My friend Mace sent me an email with the subject line "Hey Nerd!" - so of course I had to open it. Inside I found a link to comic book artist Neill Cameron's blog with THE BEST ABC TOOLS EVER. Check out what I plan to print out for Baby The Dwarf:
Many more can be found here. I urge you to go check out this guy's blog...it cracks me up!
I took the day off work yesterday to extend my 3-day weekend into 4 days. I went to a comic shop I'd been meaning to check out for years. And once there, in the spirit of the 4th, I bought the first 11 issues of the Marvel Knights version of Captain America, which included these books:
I went home and read the first issue. It caught me totally off guard that the book started with Steve Rogers digging through the World Trade Center ruins, looking for survivors. It makes sense - the book was release in 2002 - but I just didn't put 2 and 2 together.
The issue was really well written, with the focus on the pain we were going through back then and how Steve chose to deal with it.
Seven years after the fact, this story still brought back some of that dark feeling that sat in my chest for a long while after September 11th. It makes for an uncomfortable read, but I will likely hang on to the issue, as it will serve as a reminder of what it felt like to start the healing process. 20 years down the road, it should make for an interesting re-read.
For those who want to check out the first few issues without having to track them all down, the first arc is collected here. Can't say if I recommend the series just yet, as I've only read issue #1. But I'm guessing by the end of the 4th of July weekend, I'll have formed my opinion on the first 11 issues. And, of course, I'll report back to you.
Have a great weekend everyone - regardless of which piece of the Earth you call your home.
Blinded by the light…or is that the shine from his forehead? Presenting…
BALDSDAY!
Hey peeps! Welcome to Baldsday! Here we celebrate all things Vs. and talk about how we can make the game we all love so much, even better.
First, the final wrap up from the EA challenge!
Robert won first prize and will be getting the Fing Fang Foom playmat.
Chester will be getting some prize cards.
Suneater will be given access to the fanset I am creating once it is done.
(Postage to Singapore was just not worth it to send a couple of cards, so he gets virtual cards that he can print out himself. It’s not my idea of an ideal prize, but he said that he would be happy with it.)
Please contact me via e-mail (seanthebaldman@hotmail.com) with a shipping address. And give me a little time…as you read this I am on the beaches of Mexico on my honeymoon and I will not be back for a short while. (Yet the column continues…perhaps I have mental powers after all.)
Now for today, since we are so close to America’s Independence, I give a tribute to an American Icon…a Leader and a True Hero…a man who has ingenuity and knows what it means to persevere…an intellectual titan…a man with a heart as solid as the metal surrounding it….Tony Stark.
“Born Anthony Edward ‘Tony’ Stark, he is an industrialist playboy and genius engineer who suffers a severe heart injury during a kidnapping and is forced to build a destructive weapon. He instead creates a powered suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. He later decides to use the suit to protect the world as Iron Man.” [borrowed from wikipedia]
“They say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far.” [Tony Stark, Iron Man movie, 2008]
If you are American…
So when you celebrate this weekend, please do so safely, and remember the reason we celebrate, and take a moment to think of those who are fighting on our behalf across the world to maintain our freedom.
If you are not American…
Isn’t Iron Man just about the freakin coolest super-hero ever?
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