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John Wooden
He died today at the age of 99.
The second of my three heroes (Fred Rogers, John Wooden, and Sparky Anderson) is gone. The world is a better place because of his presence here.
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Comics for the week of June 3, 2010
I've really only read Hawkeye and Mockingbird #1 so far and, although not as good as the first issues of SHIELD and Secret Avengers, it was still a fun comic. Now, here is a storyline with a backstory of sexual assault and death, but it never wallow
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Previews for August, 2010
Here's what I'm preordering from my LCS:
Dark Horse - I love the character, Solomon Kane, so I'm getting the new collection trade, Death's Black Riders. Of course, Usagi Yojimbo will be on my buy pile.
DC Comics - I've been disappointed by a lot
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Question of the day...stolen from Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
Name Five Past Or Present Comics Titles You Think Should Always Be Published, Just Because It Would Please You To See Them On The Stands:
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Anyone else becoming a Aqua-fan?
So far, Aquaman is my favorite character to follow in Brightest Day.
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Off Site: The Great Comics Migration of 2010
It had to happen.
Anita is big enough that it's time for her to have her own room. Her room, though, was the comicbook room. Oh, what to do? What to DO?
An insulated shed would be nice but I don't have the thousands of dollars for that. I thought of r
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JLA: Ultramarine Corps - A Seven Soldiers prologue
JLA Classified #1-3
[Another thread in our Morrison Reading Project.]
Written by Grant Morrison, Art by Ed McGuinness.
Collected as Ultramarine Corps
This 3-issue ‘mini-series within a series’ came out cover-dated 2005. In it, Batman has to stop G
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The Death of Captain Marvel
(Not the original graphic novel; the recent Marvel Premiere Classic reprint.)
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Krypto's Rejuvenation
I remember hearing about a story (in the 70s?) that Krypto the Superdog was getting old and unable to control his powers and Superman had to put him down!! But instead he got younger again! I think it involved Jimmy but I never seen it nor have it me
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Looks like DC's really planning to capitalize on the upcoming movie.
http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=758
Now if they can just get Dini and/ or Timm involved...
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Blackhawk Questions
I've recently caught the TVTropes bug. One of the things I notices is that Blackhawk didn't have a page yet, so I started one.
I know there are several people here who are much bigger Blackhawk experts than I am, so I figured I'd ask here about quest
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Today is also Pac-Man's 30th
Go to the main Google page, hit the coin button, and play!
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Any Legionnaires in Topeka/Kansas City area?
On the weekend of June 5th, I have to drive to Topeka with Jason. I'm meeting the ex halfway so Jason can spend part of the summer with his Mom. I was wondering (because my brain leaks and I can't remember) if there are any Legionnaires in Topeka o
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Who is Nightwing’s number one enemy?
I admit to not having read more than a few dozen issues of his series (due to one particular artist whose style I hated) but should have some idea, surely? Cos arch enemies tend to recur.
DC seem recently to have suggested Deathstroke the Tosser, b
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Happy 30th Anniversary to The Empire Strikes Back
Thirty years ago, I was 10 and camped out with friends and family on the Glendale Cinema's parking lot in Indianapolis...waiting for the first showing of Empire. That movie equally jazzed and devastated us.
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"Fantastic Forum" TV show
I've been a customer of a comics shop in Washington, D.C., for a few years (Fantom Comics, in Union Station), and I've learned that some of the regular customers and store employees put on a weekly TV show on the area cable channels. It's called Fant
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