Ray Cornwall, podcaster, analyst, nerd.
Here’s details on Bookfest. I’ll be there in the morning.
Roman will host a workshop on writing for comics. Telgemeier will be signing books, including her Baby-Sitters Club books.
Here’s some cool Iron Man sketches; I especially heart the Francesco Francavilla ones.
Sorry for the blog absence; I caught a stomach bug. At least I don’t talk about it like Max Barry does.
I’ve been on board with Civil War, and I think it’s the best ubercrossover Marvel’s ever done, but I have one problem with one of the crossover books- Amazing Spider-Man 535, which came out this week.
(Warning- spoilers ahead)
When did Reed becomes 50+ years old? If he was around to see his uncle in the 50s, Reed would have to be at least 50 years old, and I never thought he was that old.
And why was the uncle needed to justify Reed’s actions in supporting the Superhero Registration Act? After all, if he needed to fear the government, he could remember how a government official tried to take his kids a few issues ago. That would have been much more plausible and easier to digest than the uncle bit.
I still love Iron Man as bad guy. Heck, I think that should be the main story after Civil War- Tony Stark as an out-of-control billionaire superhero in bed with the government, turning on his fellow heroes.
I do my best thinking in the shower.
I was trying to think about what I’d like to talk about while showering this morning, and something occured to me. I missed the boat on the pog story yesterday. Sure, there were pogs in a 7-11…
…but where were the comics?
Eighteen months ago, Marvel announced a deal where their comics would be in 7-11s across the country. They would create a special line of comics called "flip books" that would reprint two or three comics for $3.99. At the time, Marvel vice chairman said, "Marvel will be in 6000 7-11 convenience stores. This doubles the number of outlets for our comics." Avi Arid (who’s since left the company) said, "We wanted to go back to the time where kids could ride a bike or walk to a 7-11 and get a comic. We’ve developed a product for this market."
Yet, when I went back to the 7-11 for more Vitamin Water this morning, there were no comics. There was a stuffed magazine rack with Maxim and Vibe and GQ and other mags, but no comics.
In fact, the last time I saw Marvel flip books wasn’t in a 7-11; it was in another convenience store called Quik-Check. And that was a year ago.
I don’t live in a backwater town; I live in Monmouth County in New Jersey, a prosperous town in a state that has always loved comics. If a New Jersey 7-11 isn’t selling comics, is any other 7-11 still selling comics? Just curious.
(Thanks to The Pulse for the Marvel quotes.)
I was grabbing a Vitamin Water and a banana this morning at a 7-11 on the way to work when I saw these- pogs. Apparently, they’re back.
I weep for the youth of America.