Archie Comics is going to change the look of Archie. Instead of the cartoony appearance that has gone through only minor changes over the last half-century, Archie, Betty, Veronica and the gang will now be drawn as (ahem) “realistic” teenagers. That is, if realistic means that all the girls are underfed 13-year-olds. Here is my…
Keeping my fingers crossed!
eBay: Simpsons Christmas Express – 31 Cars – Hamilton Collection Yep, that’s me. I’m selling my Simpsons Christmas train. No bids yet, but if this sells at all it’ll probably all happen in the last 45 seconds. And yes, I’ll be selling some comics collectibles in the next few weeks.
More good writing tips
I’m loving the “Put Up or Shut Up” series over at Libertas, and here’s a great segment on Dialogue & Subtext. Although the series is about screenwriting, most of the advice is just as valid in writing comic books. Love this comment, too (emphasis mine): "On the nose" writing is, of course, the reason why…
Martin Nodell passes away
The creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott (and thus, the founder of the entire Green Lantern legacy), has passed away. Here’s the news from Matt Hawes of Comics Unlimited: Late last month, Dave Cockrum, creator of Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, passed away. Now, sadly, another wonderful person and artist has left us,…
Cobb voted Third best comic of 2006 by Scoop!
You may have noticed that I prominently featured the trade paperback version of “Cobb: Off The Leash” in several places in our aStore. Writer Beau Smith is a chum, of course, but my hyping this book is mainly due to my wanting to read more. I want a series, I want at least another mini,…
Some midnight maintenance
Just a quick note that I’ve added our new aStore to the navbar above. Check it out if you haven’t already. The navbar sucks, I know. The whole site layout is not what I’d like; I need to find some time for a major rebuild. “How is it an unemployed guy doesn’t have the time?”…
I’m talking over the Internet with a microphone!
Good news, everyone! You’re going to deliver a shipment of super-concentrated manure to Crapulon 4! (Sorry, I get on a Farnsworth tangent whenever I open a post like that.) Seriously, good news. I’ve finally got my audio equipment hooked up correctly on my computer. I’ve been anxious to use Skype for a while now. So…who…
52 Week Thirty-One
I gather from various message boards that, while 52 is selling quite well in general, most of the people I know aren’t reading it, or they dropped it. They don’t like Montoya the smoking drunk depressed whining drifter who is now going to become The New Question despite not having the personality to be the…
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Great, now I’m addicted
[UPDATE: Half a day late, it occurs to me that “The ‘a’ in aStore is for Addictive” would have been a way way funnier subject line.] This stupid “Monitor Duty aStore” is just too much fun! Or maybe it’s a lot of work. I can’t really tell at the moment. Aside from talking to Beau…