Nora Ephron: My Own Jane Austen
Nora Ephron passed away and I have feelings.
Read the rest of this entry »Why Marvel Making Announcements on The View is Awesome
There’s been a lot of chatter on the interwebz today about Marvel choosing The View as the outlet to announce the news that former-Alpha Flight/current X-Men member Northstar will be proposing to and marrying his boyfriend Kyle in upcoming issues. Since most of the comics-reading community has seen this coming, instead of crying “Spoiler!” the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Con Diaries: C2E2, Day 0
C2E2!!!!!! WOOO!!!!! Travel win! Am at the airport, in a comfy leather seat, next to an outlet, enjoying a beer and the wifi until my flight boards in about an hour. Feel like proper grown-up jet-setter in manner of George Clooney in Up in the Air… just without the sad loneliness and laying people off. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Con Diaries: Emerald City Comicon, Day 3
Sundays are always odd at conventions. As the last day it ends up being a conundrum of being tired but wanting to rush around and see everything and everyone you missed. I do cons kinda backwards. I spend Friday milling around to get the lay of the floor and see who’s here. Saturdays I go [...]
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Lesson learned from yesterday: Go-go boots are not made for walking Number of panels attended: 3-ish Number sketches gotten: 0 (because I forgot my damn sketch book!) Hours spent in bar(s): 4 Alcohol units: 5-ish (of the gin and tonic variety) Did I say how much how I love this con? Cause I do.
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