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"Hey, at least I spelled it correctly four out of five times.
Rich Lane once nailed me for "creeping plaque" instead of "creeping plague" (the disease which wiped out Galactus' home planet, Taa)."
Rich Lane once nailed me for "creeping plaque" instead of "creeping plague" (the disease which wiped out Galactus' home planet, Taa)."
""Discopunt" is my favorite typo so far!"
"Agreed. I was pretty happy with the way they handled it in the DC Finest: Harley Quinn volume. Reprinting the full stories of some of her No Man's Land appearances would have added a lot of pages to the book, probably connected to plenty of other…"
"I've seen through episode 1122 now, bringing me closer to where I ought to be to be on track to wrap Dark Shadows in 2025.* The big event in these last couple episodes was the return of Quentin, who seems surprisingly nonchalant about his wife…"
" I never liked the idea of not reprinting complete books let alone stories!
Oh, I think it depends on the stories and on how integral the crossover or guest appearance is to the reprint. For example, quite freqently, in omnibus or "Essential"…"
Oh, I think it depends on the stories and on how integral the crossover or guest appearance is to the reprint. For example, quite freqently, in omnibus or "Essential"…"
"I wish my LCS had loyalty rates like that.
I get a straight 20% off, which is more than the standard 10%, but it ain't no 35%!
You guys should negotiate. Point out what you could get it for on Amazon or via IST.
In fact, Cap, I think I got the idea…"
I get a straight 20% off, which is more than the standard 10%, but it ain't no 35%!
You guys should negotiate. Point out what you could get it for on Amazon or via IST.
In fact, Cap, I think I got the idea…"
"I recently got the Peacemaker volume and I'm a bit disappointed that a big part of it is excerpts from books like Suicide Squad, Checkmate and Eclipso. I never liked the idea of not reprinting complete books let alone stories!
It would be like if…"
It would be like if…"
"I used to get 25% off from my LCS before they closed but I was going to them for almost twenty years. Most people were getting 10-15% off."
"I get a straight 20% off, which is more than the standard 10%, but it ain't no 35%!"
"All P&H customers ay my LCS get a standard 10%. I negotiated this one special based on rates I could get on Amazon.com. If I'd've known about IST, perhaps I could have gotten a bit more, but I think we're both happy with out deal. He makes a sale…"
"My discount (20-35%) depends on how big of a discount my LCS gets from Diamond. For the big publishers (Marvel, DC, etc.) his discopunt is something like 50-55%, so he can afford to give me 35% and still make a profit. For smaller publishers, his…"
"I hit one more issue last night, Superman 52, a Terra-Man story by Jerry Ordway and Kerry Gammil. Terra-Man, at this point, had been reimagined as an environmental warrior; this was his second appearance, I believe. Terra-Man attacks some Lexcorp…"
"Another comic I've been rereading is Rebels, a set of two limited series from Dark Horse set in the Revolutionary War by Brian Wood and (largely) Andrea Mutti, with colors by Jordie Bellaire. (No idea what has me in the mood for stories of…"
"I've got no idea, Cap. But they're the same company as Lunar, DC's distributor, so I imagine they get the books on really good terms."
"That's fantastic -- I wish my LCS had loyalty rates like that. Or any, TBH. So as things stand, I go with IST for most trades."
"How do they make a profit on anything you buy?!??"
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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...