Gender
Male
"Our rewatch (my first watch, actually) was a coordinated long-distance Covid-era effort among me and my college roommates & their spouses, all of us hitting play at the same time and cracking wise over Discord. It was an absolute joy. Watch it with…"
"If you ever do re-watch the 80s Flash Gordon movie, I highly recommend checking out the commentary track by Brian Blessed. It is a DELIGHT."
"Your post sent me down a mental rabbit hole.
I had it drilled into me over years buying comics off the rack that if there was anything I was remotely interested in, to buy it NOW NOW NOW NOW! Because if you didn't, it would disappear for years and…"
I had it drilled into me over years buying comics off the rack that if there was anything I was remotely interested in, to buy it NOW NOW NOW NOW! Because if you didn't, it would disappear for years and…"
"I wrapped up DC Finest: Birth of the Demon before I headed off on vacation, and it ends on a Wonder Woman guest appearance -- a three-parter, but undeniably a come-down from Etrigan's Kirby heyday. (I was happy to get some more pre-Crisis Wonder…"
"I was flipping through the Robin book at my comic shop, and it looks like something I'll want to pick up in the future -- probably one to reach back for when there's a gap in the schedule between books I want. "
"When The Art of Star Wars - A New Hope - The Manga shipped two weeks ago, my pre-oder was shorted. (Hey, it happens!) I went ahead and posted it here anyway because I was able to confirm that it did, in fact, ship to shops. My re-order came today…"
"GEORGE PEREZ'S THE NEW TEEN TITANS ARTIST'S EDITION:
I was expecting three collections to ship this week, but this wasn't one of them. It was solicited to ship July 29, though, so the June tally stands at 3 for 3 (out of 8).
JULY TALLY:
Mark…"
I was expecting three collections to ship this week, but this wasn't one of them. It was solicited to ship July 29, though, so the June tally stands at 3 for 3 (out of 8).
JULY TALLY:
Mark…"
"WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE SCROOGE by CARL BARKS - "Lost Beneath the Sea"
(Or, as I think of it, "Carl Barks Library Vol.30)
Fantagraphics started publishing these a while ago, widely out of order, wisely front-loading the series with the most popular…"
(Or, as I think of it, "Carl Barks Library Vol.30)
Fantagraphics started publishing these a while ago, widely out of order, wisely front-loading the series with the most popular…"
"MARK GRUENWALD CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS v3:
Today is the last Wednesday before Independence Day and you know what that means: a high-end "Captain America" release from Marvel. This year it's a third volume of Mark Gruenwald's Captain America,…"
Today is the last Wednesday before Independence Day and you know what that means: a high-end "Captain America" release from Marvel. This year it's a third volume of Mark Gruenwald's Captain America,…"
"Enjoy!"
"WELCOME TO JULY 2026!
June turned out to be a pretty good month, with seven items of note shipping in its four weeks. July promises to be almost as good (better, really, because but I had to fudge the numbers by poaching two picks from solicits for…"
June turned out to be a pretty good month, with seven items of note shipping in its four weeks. July promises to be almost as good (better, really, because but I had to fudge the numbers by poaching two picks from solicits for…"
"For Red Sonja Noir, I don't know the artist, but I'm a fan of the writer, David Avallone. He's been the writer of the various Elvira miniseries (barring the recent teamup with Harley Quinn) for the last few years, and always delivers a funny, clever…"
"Ooh, nice! This'll take ages to happen, but I hope it comes through!"
"Hope you enjoy! I liked both backups, and am saving the lead story for when I'm caught up with the main Supergirl series. "
"I liked this series, but it didn't wow me as much as Spurrier & Campbell's first run at Constantine. I'm sure I'd like it more if I'd read it all at once... even if I'd almost certainly agree that it overstays its welcome a little."
"It's already available on DCUI, if you don't feel the need to get a physical copy in your hands. "
Comments
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...