A big thanks to Paul Dini for the autogtaph I got yesterday! That makes my He-Man collection almost complete…(you didn’t really think he started his career with Batman : The Animated Series did you?)
Someone should tell him about Violent Blue! There’s a new one up today….
Okay, not once, but TWICE now I’ve found autographed comics at Half Price books..and both times they’ve been…well, half price. Now I know comic book autographs aren’t going to make the down payment on a house…but seriously, Brian Michael Bendis is like, the biggest person in comics today! Joe Quesada? Head of Marvel comics and the man responsible for grinding their quality into the ground with event after event, not to mention”Brand New Day”?I mean, I could understand it it was autographed copies of Violent Blue…but these guys are both SOMEBODY in the business.
Someone at Half Price books isn’t paying close enough attention.
So what do Dracula (1931) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925) have in common?
They were small roles…she was a dancer in Phantom and she was in the stage coach in Dracula, but she was there. Right there at the beginning, at the golden age of cinema.
She also just sent me her autograph. She’s 102.
I’m going to be grinning for weeks.
The Taco Bell in Solon finally raised thier prices to match the rest of the Taco Bells in Cleveland.
*sigh* I guess we had a good run.
I’m going to go read some Violent Blue to try and cheer up.
SO Flash is showing this Saturday at the Capitol Theatre and I’m still a little undecided as to wether or not I want to go.
Can someone explain this to me? I realize this film has a huge cult following, but I don’t get it. I like the old serials, I dig the comic strips. I get that they have a sort of ridiculous “Retro-Future” look to them….of course it wasn’t silly looking at the time. I think we forget that.
My friend Johnny Em says the charm is in the outragousness of the film. It’s the same thing that draws him to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World But for me, it just feels like the material is being made fun of. Much like last years Green Hornet film did. Taken seriously, with respect for its roots (something the Sci-Fi channel version of Flash copmpletely abandoned – I just saw the pilot on DVD at a Dollar store) this material can stand on it’s own, it dosen’t needto be tarted up in camp. That kind of thinking killed the Batman movies for a time, it’s no wonder we haven’t gotten a good version of Flash again….well other than Star Wars.
I’ll probably head out if my friends want to go see it. Maybe it’ll be better on the big screen in a pretty theatre, kind of like how My Bloody Valentine was improved by 3D glasses.
I won’t hold my breath.
Lydia was feeling sick tonight and ended up staying home with Daddy insted of going to her uncle’s birthday party. While we were sitting at home she asked for a scary movie, so I pulled out the animated version of Phantom of the Opera. This Phantom is kind of mild, but they hit most of the story points pretty faithfully, and Lydia got it. She cringed during the tense parts and at the end she pointed at the Phantom and said “He’s being a nice guy!” when he let Raoul and Christine go.
Now if only there was an animated version of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre….maybe the comic books….
Or maybe we’ll just stick with Violent Blue. The Squirrel is showing up Friday.
Continuing our look at Maddies Book of Monsters!
This is the best part of the book, we get into a little storyline now….
Of course if your looking for a story, after you finish the Book of monsters, check out what’s going on over at Violent Blue!
So Maddie (age 5) made this for me last month, and I really wanted to share it with everyone else.
We present, the Book of Monsters.
Why she’s almost ready to take over Violent Blue for me!
More pages on Thursday.
What do you mean Reb Brown no longer resides at 5454 Las Virgines Rd. Calabasas, CA 91302 ??? How am I supposed to get Captian Americia’s autograph now?????
Forget it. I’m going to go read some more Violent Blue.
