I can only hope the Hernandez Brothers will forgive me.
So thanks for your responses to my question yesterday…I really wasn’t quite sure what I had to say on the topic, and I’m still not quite sure, but I think I can at least circle the runway even if I...
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The post that would not end.
So I received a used copy of this hardcover in a collection I purchased the other day: And, well, I did have it in the shop as a new item before, but I never really did sit down and give it a good...
View ArticleIn which I say I’m not going to respond to the comments, but I do so anyway....
The temptation to follow up to the comments on my Robot 6 interview is strong, but I think I’ll try to resist…mostly. A few folks there noted an actual, physical aversion to the very texture of DC’s 3D...
View ArticleThings to do in Oxnard when you’re feeling yucky.
I apologize for the extended outage…flu and / or flu-like symptoms struck down your pal Mike after I had seemingly worked them out of my system over the Free Comic Book Day weekend. Alas, they came...
View ArticleWelcome to Mike’s Eye Health Blog.
So basically what’s been happening is this…a year ago, during an eye exam, it was discovered that the blurry vision in my right eye wasn’t just age and a need for glasses, but in fact caused by...
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I realize the phrase “following up on my Swamp Thing post” doesn’t exactly...
Following up on my Swamp Thing post, I should note that there are further reports about what may or may not have happened regarding the show’s cancellation. First it was “somebody messed up the tax...
View ArticleNew Comics…Tuesday?!?!
So for the first time since the end of March, my store (and presumably many other stores across this nation and possibly elsewhere) will be receiving new comic book releases this week. As noted...
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Oh, and I quit working at the library because working at the comic shop was a...
Twitter pal Tim Byrne (who has kicked off many a previous ProgRuin post) asks: “I know you weren’t (yet) in retail at the time, but can you do a post about how the comics world felt in 1986-88 in the...
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Crisis of Mike’s Infinite Typing.
To clarify somewhat regarding my Saturday birthday post…I do find things to enjoy in the various reboots/relaunches/house cleanings that DC (and Marvel too) regularly employ. For example, the big one,...
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As in “editorial edict,” not “the model of car.”
So Matthew brings up another option I’d totally forgotten aboiut in the Thing eyebrow/no eyebrow raging debate: TWO eyebrows, as per Fantasic Four #502 (art by Casey Jones): Now I was all ready to not...
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