Why I Heart Civil War
I would like to claim that I had these thoughts as I bounded across the country with my buddy Bri in a U-Haul, cranking our favorite Jerky Boys routines and gawking at the splendor of our nation. Instead, I had them weeks ago. Fuck me.
I think Civil War may shake out to be the best big-ass mainstream comics crossover of all time. Here is why.
Conapalooza: Sarah's San Diego Report
Everything you’ve heard, read, or otherwise ingested about San Diego Comic-Con ’06 is true. It was hot, it was loud, it was hours of body-surfing through a sprawling crowd of nerdery in order to score the elusive Nemesis Prime.
It was also, somehow, fun. Half-price graphic novels were purchased, panels were attended, and friends were miraculously spotted amongst the heaving throngs of bright yellow, Dark Horse-emblazoned plastic bags.
Sci-fi blocks surfers from the flipside of the equator. Booo!
A few weeks back I posted about the Sci-fi Channel letting people watch the pilot episode of The Amazing Screw-on Head online. Well, a reader (we have readers? awesome!) has informed us that Sci-fi blocks Brazilian and Latin American surfers from watching – probably other countries.
As someone who’s on the wrong side of the border, according to Showtime at least, I know how much that sucks. However, leave it to YouTube to pick up the slack. Hooray!
My public radio is cooler than your's. (nyaaah!)
CBC Radio (otherwise known as The Mother Corp, The Ceeb, and “not the BBC”) is holding a contest – entrants are being asked to take a small portion of Wagner’s The Ring (the Ride of the Valkyries bit) and remix it any way they see fit. Once the entries start showing up online, I’ll post the link.
