In the News
So, we get in a call at the store because the local News-Press has heard something of this 'Iron Man' fellow that seems to be a hit with the youngsters, so they want to talk to us about it. The torch is passed to the Comic Shop Girl (and let's be honest, it's for my enthusiasm and the fact I can spout this stuff off the top of my head) and they come by for an interview...
... which makes it to the front page. Go fig.
SORRY! Wrong link, though I admire Lydia's candor and wasn't so much of a cheerleading shill to say the same myself. Nope! Here's Yours Truly with the rah-rah for the store, Iron Man and anything else you pu in front of me.
Please note: It's me, a dog who sadly died and new Child Pornography laws. It really was a slow news day. But I said my best, got misquoted and spoke positively about comics in the media and how business changed what was once a child's medium. Sounds good, right?
It even got us a bit of business. So that's good there.
Fatality
So, everyone know about the DC vs. Mortal Combat game coming out that seems ridiculous?
Good.
When the news came over the wire at Blog@Newsarama, me and my fellow employees laughed and all of us were transported back to the mid '90s in a furious flurry of "Who could beat who?" questions. Of course I'll play his hotshot new gamet as I spent a good hundred dollars in total trying learning Sonja's "Kiss of Death" fatality back in my younger years, but thankfully everything I wanted to say plus an extra dose of cleverness was taken by Alt Text.
Thanks, sir.
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The Smell of Ink and Newsprint
Yesterday... I downloaded my first comic online last night, given to me by a friend. Please, Dan Slott, please don't come and kick my ass.
To be fair, I own the comic in question and didn't want to hunt down the damned thing and scan it into the computer for an article I wound up not using anyway, soooo...
It wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be. Still, I used the Essential version I had of the comic (that's right, I owned it in two formats!) to really read it and then clipped what pics I needed for my point.
But doing this made me once again realize that there is just something about holding a comic in your hands instead of this new fangled media. For the digital fans, I have no idea how you do it; my scanned copy was really well scanned and had all the info I needed, it just wasn't the same. I own the Avengers and Hulk DVD-Roms that Marvel's smart enough to put out (wow, I actually own THREE different versions of that comic. My guilt for the download lessens by each moment!) and while they are nice, they are also difficult to navigate and see correctly depending on screen resolution. Marvel's Digital Comics Online are readable and fix a lot of the above and yet... I poked around there yesterday and still I longed for the paper and ink set. To be able to take my comics with me to lunch and go sit outside. To (*gasp!*) give them away or curl them up and put them in my bag.
There's a physical element to comics I think that really can't be denied.