Annals of the Homestarmy - Comics

Comic Books

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:24:20 -0700

This is a x-post from Winged Wolves.

So apart from spending most of my day either working or wrangling four children, I generally have an hour or so to myself. I’ve spent a lot of time since last November playing Skyrim on my XBox (which could probably be a post for another time.) I also play other video games (including spending a lot of time with Anne and her siblings playing League of Legends together) and have even instigated XBox Friday at work, but really I’m using this piece of the internet to talk about how my love affair with comic books as been rekindled.

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Saturday, May 1st is Free Comic Book Day!

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:50:24 -0600

Stop by Night Flight Comics and pick out a free comic book. (While supplies last.)

FCBD at Night Flight Comics (Library Square - 210 E. 400 So.) will start at 11:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m.

FCBD at Night Flight Comics (6222 South State Street) will start at 11:00 a.m. and end at 7:00 p.m.

X-Men Writer Chris Claremont at Library Square

The central theme of Claremont’s X-Men stories is prejudice. The X-Men are blessed and cursed with genetic mutations; some with visible differences, some not so visible. Claremont portrays the mutant experience as no one has, with parallels to our own human experience.

His initial unbroken 17-year run on the X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. His run culminated with the launch of the new title, X-Men, whose first issue sold over 7.6 million copies, a record that stands today. In total, Claremont has sold in excess of 500,000,000 comics worldwide including work on Aliens Vs Predator, Sovereign Seven, Star Trek and many more. His X-Men story, “Dark Phoenix,” with its radical treatment of the story’s central character, paved the way for reinterpretation of the superhero mythos throughout the industry.

Artists at Library Square on Free Comic Book Day

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. — Comic book artists and writers will be in front of
The City Library auditorium to autograph comics and do sketches for kids!

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. — Mutants Unite! X-Men Godfather, Chris Claremont discusses his writing, X-Men and the mutant experience in The City Library Auditorium. (To win free tickets RSVP at www.night-flight.com)

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. — Artist signing session with Chris Claremont (X-Men Forever), and local artists: Bill Galvan (Archie, Simpsons), Patric Reynolds (Hellboy), Jake Black (TMNT, Supergirl), and Quinn Johnson (Rune Stone).

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. — Dewey Lecture: My Life in Comics by Chris Claremont.
Broadcast live from The City Library Auditorium (open seating)

Please share with interested parties.

PDF link of this information here: www.night-flight.com/ChrisClaremont/images/FCBD2010PR.pdf

Retread Day

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:28:00 -0700

Spicing up the blog with a classic from the "safe" archives at The Perry Bible Fellowship.

Comic list

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:51:29 -0600

I get a daily email of Calvin & Hobbes comics from a friend to my Gmail account. Well one of the handy smart links that Google provides sent me to this web page. I have not read all 50 of them but it seemed like something some of you might be interested in.

PAX 09: Who's with me?

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:00 -0600

AoD:

Things went well, but we'll never be satisfied until the year that every con-goer fuses into a single, omnipotent digital entity. The convention's biggest hurdle is that it happens to be held within the confines of the physical universe, with its intractable laws and finite space. I wonder who we can talk to about that.

The man continues to churn out the best comedic writing available

MG:
is that from PA? they didn't have their news post up when i checked

AoD:
it is

MG:
I'm on such a freaking PA kick this week
all that coverage of PAX from people whose blogs I read kind of overloaded my system
I got caught in a recursion loop
I feel like going to PAX would be the equivalent of a pilgrimage to Mecca

AoD:
I know

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I Love the World

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:24:23 -0600

For those who read today's XKCD and said, "Huh?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ

Avengers Assemble

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:06:37 -0600

So I've been wondering ever since I saw the first trailer for the new Incredible Hulk Movie why they would redo the story so soon after pouring millions into the Ang Lee version. I mean, it was only 2003 when that came out. The reviews were mixed, but that doesn't seem like a good enough reason to simply write over it.
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Living in the geekdom!

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:44:04 -0600

Breaking from tradition for just a little bit. I give you living in the geekdom number 3.

Calvin's Dad Defines "Control Freak"

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:29:06 -0700

I think we all know one or two of these...

Addictive Time Killer Alert

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:46:41 -0700

http://www.isotown.net/index.php?n=1

And you thought watching paint dry would be boring. Just read a few of them and see if I'm not right.

Nahahaha.

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:05:32 -0700

AoD, were you telling me the other night you like Death Note? I have a vague memory of you saying so... if that is indeed the case, may I direct your attention to this comic I found on deviant art? It made me laugh. (ps click on the image to make it bigger.)

.\_/.

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:31:05 -0700

Wren's reaction to the latest OotS:

"Well, that's just rude."

So.

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:09:52 -0600

I guess everyone has noticed the lack of promised comic...but I hope everyone has also noticed the lack of Malyss/Watchik on WoW, which means that I have been working, not goofing off. I'm having trouble with some of the angles, (for example, I just can't seem to get Tessa's eyes aligned in one panel ;_;) and things like that, so we should have a page at least by the next time I see you guys (wed.) Okay? I love you all.

Comics!

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:11:00 -0600

Ok, so Sideshow and I made a trip to the Comic Book shop (Night Flight) during our lunch hour today. Guess what! They now have a Dragonlance Chronicles comic book coming out on a regular basis, and they have a trade paperback comic version of the Drizzt Do'Urden origin trilogy. Maybe I suffer from a little nostalgia when I think of those titles, but they're really what got me interested in the role-playing universe.

It's kind of funny to think how much of a ripple they've created in the small pond of my life. I probably wouldn't have ever played Baldur's Gate if I hadn't read the Icewind Dale trilogy (as previously covered here). If I hadn't ever played Baldur's Gate, I definitely wouldn't have read through its rulebook and probably wouldn't have ever been interested enough in D&D to ever play it (or at least request Joey to DM for us here at the office). If I hadn't ever started taking an interest in D&D, I probably would have been turned off by Daboo's profile. So, maybe I'm stretching things a bit, but at least you can understand why I'd get excited over these old books.

So...

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:28:26 -0600

No comic this week. Because I've been recruited as a personal assistant for a new English teacher who is compulsively anal about things getting done N-O-W. And so I'm in Sandy, and my computer is miles and miles and thirty minutes away, and there won't be a comic up for...well, days, at least. I know, I know. But, what can you do?