Birthday:
October 28
"I believe I saw Willard on television back when CBS showed old movies after the 11 o'clock news (this being the days before the other networks dared mount a serious challenge to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson). But I remember better -- of…"
"I was drafting a response to this and accidentally closed the tab and lost it!
Let's try this again ... !
Richard Willis
If no one ever buys the individual issues, how will the companies decide what gets a collected edition?
I don't know, but…"
Let's try this again ... !
Richard Willis
If no one ever buys the individual issues, how will the companies decide what gets a collected edition?
I don't know, but…"
"Over in the thread "Comic Book Sales Trends" (starting at the on page 14), we hear from the executive editor of Absolute Batman that many of its readers are coming from manga and from young-reader graphic novels like the ones from Raina Telgemeier…"
"I should note that I frequently supplement what's on my pull list with stuff from the dollar bins and sometimes specials, so I do have a (bare) sense of what's current.
I did get Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 2026 Special, and enjoyed much of it.…"
I did get Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 2026 Special, and enjoyed much of it.…"
"Richard Willis said: Happily, I haven’t experienced this, but I think the arm pain caused by a heart attack is in the left arm. Did the story say it was a heart attack?
It's often the left arm, but not always. And in women, a heart attack may not…"
It's often the left arm, but not always. And in women, a heart attack may not…"
"My friendly neighborhood comics shop sends emails letting me know what pre-orders are coming in the month ahead, and I realized I hardly buy any superhero stuff these days.
On my list is Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Black Cat and whatever iteration…"
On my list is Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Black Cat and whatever iteration…"
"Since shows don't have a buffer of commercials between the end of one program and the start of the next, and don't end exactly on the hour or half-hour, I often find myself watching the last minute or two of any given show I've recorded on the cable…"
"This was my introduction to The Nice House on the Lake, and it seemed like just that, the leadoff to the story. A mysterious benefactor brings together a motley group of twenty- and thirtysomethings to the title property, and while they are there, a…"
"I went to a sister store to the place I visited yesterday (they're part of a local chain of four stores). Like the other one, it had lots of books and placed no limit on how many titles you could have, just one copy from each. So I got:
Alien /…"
Alien /…"
"I saw Blackboard Jungle a while back. My interest in it is that it's based on the novel of the same name by Evan Hunter, which was inspired by his three-week stint as a substitute teacher in an inner-city New York high school.
That and Evan Hunter…"
That and Evan Hunter…"
"An EP is just an LP with fewer songs on it. Maybe four to six total, not four to six (or more) on each side.
Your average LP holds about 25 minutes' worth of music, max, on each side. An EP just doesn't use the full capacity of the disc. . "
Your average LP holds about 25 minutes' worth of music, max, on each side. An EP just doesn't use the full capacity of the disc. . "
"I was going to say you guys made out like bandits. I got to my friendly neighborhood comics store mid-afternoon (I went to a funeral in the morning, and then lunch), and most of what remained of the Free Comic Book Day / Comics Give Away Day…"
"I am late in noticing this, but Olivia Jaimes is no longer writing and drawing the Nancy comic strip. She retired from it back in September 2025 and, after a period of reruns from the Ernie Bushmiller years, the strip was turned over to Caroline…"
"Barrelling to the season finale of Grey's Anatomy, there was news a bit ago that two longtime castmembers, Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver, are leaving the show. It was painted as a mutual decision, but reading between the lines it looks like they were…"
"I agree. They ran out of material quickly for the American version of the headless guy. "
"Yes, Crash is the headless guy. He's a counterpart to the headless guy in Ghosts U.K., the British show the American version is based on. In that one, the head is still around; in the American version, I think the head is lost.
I am a few weeks…"
I am a few weeks…"
Comments
Thanks for having me….the site is great and brings back many great memories.
Thank you ClarkKent, I look forward to the future.
Thanks, ClarkKent_DC I am very excited to be here. I just found you by chance googling some comic related stuff and it seemed like a really good crew chatting on here. Looking forward to catching up with everyone!
Another church with almost the same name apparently did something similar in Cambridge, Ontario:
http://www.wesleyunited.ca/index.php/2-uncategorised/173-phantom-of...
(Sorry. My original post had the wrong link
The church is Wesley-Knox United Church in London, Ontario. They drew a sizable crowd to Chaney's Phantom.
I have some links below. You'd have to contact them for further information:
http://www.wesleyknox.com/images/W-K_Bulletin_Oct25.pdf
Best wishes.