I think I understand.
So, Bendis needs to write this big Secret Invasion plot and work out a complex timeline for events to occur and hand them down the lines of editorial and otherwise, create this massive summer event. He seems like a hands-on kind of guy, not one to sit on the sidelines and work [...]
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All You Need to Know: Mighty Avengers #16
July 20, 2008 – 12:59 pm
Courting Girls
July 12, 2008 – 2:41 pm
When I worked at my first comic shop down in the City of Industry in sunny southern California, I was handed a small pamphlet titled “How to get Women (and other new customers) Into Your Store!”. Well, something like that at least as that’s the impression that was left to me upon seeing the [...]
All You Need to Know - New Avengers #42 and Mighty Avengers #15
July 7, 2008 – 2:23 pm
Okay, so I was minding my own business on the week of June 25th, seeing as it was my birthday and whatnot when I was DELUGED by Avengers titles. Everyone Marvel could think of came out that week, leaving me no choice but to read all of them.
Let’s start at the beginning, the two major [...]
Presents
June 25, 2008 – 8:42 am
Okay, so in the month of June to… maybe celebrate the release of the new Incredible Hulk film (which I will eventually get around to talking about here), we got a bunch of big heafty issues with some backup stories and reprints. Iron Man got two new books, all glossy and keen, all the Hulk [...]
It’s Something Time, Alright
June 6, 2008 – 3:35 pm
So, with a certain movie on the horizon, I got linked some of the ky00test Hulk toys for the Marvel Super Hero Squad line. Just like Lil’Galactus, these do delight and create the oohs and awws. But there’s just something about this one…
… that really makes me want to run some sort of [...]
In the News
June 4, 2008 – 3:45 pm
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 [...]
Fatality
June 4, 2008 – 12:54 pm
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 [...]
The Smell of Ink and Newsprint
June 4, 2008 – 7:53 am
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 [...]
Blood Colossus
These two words have sold me more $3.99 issues than any other since I started this job. Since I started selling.
BLOOD COLOSSUS.
Just… just bask in it for a moment, will you? Take in the wonder and the glory that is a Blood Colossus. The name excites the imagination and lays the groundwork for what is [...]