Birthday:
October 28
"Richard Willis said:
*It has recently been revealed that at that time the Defense Dept even waived the prohibition of drafting men of sub-normal intelligence. Not only was this dangerous for these men (a lot of whom were killed), it was also…"
*It has recently been revealed that at that time the Defense Dept even waived the prohibition of drafting men of sub-normal intelligence. Not only was this dangerous for these men (a lot of whom were killed), it was also…"
"I love the moment in Three the Hard Way when Jim Kelly gets into a battle on the street. He's wearing a leather suit and platform boots and heels, but just before the fight starts, he crouches down behind a car ...
... and, magically, he's in…"
... and, magically, he's in…"
"I am so stunned by how wrong-headed the implementation of this character was, starting with the name "Extraño," which is Spanish for "strange." Then they load him down with a boatload of gay stereotypes. It's like they were trying to be as offensive…"
"Jeff of Earth J said:
I thought you were going to cite the scene in which all the engineers whipped out their notepads and pencils to solve an equation.
Wha -- ?Nah, the greatest scene in cinematic history calls forth the true spirit of American…"
I thought you were going to cite the scene in which all the engineers whipped out their notepads and pencils to solve an equation.
Wha -- ?Nah, the greatest scene in cinematic history calls forth the true spirit of American…"
"When did we stop dreaming big? I'd say it was about 20 years after President Kennedy exhorted us all to launch the space program, after a different president insisted "government is not the solution, government is the problem," and told us the…"
"I taught myself how to type using a manual typewriter that we had around the house and one of my mother's old textbooks. "
"Today, my wife and I were talking about the greatest scene in cinematic history: the moment in Apollo 13 when the engineers dump plastic sheeting, wires, tubing, tools and duct tape onto a table with the instructions that they have to figure out how…"
"Watching the American Music Awards, which I usually don't because I think the only ones that count are the EGOTs -- that is, the Emmys, Grammy, Oscors and Tonys, plus the Kennedy Center Honors (although that one is about to drop off the list because…"
"Commander Benson said:
From the information provided in F.F. # 11, one can, with near certainty, calculate that Reed Richards was forty years old in that first issue of Fantastic Four, and that Sue was thirty-six or -seven.
However, that panel of…"
From the information provided in F.F. # 11, one can, with near certainty, calculate that Reed Richards was forty years old in that first issue of Fantastic Four, and that Sue was thirty-six or -seven.
However, that panel of…"
"i'm making a fitful stab at reducing the To Be Read stack of comics in my bedroom (which actually comprises more issues than the inventory of some comics shops I've visited).
One four-issue miniseries I just read is Battleworld: Thors, a spinoff of…"
One four-issue miniseries I just read is Battleworld: Thors, a spinoff of…"
"I'm not complaining about getting the kiddie books; I actually enjoy (most of) them. What I'm complaining about is not getting the books for older readers!
For example, the story in Dynamite's Jonny Quest series began with its Free Comic Book Day…"
For example, the story in Dynamite's Jonny Quest series began with its Free Comic Book Day…"
"I didn't make it to Free Comic Book Day, owing to a minor but expensive ($$$) mishap with my car. So I went to different shops in the days after, which mostly yielded the kiddie books as, I presume, the other wooks were taken by customers on the…"
"Jeff of Earth-J said:
Marvel: FANTASTIC FOUR: I used to not like Humberto Ramos' art but he's gotten better in recent years. He has regressed here, though, his art looking almost as bad as Rafael Albuquerque's. (No, make that just as bad.) His Sue…"
Marvel: FANTASTIC FOUR: I used to not like Humberto Ramos' art but he's gotten better in recent years. He has regressed here, though, his art looking almost as bad as Rafael Albuquerque's. (No, make that just as bad.) His Sue…"
"The interior of the house in The Cosby Show pilot episode is markedly different than the one in the series proper.
Likewise, speaking of Arnold's being "Arthur's" in the first episode of Happy Days, the interior of the Cunningham house is different,…"
Likewise, speaking of Arnold's being "Arthur's" in the first episode of Happy Days, the interior of the Cunningham house is different,…"
"I've been a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live for the past several years -- about when they introduced the stunt casting of Alec Balwdin as an improbable candidate for the presidency who actually won, much to his chagrin -- after about a decade…"
"Hey, Legionnaires, I have really good news -- I had a PET scan with contrast and CT scan on Friday. Compared against the one I had in February, the largest problem area has shrunk by nearly two-thirds, the other two problem areas are gone, and there…"
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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.