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This Week in Rejection!: HarperCollins

Sometimes you get a personalized rejection that exists in a quantum state of sense and no-sense at the same time. Like this week’s example of rejectitude, from more than a decade ago and venerable publisher HarperCollins… [Read more...]

Memory Monday: Superheroes are Dicks, Too

Imagine you’re a Teen Titan; Kid Flash, to be specific. A friend you haven’t seen in a while takes you home and you witness this distressing tableau:

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And then your reaction is: [Read more...]

“This is Water”

David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement address, rendered with music and graphics. Worth your watch.

Memory Monday: Reality

So, every Monday morning, I comb through some old comics from my youth, looking for something goofy or perhaps just plain awesome to put up.

This morning, I paged through an old JLA comic, and, yeah, I found some goofiness, but I also stumbled on something that just might be…profound. [Read more...]

It’s Free Comic Book Day!

Head out to your local comic book store, everyone, and get a free comic!

When I first started organizing Free Comic Book Day back in December 2001, I never imagined some day the event would have Wolverine himself shilling for it! I haven’t been involved in FCBD for years now, but I’m very proud of where it’s gone.