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"By the time I get to the physical issues, I'm sure I'll read them one right after the other. I tried finding my physical copies of the Veitch run, and it appears I sold them off some time ago. Otherwise, I'd probably be going quicker through them,…"
"Ha, sorry -- you know how slow I am! I picked up some speed today, but I'm still 15 or 16 issues away from the start of the new stuff...!"
"I've been following along as I've been reading these issues anew, and I was going to point out the Jersey gas stations until I read that CK mentioned it. But yep, they're on the outskirts of Gotham in that scene, so they're definitely in Jersey!"
"I decided to reread the entire Veitch run, so I'm still 10 issues away from where you started your reread. But it's certainly fun to spend time with Abby, Alec, Chester, Liz, and (especially) John again. (Less so Piggy, who's consistently the…"
"I've spent a lazy day reading comics on DCUI -- the latest available issue of Fury of Firestorm, three issues of the new Batwoman series (as always with Rucka, it reads better in chunks), and a Veitch/Alcala Swamp Thing issue that brings me a wee…"
"In rereading the Rick Veitch run on Swamp Thing (I'll eventually get to the new issues DC is printing!) I came across the next appearance of Blackbriar Thorn. In Swamp Thing 70, John Constantine gets a medium to channel him on the stage of an inn in…"
"If you're a David Dastmalchian fan, Cap, I definitely recommend Late Night With the Devil, an indie horror movie he starred in from a couple years ago, as a 70s late-night host who plans to broadcast / debunk an excorcsim on Halloween night. It's a…"
"Thanks, gents.
Would that I had the imagination to come up with an adventure to match my opening.
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Would that I had the imagination to come up with an adventure to match my opening.
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"Thanks! I'm a thousand percent unsurprised by this."
"Indeed!"
"That's a *really* nice scene, Commander! Great mood!"
"This reminds me: The complete run of The Prisoner just showed up on The Criterion Channel to stream. I started the series during the pandemic, and got about halfway through before losing interest. I think I'll give it another go. "
"Three figures stand beneath the glow of a ceiling light in a warehouse stocked with crates marked as scientific and mechanical equipment.
"Why are we here?"
"I never should've come here."
"I was sent this address with a cheque for my retainer."
From…"
"Why are we here?"
"I never should've come here."
"I was sent this address with a cheque for my retainer."
From…"
"CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: ABSOLUTE EDITION:
Volume one of this two-volume slipcased set is the 12-issue maxi-series itself, plus the two-issue follow-up, History of the DC Universe. Volume two is, quite simply, everything else... and I do mean…"
Volume one of this two-volume slipcased set is the 12-issue maxi-series itself, plus the two-issue follow-up, History of the DC Universe. Volume two is, quite simply, everything else... and I do mean…"
"And it's possible he's restoring his youth via magic for those JLU appearances, but largely acts his age except in cases of dire need."
"Sounds cool! I'll check it out on my next trip to my LCS. I actually picked up issue 8, by Gabriel Hardman, about a washed-up actor who goes back in time to change his life, on yesterday's trip. "
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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...