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Read more…David Bowie (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016) reported to have lost his 18 month battle with cancer today just two days after his 69th birthday.
Read more…Hi folks!
Your friendly neighborhood moderating team have been kicking around some ideas on improving the Board . You may have noticed some cosmetic changes on the front page and there may be more coming. We're also tossing around some suggestions
Read more…Gerry the Wonder Boy struggled up to wakefulness, and found he was bound to a chair. His head was throbbing. He couldn’t remember how he had gotten into this. The room was dark and cold, with stone walls, and he could just make out a stone staircase
Read more…I used to post these pretty regularly on a past incarnation of the board.
If you are unfamiliar, each August, starting in 1998, Beloit College in Beloit, WI presents The Mindset List, "providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives
Read more…Hello Everybody!
Usually I prefer to let my creative work speak for itself, but there are times when I have to hit the self-promotion trail to get the word out about a project.
This is one of them.
GHOST BOY, VOLUME 2 has just been released by Airshi
Read more…My computers been giving me problems for months and finally went over the weekend. Even though I can't really afford it I went and got a mac mini. Looking at it now I'm struck by two things, 1) it's about the same size as my ZX-81, the first comp
Read more…I know, I'm a horrible person for never posting anymore and then turning up to hype something, but I've been reading several threads, I swear! (I was especially happy to see Fig's Micronauts thread finally picked up again. I hope it continues into th
Read more…Clauses marked (+) are still valid under the charter of 1225, but with a few minor amendments. Clauses marked (*) were omitted in all later reissues of the charter. In the charter itself the cl
Read more…This has been kicking around in my head for a while, and I think I did this on a past incarnation of the board ... let's take a stab at creating a "Mindset List" for today's fan of comic books and related pop culture.
We begin by following the baseli
Read more…I have meant to post about this here for the longest time here , now I want to do it before it completely loses its topicality ~ Therefore I am doing it two monthsish before its next topical moment .
A San Francisco politician named Dr. Leland Yee
Read more…I don't get to spend as much time in the Cave as I used to, and now I'm having trouble finding my way around.
Anybody remember where we keep the extra cases of Bartles & Jaymes?
Read more…Who Wants to be a Millionaire? held regional auditions today. My son saw a TV commercial about it and my family encouraged me to go.
The audition was at a restaurant and bar in Potomac Mills, Va., that apparently was reserved just for this event. I g
Read more…One of our former members, Robin Olsen, passed away Wednesday morning. Robin was a character and a half. He loved Silver Age comics, whether Marvel, DC, Charlton, or others, and he loved Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Curt Swan, and all the gre
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Never actually read anything of his. Any recommendations of a good one to start with?
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I've been tasked with delivering a speech on "Love" at my niece's wedding in January. I think she's expecting me to quote from something romantic, but non-traditional. I have something in mind, but it's short and I need to pad it out a bit. Any sugge
Read more…I'm not familiar with his work. I thought that this should be brought to everyone's attention.
Read more…Earlier tonight, I go to check out a new gym ... it's a branch of a chain I already belong to, but somewhat closer to home. I get a quick tour from one of the staff, lock my stuff in a locker, go do a short workout, return to the locker room ...
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