-MAN!


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In issue #3 of Avengers: The Initiative written by Massive Spidey-Fan/Über-Continuity Nerd Dan Slott, he's got the Initiative's Black Ops team go after Shocker, Boomerang, Hydro-Man, and Spider-Man (they're all having a convenient fight) so they can be de-powered by those nano-tech darts that recently showed up in She-Hulk. These S.P.I.N. Tech ( Read more... )

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Kurt Angle Released!

For those who don;t follow pro-wrestling,1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle debuted for the WWF in January 1999, and proceed to tear shit up from day one.  He's got a history of working through some very serious injuries dating back top the 1996 Olymnpics, where he won the Gold with a fractured neck. He has been given time ( Read more... )

Stuck for an idea of how to lay out a page?

Wally Wood's got you covered

I had seen an article on this, perhaps in Alex Toth's column in Alter Ego, a few months ago, and went searching for it online not three weeks ago.  I had misremembered it as Alex Toth's Panels that Never Miss, so I had to finally give up after a long Google search.

Anyway, this ( Read more... )

Apparently there's a small (that is, free) comic book convention this Sunday from 10am-4pm at the Eastland Suites in Urbana. I've always wondered about these free conventions, but I've never been close enough to one to go. It seems to be that the more you have to pay to get into a con, the better your chances of being able to meet an industry pro ( Read more... )