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"In the Superman Family DC Finest, I just read "The Super-Powers of Perry White" from Action Comics 278... and Perry gets taken over by a hostile alien parasite, and reports to another evil alien named Y'Trom. Which is Morty spelled backwards. I…"
"Still no Mandrake v4! (And I forgot to ask about it because there was a slight mix-up regarding The Art of Thor.)"
"THE ART OF THOR:
If you've read my posts on The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man and The Art of the Fantastic Four (from Dark Horse's "Bullpen Books" imprint) you know how enthusiastic I am about these "Art Of" books. They're like IDW "Artist's…"
If you've read my posts on The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man and The Art of the Fantastic Four (from Dark Horse's "Bullpen Books" imprint) you know how enthusiastic I am about these "Art Of" books. They're like IDW "Artist's…"
"New Guardians! I'd never considered putting them in with Green Lantern, but if we're mixing them into something, I guess that's where they'd go. I reread them (or mostly just read them for the first time) a couple years ago, and have no desire to…"
"The second War book is a focus on Sgt Rock, correct?
Correct.
I've got those in the Archives, so I'm holding off.
Ditto.
Would the follow-up volume go back to following Hal? Would it start with the Action Comics Weekly serial?
According to…"
Correct.
I've got those in the Archives, so I'm holding off.
Ditto.
Would the follow-up volume go back to following Hal? Would it start with the Action Comics Weekly serial?
According to…"
"I'm nearing the end of the Superman Family book... and I'm discovering that I've been preferring Kurt Shaffenberger's art to Curt Swan's in this book. Now, by no means am I saying anything bad about Swan's art -- but for these stories, which lean…"
"The second War book is a focus on Sgt Rock, correct? Maybe that'll be something of a different experience. I've got those in the Archives, so I'm holding off.I think I'll be picking up both the Green Lantern Corps book and the Horror volume. I don't…"
"Thanks, Clark! Mainstream comics have been looking for a bridge from those titles and reading experiences for years. Who'd have thought it'd have come from an ax-weilding Batman!"
"From what I'm hearing, the Absolute titles are defying the collected edition patterns with a lot of the readership. A sizeable number of people late to the game are going back and buying late-printing single issues they've missed, and following…"
"Until you mentioned Marmaduke, it had slipped my mind that the first comic collection paperback I ever bought was Marmaduke. I was probably under 12."
"The latest solictitations:
Green Lantern: "Setting Up Shop" (9/29/26) - GL/GLC #201-219, Tales of the GLC Annual #2, GL Annual #3, Secret Origins #7, Action Comics #589
Horror: "Where Dead Men Walk" - (10/13/26) House of Secrets #86-90, House of…"
Green Lantern: "Setting Up Shop" (9/29/26) - GL/GLC #201-219, Tales of the GLC Annual #2, GL Annual #3, Secret Origins #7, Action Comics #589
Horror: "Where Dead Men Walk" - (10/13/26) House of Secrets #86-90, House of…"
"Thanks!
When I was was in my LCS yesterday, the owner told me that next week was going to be a big week. (The floor space in fron of the counter was already stacked with unopened boxes of next week's books.)"
When I was was in my LCS yesterday, the owner told me that next week was going to be a big week. (The floor space in fron of the counter was already stacked with unopened boxes of next week's books.)"
"I got Mandrake 4 today, Jeff. Should be coming your way soon!"
"Marmaduke is actually an undersized chihuahua who has learned the art of gesturing hypnotically."
"For some reason I read "Mandrake Dailies" as "Marmaduke Dailies," and that just tickled me. Nothing wrong with the 'duke, of course, but it's been so long since I'd thought about that strip...!"
"Of the six items I am interested in which have been solicited to ship in June, so far the tally is "Oh for one."
JUNE TALLY:
The one item I expected to ship this week is now expected to arrive July 22.
(And my Mandrake Dailies v4…"
JUNE TALLY:
The one item I expected to ship this week is now expected to arrive July 22.
(And my Mandrake Dailies v4…"
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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...