Nov 29
Just under a month ago, Cat Valente – a good friend who I never get to see because she lives on the other side of the world – mentioned that her Omikuji Project was on the verge of ending if it didn’t reach a certain number of subscribers. I’m not going to paraphrase the rest …
Nov 27
Shooting the Poo Episode 9 is now up on iTunes and our Posterous website thingie. It’s the Errol Morris episode, someone who I’d never heard of until Dave decided we should do a podcast about him. The podcast, which actually is one of our funniest even if it’s also about cop killers, Nazis and Stephen …
Nov 23
I’m currently really loving the new Penguin mini-series (5 issues I think) published by DC. It’s called Pain and Prejudice and it does the utterly cliched thing of serving up a super villain’s childhood as the main reason why that villain is so damn evil. In this case it’s the Penguin, a character who will …
Nov 20
I’ve seen Oldboy, which I really loved, but I think JSA is the better movie. It takes place in the Demilitarised Zone separating North Korea from South Korea. There’s been a shooting on the North Korean side and two Republican soldiers are dead, apparently killed by a South Korean guard who was trying to escape …
Nov 09
Rose Fox’s wonderful Publisher Weekly’s blog, Genreville, published its Top 10 books for 2011… except it’s actually a Top 6 (which confused me a bit). While I haven’t actually read a single book on that list, I own two of them (Zoo City and Triptych), am pissed off that I didn’t order Two Worlds and In …
Nov 07
So File 770 is a really good resource for all things fannish. But there are time when it feels like the obituary pages in the paper, reporting the death of another old time fan. And when I read these obituaries, mostly of people I’ve never heard of but who played in a role in bringing …
Nov 03
… best TV show ever? I mean I loved West Wing, but for me The Wire beats it hands down. Any thoughts?
Nov 02
There aren’t that many blogs or LJs out there that I crave to read or get excited about when there’s another update. But one I do genuinely enjoy – and not just because of the brilliant title – is Requires Only That You Hate. I came across this blog via Nick Mamatas and immediately fell …
Nov 01
The most recent episode of the podcast Panel2Panel had an illuminating discussion on minority characters that feature in comics and don’t suck. It’s most definitely worth listening to. One thing that struck me though about their discussion was how there was no mention of Jewish superheroes. That’s not a judgement on either Grant or Kitty. …
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