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Monday, 28 May 2007
Charles Nelson Reilly Dead at 76
Topic: Personal Commentary

Man, I was just remarking on how much I enjoyed his Jose Chung character on X-Files and Millenium. Now he dwells with Lord  Kimbote up in the heavens.  Or, as with Onan Goopta, he has "molted his earthly encumbrance to pursue his Selfosophical research in another dimension."

From Playbill.com 

"TV and Broadway musical star Charles Nelson Reilly - a Tony Award winner for his performance as Bud Frump in the original production of How to ucceed in Business Without Really Trying - died May 25 in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 76.

"Mr. Reilly died from complications of pneumonia, according to The New ork Times. Patrick Hughes, Reilly's partner and only immediate survivor, told the New York paper that the actor had been ill for over a year.

"While his campy work on "Match Game" is still fondly remembered, Reilly was also a multiple Emmy nominee for his often comic work. His turn as Jose Chung on "The X-Files" garnered much attention and guest-spots on "Millennium" and "The Drew Carey Show" resulted in Emmy nominations."

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"Well, all's well that ends well. Though that's easy for Shakespeare to
say... he'll be around for another millennium. But what of our own
millennium? Will it all end well? No one can know, but that of course
doesn't stop anyone from guessing. And the nature of those predictions
always revolve around the usual suspects: salvation and/or
self-satisfaction. With that in mind, I humbly add my own prophecy of
what the dawn of the new millennium shall bring forth: one thousand more
years of the same, old crap."
-- Jose Chung, MILLENIUM

"And though we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate
ways, on this planet we are all alone."
-- Jose Chung, THE X-FILES

 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net


Posted by Aron Head at 10:02 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:12 AM CDT
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Saturday, 5 May 2007
And that was Free Comic Book Day
Topic: Comics

As mentioned previously, I spent Free Comic Book Day at Zeus Comics in Dallas.  It was a cloudy, muggy morning that as it wore on turned to a misting, rainy morning.  Still, it was a great FCBD.

The show started earlier than expected.  The posted start time was ten o'clocl, but I got there at a quarter 'til and things were already rolling.  I hit the 25-cent long boxes right away.  I picked up about 120 new comics.  

A new addition this year was the inclusion of role playing games to the quarter sale.  I picked up $85 worth of RPG books for one dollar.  

Huge improvement this year over last is that they discontinued ringing up each individual comic.  In 2006, they scanned each book's barcode.  It took forever to check out.  Today, they just counted the number of books and multiplied by .25.  The line moved as the scarlet speedster!

After all my purchases today I spent a total of less than $40.

I've still got a hard-on!

The Wife wouldn't let me wear my cape today for fear of
the rain's effect on my dry clean only item.  I have GOT
to get me one of those all-weather capes like
the guy on the right!
 
 
 
I was afforded the opportunity to visit with David-Freakin'-Mack!
I truly admire his skill and artful eye for composition.
His watercolors are sublime.  Nice guy, too!

And what comic book event is complete without the Dallas Derby Devils!?
Not this one, that's for dang sure! 
 

Another terrific FCBD spent with the good folks at Zeus. 
They really know how to do things up right.
Great people.  Great event.
Can't wait for next year!
  
 
Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Aron Head at 10:44 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:12 AM CDT
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Friday, 4 May 2007
Free Comic Book Day - FCBD Eve
Topic: Comics

Well here we are, the night before Free Comic Book Day.  Tonight, the family and I are gathered together around the Free Comic Book Day tree singing Free Comic Book Day carols and telling the traditional Free Comic Book Day stories.  After Midnight Mass where we celebrate the birth of Jack "King" Kirby, we'll rush home to slip into bed so that we can be fast asleep when Stan "The Man" Lee comes.

Tomorrow morning there'll be forty titles of free comics for all the good boys and girls. 

Ahhhh... Free Comic Book Day...! 

Free Comic Book Day comes but once a year.  If only we could keep the spirt of Free Comic Book Day in our hearts all year...

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net
 

 

 


Posted by Aron Head at 9:45 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:13 AM CDT
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Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Free Comic Book Day - Where To Get Your Comix On!
Topic: Comics

So Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, and you know a little bit about some of the freebies, but where do you go to score some of that hella cool swag?

Just enter your zip code into the FCBD store locator and the participating comic shop nearest you will appear!  It's like magic!  Gotta love that interweb!

Me?  I'll be celebrating FCBD at the 2006 Eisner Spirit of Comics award winning retailer Zeus Comics for their third annual CAPE celebration!  This will be my third year to visit Cape.  Gotta tell you, the folks at Zeus know how to throw a party.

Their FCBD event is very much like a comic book convention with visiting comic professionals (like Gail-Freakin'-Simone), a costume contest, exhibitors, and lots and lots of stuff to buy.  Among my favorite features of Cape is row after row of long boxes stuffed with comics recent and old all for the wonderful price of 25-cents a book.  Sweet!

Best of all, in keeping with the tradition of FCBD, admission to Cape is free!

