Recovering from a nasty cold, so when I’m not struggling through work at my very own comic book shop, I’ve been in bed zipping through multiple episodes of Gotham on Netflix. As a result…not much going on here on this site this week. Sorry about that. But I am feeling a bit better now and should be back on my virtual feet around here soon…particularly by the 5th, where I should have something special posted here. But in the meantime:
- In response to my post about comics rebootery, Bully, the Little Numbering Bull, has assembled an epic-length post about how comics have taught him about numbers. And I think we can all learn a little something from this post, too.
- Blogging brother Tim has been busy writin’ about the funnybooks over at the A.V. Club: first, there’s the timely (heh) article about Marvel’s somewhat off-model Star Wars comics, and second, a goodly-sized State of the X-Men Union address. Both very worth reading.
- Pal Dave is continuing his series on old computer games he’s played, including this one I played about a bazillion times on my Atari 800 (and may still play in emulation on my current computer…shhh, don’t tell anyone). Anyway, if you go to that link and play the video, you’ll hear what the ringtone on my phone sounds like.
- I can’t pick a recent post to highlight…just read all of pal Andrew’s Armagideon Time for an example of what the best blogging is like.
- A very brief sample of the Aliens/Smurfs crossover. It’s everything you’d imagine it to be.
Apropos of precisely nothing, it occurred to me today, when something made me think of this word, that you and I are probably still the only ones who remember “smalsh-yegger.” Including Alan Moore.
I’m sure John from Roots of the Swamp Thing remembers, too! (And I also remember the word made a “guest-appearance” in an issue of Boris the Bear.)