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{ Monthly Archives } March 2008

“Ugly Boys Store”

The above phrase should have been taken down in a statement to the police on why I had to strange a woman who came into the store with her young daughter and son.  You think this kind of thing wouldn’t happen; I’m fairly obviously a female behind the counter of a comic shop and so [...]

Calling It Now – Beast is a Skrull

Okay, I didn’t want to get into this because quite frankly, I’m sick of it.  The very idea of “Who Do You Trust?” bothers me immensely because I’m one of those namby-pamby little girls that wants to believe that heroes do good the majority of the time and since Civil War, it’s been hard to [...]

All You Need to Know – The Avengers in Brief

I’ve been absent over in this neck of the woods because somedays, you read the Avengers and get his moment of existentialism. You look at the story and ask yourself, “… why? Why, Bendis? Who are these people? Who made their rent check by producing this book? Is it the [...]

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Is it just me or are the Daughters of the Dragon really cool?
And not in a ‘Any minute they might make out!’ kind of way. But in an action-adventure, kung-fu way, the kind of story that makes me wrack my brain for another example of Local Girl Does Good without particularly extravagant super-powers. Take Misty [...]