Area man follows “Smurf Passion”
We wish we hadn't "gone fishin" otherwise we could report on this heartwarming story about a guy who REALLY LOVES SMURFS.
A self-confessed Smurfaholic, Billy has one of the country's largest collections of the little...
Fight! Dan Slott vs the facts of life
Here's another entertaining internet feud that we sadly don't have time to jump into, but Johanna has the short version. Basically, writer Dan Slott goes on the Demonoid message board and asks people to...
Linkage: Oh…SO MANY THINGS
§ Top Shelf employee and THE SURROGATES writer Robert Venditti talks about getting an indie comic optioned at CBR:
"The first issue of the series debuted in July 2005, only a couple of weeks before...
Schoolgirls tigger socks subject of lawsuit
A Californian schoolgirl is suing her school over her right to wear TIgger socks:
Toni Kay Scott, 14, was sent to an in-school suspension program called Students With Attitude Problems last year for violating a...
Dubai: Strangest Place on Earth
BTW, yesterday's story about Marvel and the Al Ahli Group teaming for a marvel theme park in Dubai, this will be nothing compared to the other crazy shit going on in the world's...
300 Second Life Press Conference
The WB held a 300 press conference in Second Life today with Zack Snyder, Frank Miller, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and, yes, dear, dear Gerard Butler. Was it weird? Of course it was! The...
You can’t take it with you
Are you a packrat?
Come on, you know you are. Well, just remember, once you kick the bucket, someone is going to go through all that stuff, and they might not understand. The New York...
Iranian politicos, US Marines differ on 300
It seems that in Iran300 has been viewed as an affront to Persian culture at least according to the staff of Pres. Ahmadinejad:
Javad Shamqadri, a cultural advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said it...
New York removes last old man bar; comics jam moves
We received the following from Cheese Hasselberger of House of Twelve and it made us raise our fist and cry "WHYYYYYY!!!!????" yet again.
You are receiving this because you have been to at least...
Confessions of the Coupon Lifestyle
Okay, we don't normally plug something that has no comics connection WHATSOEVER, but we are plugging our pal Sam's show this Wednesday at Mo Pitkin's . Here's the description:
YMMV RADIO - LIVE ON STAGE...
300 makes $27.7 Million on Friday
As predicted, 300 had a huge Friday opening, ShowBizData reports via Superhero Hype!:
This could be a watershed opening for Snyder and Warner Bros. who took a big chance on the stylized film based on...
Cartooner eschews cons to spend time with kids
An article in USA Today about dads resisting work travel to spend more time with their kids spotlights artist Dave Dorman:
As a comic book illustrator who draws well-known Star Wars and G.I. Joe...
