This first bit requires very specific Watchmen knowledge.
Former employee Kid Chris and I discuss the Watchmen video game…specifically, the racing game I was hoping for:
Kid Chris: “…So the special ability of Dr. Manhattan’s car would be teleportation, right?”
Me: “Yeah…and Rorschach’s car would…I don’t know, have a flamethrower or something.”
Kid Chris: “Or a grappling gun!”
Me: “Sure! And the Comedian’s car would have guns mounted on the hood….”
Kid Chris: “Would having Captain Metropolis in a driving game be in bad taste?”
Me: “Has that ever stopped us before?”
In other news:
- Pal Dorian has begun Beach Party Week, which hasn’t a whole lot to do with comics, but a whole lot to do with…well, beach parties.
- San Diego Comic Con 2008 may be over, but the pain lingers on. There’s some good coverage at Newsarama and Comic Book Resources, cataloging what happened at which panel if that’s the sort of thing you’re into.
But for a more personal view, you can check out Bully’s reports and photos, which I’ve been plugging lately, or you can dig Kevin Church’s reports and photos. And, eventually, I’ll snag some of Employee Aaron’s photos from the event to display here.
And Mighty Tom Spurgeon has your list of nominees and winners from this year’s Eisner Awards. That Justice League of America story with Vixen was the best single issue story of the year? Really? And I was shut out of the “Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism” award again…someday, Newsarama, someday…!
- Had another purchase order from one of our local libraries for several hundred dollars’ worth of comic books for their children’s section. There was a little more leeway in regards to content, with more “teen”-rated superheroes being requested along with the usual mix of younger-skewing books. Iron Man, in particular, was being demanded by the patrons, so who am I to disappoint?
Interestingly, just like last time I did this for the library, Archie Comics were singled out as books they didn’t want. None of their patrons want to read them, even for free, apparently.
