Archive for June, 2010


Last year, one of the highlights of my comics reading was Wednesday Comics, which was produced by DC Comics for a limited run. It featured several characters from Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman to the Metal Men and Hawkman in a weekly, newsprint format by some particularly creative folks. I enjoyed it tremendously, and DC just reprinted the series in an extra-large hardcover collection that I fell in love with at first sight.

I came across the following article by Glen Weldon at NPR about the book, so enjoy:

>>Wednesday Comics, Collected: ‘Trippy, Experimental,’ Still Freaking Huge

Last summer, we wrote about a 12-issue comics miniseries called Wednesday Comics, which gathered some of the most notable writers and artists in comics and paired them with top-tier DC characters like Superman and Batman, as well as such deep-benchers as Metamorpho, Adam Strange, and Deadman.

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An important comic has been released this week. It’s called Mouse Guard: Legends Of The Guard.

For years now, I’ve been a fan of Mouse Guard, a creation of David Petersen. In many ways, it is a shame to call it simply a “comic book” because it communicates information about so many different sciences, including history, natural biology, and ecology. It really should be called “literature” because it does so much more than just tell a great story. I consider this title on par with Maus, one of the most literate and “adult” in the good way comic stories every told. I truly love these books!

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When I got home from work last night, I went through my mail, as I usually do. I came across one piece of mail that was about the size of Readers’ Digest and was even wrapped in plastic like that publication has been. But in big letters across the top were the words, “Do Not Discard! Your Order Is Enclosed!”

Okay, that got my attention. I opened it up to find that it contained checks from my local bank that I had ordered. The part that really amazed me was that the box to hold those checks was included, but it was flat as a board and I had to assemble it! My bank, which has multiple millions of dollars in assets, couldn’t afford to send me a pre-made box? I’m not worth that much time or money? (Do they know how terrible I am at assembling things?)

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As much as I enjoy Facebook, I worry about my information there, so I don’t make much public. (I’m also worried that I can’t seem to get any photos with my links today.) Some folks are taking action, as shown in this Breitbart story:

>>A group protesting Facebook’s privacy policies said Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant.

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