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"For years, I've only known John Ford's How Green Was My Valley as the movie that somehow beat Citizen Kane for Best Picture. You'd think someone might've also mentioned that it's terrific.
Detailing a boy's memories of life in a coal-mining town…"
Detailing a boy's memories of life in a coal-mining town…"
"I have those same questions about Alan coming out to his teammates, and would love to see them explored. Thinking about some of the things you pose, I can imagine Wonder Woman knowing right away like you suggest... but Alan being surprised as hell…"
"Yeah, I remember when it came out, seeing some people who had the same reservation. There's really only two books that I think had that issue. The other one was Superboy: The Super Dog From Krypton, which only has two Krypto appearances in it. Some…"
"Well the Science Fiction volume fooled me. Maybe better advertising on DC's part next time?"
"I'm definitely down with the Jonah Hex suggestion. I think, like Sgt. Rock, he'll have his own series, seperate from Westerns, before long."
"I'm nearing the end of the War book, just as two more volumes (Green Arrow and Superman Family) are heading my way through the mail. The war books, as you say, are pretty repetetive. I enjoy them mostly for the art (check out the face Kubert draws…"
"Yep, it's Mystery In Space and Strange Adventures, with the Tommy Tomorrow stories from Action Comics as an added bonus. If the series goes forward, I imagine Tales of the Unexpected will probably enter the mix in 1956."
"From the title sequence onward, The Palm Beach Story barrels along, with only rare stops to catch its breath. Claudette Colbert is Gerry, a wife who thinks her inventor husband Tom (Joel McCrae) would be better off without her (and would be able to…"
"There are a couple, maybe three, stories with an ape in them; they just took the volume's title from one of those stories.
The format of the DC Finest books is an imitation (the sincerest form of flattery) of Marvel’s successful Epic format,…"
The format of the DC Finest books is an imitation (the sincerest form of flattery) of Marvel’s successful Epic format,…"
"Isn't SF like the war and horror, several months' worth of titles from the same genre? I have to ask, because Lee's post made me realize that I haven't read it -- or even seen it lately. It must be in one of the Towers of Shame in the bedroom. I'll…"
"Lee, I don't know if you've looked at the existing SF volume, but despite the title, it doesn't focus on apes at all. There are a couple, maybe three, stories with an ape in them; they just took the volume's title from one of those stories. But the…"
"DC war comics fan that I am, of course I HAD to get the Sgt. Rock volume. Interesting that after years of mislabeling his first appearance as Our Army at War #81 (April 1959), this volume is calling his first appearance G.I. Combat #68 (January…"
"I would like to see a true science fiction volume, without focusing on an obvious trope like apes.
And if they're reviving Jonah Hex again, why not collect all his western tales from the beginning?"
And if they're reviving Jonah Hex again, why not collect all his western tales from the beginning?"
"They didn't happen at ComicsPro, but if DC is continuing the Finest line (and I've heard no rumors that they're not), we should be getting some new titles announced soon. So here's some speculation on ten books that might be forthcoming.In the ten…"
"Although I tweak it from time-to-time (as I did slightly since yesteday), mine would be...
NG1, FP1, MM1
NG2, FP2, MM2, JO 133-134 (Wild Area)
NG3, MM3-4, JO 135-138 (DNA Project)
NG4-6, MM5-6, FP3-7
NG 7 & MM9*
FP8, NG8, MM7-8
FP9-10, NG9-10
FP11,…"
NG1, FP1, MM1
NG2, FP2, MM2, JO 133-134 (Wild Area)
NG3, MM3-4, JO 135-138 (DNA Project)
NG4-6, MM5-6, FP3-7
NG 7 & MM9*
FP8, NG8, MM7-8
FP9-10, NG9-10
FP11,…"
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Thanks for the welcome! I've been 'lurking' and reading many a thread for quite a while!
How's that?
Rob, now maybe, with your godlike powers of moderation, you can help me with something.
As I typically do, when I post one column for approval, I go back to the previous one, correct all the errors/typos which escaped all of my prior proofreading, and submit that previous one for (re)approval.
When I posted my current Deck Log Entry (the Legion Quiz), I also reposted the previous "Mars or Bust!" entry, after cleaning it up. Usually the reposted column gets approved at the same time the new one is.
But for some reason, the "Mars or Bust!" column is still waiting approval. I don't know who the system decides what moderator gets what stuff to approve, but if you can give me an inkling on how to get "Mars or Bust!" reapproved, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Commander B
Rest easy, friend . . . you didn't screw anything up. The culprit is a peculiarity in the function of the system. Saving an article as a draft---which should send it to my blog list only---will also send it to a mod for approval. I imagine some reason was imagined for requiring drafts to be approved by mods, but it's inconvenient because, once a mod approves the draft, it appears in the "Latest Activity" column on the home page.
That means folks can access it before I'm ready to publish it.
The reason it became more of a problem this time is because I had to deviate from my normal routine. Typically, once I've written and proofed my article on Word and collected all the art I'm going to use into a file, then I go the the blog page, cut-and-paste the article, add the art, give it one last proofing (not that that ever gets all the bugs out), and then send it over to a mod for publishing.
During that evolution, I usually save it as a draft twice---once to make sure I have it, in case of a power failure or something, and nearly every time I add the art, a glitch in the hyperlink system forces me to save it a second time.
Because I usually do it all---save the draft and proof it and publish it---in one session, the mod approval of the draft usually isn't a problem.
But "Mars or Bust" I had to do differently. I had to edit some of the art two or three times, and I saved it as a draft each time. (I found one piece of art I had to edit, then saved the draft, then found something else that needed fixing, and so forth.) Even so, that wouldn't have been a problem---except that I ran out of available time to proof the article again. So I had to keep it in draft status until I can get to it this morning. (Actually, right after I finish this note to you.)
Apparently on the moderator's end, nothing indicates that it's a draft one is approving, vice an article ready for publication. And because it was only drafts you approved this time (and no follow-on final article for publishing which usually happens), it didn't publish.
So you didn't goof up, Rob. I just broke routine.
Best,
Commander B
We shall not see his like again...