"I am remiss in not pointing out that The Washington Post started running its daily (Monday through Saturday) comics in color last month. It did so by dedicating the back cover and inside back cover of the daily Style section to the comics. Prior to…"
"From ComicBook.com: "Marvel and DC Just Lost the Super Hero Trademark: Here's What That Means"
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has shaken things up in the world of comics today, as a long-held trademark by Marvel Comics and DC Comics has now…"
"Hey there,.friends! Rob and I did meet up at the Baltimore Comic-Con on Saturday:
And I also bumped into cosplayer extraordinaire Bill Johnson, a childhood friend, in the guise of Gemini the Partyman! (from Prince's soundtrack for Batman '89).
"Well, we never see Dagwood's parents (and I don't believe they've been shown since they disowned him). And Blondie's maiden name, "Boopadoop," always made me wonder if she was a cousin to Betty Boop."
"The Baron said:
Prediction: This Absolutultimate stuff will last maybe a couple of years, then it will burn down, fall over and sink into the swamp. The most successful bits of it will then somehow be folded into the mainstream DCU.
"Coming to this late (what else is new), I follow the out DC gave us all a long time ago: Hypertime.
I may be alone in this, but I refuse to believe that any given comics universe is gone, dead, destroyed and ain't never coming back not never no…"
"Yes, I will go to the Baltimore Comic-Con. Send me a message so we can figure out how to connect while we are both there.
As for crabs ... I do eat them but haven't in a long while."
"The Parils Olympics gave us a similar "best and worst pole vault":
"Watch Painful Moment Olympic Pole Vaulter's 'Pole' (ahem) Knocks Him Out of the Competition"
In fairness, competitor Anthony Ammirati from France didn't lose because of hitting the…"
"Somewhere along the way, I acquired Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. I was intrigued by the concept of the Wold Newton Universe (that some meteor fell somewhere in England and its radiations somehow affected numerous pulp heroes, their associates…"
"I found myself up at 4 in the morning and re-read Absolute Power: Origins #1 and #2 ... and find I was off-base in half the stuff I wrote. Waller DID go from A: "My family was killed by a drug lord" to B: "All superheroes are bad." I think I let my…"
"I'm not reading the entirety of Absolute Power, mostly because my bad memories of The New Guardians and Secret Wars II killed my interest in grand overarching miniseries that require ancillary purchases of other tites and specials to get the whole…"
"Jeff of Earth-J said:Speaking of Presidential attire, it was George W. Bush who popularized wearing an America flag lapel pin. Barack Oboma didn't (at least not at first), which caused his political opponents to question his "patriotism." I thought…"
"Commander Benson said:
The pundits who criticise the colour of a President's (or a Presidential candidate's) suit is teapot-tempest stuff. And such criticisms are a current thing (reflecting the acromony in our politics of late). I don't recall…"
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!
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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.