Now then, FCBD is just part of Zeus's celebration.  Friday night is Zeus' Live Art show over at St. Pete's Dancing Marlin where Daredevil and Alias artist David Mack and others will create art live for charity.  Again... admission is free.

You can wrap things up on Sunday at "The Big Gay Brunch."  I have been assured that this Big Straight Guy is welcome at the brunch.  But admission not so free... tickets are twenty bucks.

Check it all out at the CapeDay site and I'll see you there!

 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net
 

 

 


Posted by Aron Head at 8:30 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:14 AM CDT
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Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Free Comic Book Day - Comix, Part Three
Topic: Comics

From Boom Studios, rated best new publisher in 2006 by Wizard Magazine, comes...

Hunter's Moon!

I don't know too much about this one, but it's written by James L. White who wrote the Academy Award winning film, Ray.  I've not read any of the Boom Studio books.  This will be a nice opportunity to sample their stuff without having to thump down any of my own hard-earned green backs.

This book though is released in a format I disdain. It's a preview book with only part of the story.  I hate those.  

Free Comic Book Day is a day to show folks the wonders of comics.  I don't see how providing someone just a glimpse of a story is going to do anything but irritate.  Not the way I'd choose to market to new customers.

Still, I'm looking forward to this one.  And may even buy the Boom book.

You never know.

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net
 

 


Posted by Aron Head at 12:01 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:14 AM CDT
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Monday, 30 April 2007
Free Comic Book Day - Comix, Part Two
Topic: Comics

The Unseen Peanuts

"Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts is the most-reprinted comic strip of all time, with literally hundreds of collections published in the last 50 years. You would expect that by now every Peanuts strip has been collected more than once... and you'd be very wrong! In fact, hundreds of Peanuts strips were never reprinted..."

I was a HUGE Peanuts fan as a kid.  A whole shelf of Charlie Brown books adorned my wall. 

When I was twelve, I hiked up Pecos Baldy in New Mexico with my Boy Scout troupe.  Late in the hike, I was struggling to keep up having fallen far to the rear of the party.  Our Scout Master, Dr Poindexter, tugged on my pack.

"Why is your pack so heavy!?!"

I shrugged.  Hell, I didn't know.  It just was.

He opened it to find that it was FULL of books.  Peanuts books.

"Why did you pack books for this hike?!?!"

I stared at him, amazed at his profound stupidity.  "You gotta have something to read."

Damn... what the hell was this guy a doctor of?  P.E.? 

Yes, I made my Peanuts bones a long time ago.

I confess to being somewhat of a Peanuts purist... I never cared for Snoopy walking upright.  Also, the more 'produced' Schulz' art became, the less interested I was.  Schulz had this wonderful, raw style in his early work that he refined away in later years.  His work after the late seventies appeared manufactured, absent the genuine heart of his work in the sixties.

And maybe that's what I found to be missing - true feeling.

This collection of strips unseen since their initial printing is exactly what the doctor ordered.  Well, not Dr. Poindexter.  But a real doctor would order it.

And hey, it's FREE on Saturday.

Free Comic Book Day is May 5th.  Don't miss it!!!

 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net


 

 


Posted by Aron Head at 12:01 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:14 AM CDT
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Sunday, 29 April 2007
Superman: Doomsday
Topic: Comics

It's no secret.  I loves me some Superman.  

Back in 1993, he died in the Battle of Metropolis fighting Doomsday to the death in Superman #75.

Lots of folks panned the book, but I liked it.  Still do.  And even enjoyed the Reign of the Supermen stories that followed.  Look at the great characters that came out of that... Steel, the Eradicator, the Cyborg, and my personal favorite... the new Superboy.

Sniff! 

Superboy's dead now.  Still having trouble with that one.  You got rogered there, m'friend.

I'm tithing to the Cult of Conner, now. 

An animated feature based on this story is due out in September.  You can check out the Superman: Doomsday trailer now. 

Can't wait.

Let's kill the Kryptonian all over again! 

 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net
 


Posted by Aron Head at 6:42 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:15 AM CDT
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One Year Ago Today
Topic: Personal Commentary

One year ago today, we buried my friend Jane Clevenger.

She was a terrific lady that I think about everyday.  I sure miss you, Obi.

From The Book of Common Prayer

Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful servant Jane; and we pray that, having opened to her the gates of larger life, you will receive her more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, she may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net
 


Posted by Aron Head at 12:01 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:15 AM CDT
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Saturday, 28 April 2007
Free Comic Book Day - Comix, Part One
Topic: Comics

Free Comic Book Day is this coming Saturday, May 5th.  Never heard of Free Comic Book Day (FCBD)?  It's just like it sounds.  It's the day the world  celebrates the joys of comics by getting them free!  

The comic industry provides a select number of books gratis on this most wonderful of days.  In this the first of a series of entries, I will detail the books I am most interested in this year...

The Astounding Wolfman!

 I am absolutely crazy about Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series.  And now, he is launching his brand new book on FCBD!  First issue free, my bastards!  Wahoo!

"THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN chronicles the life of workaholic CEO Gary Hampton. While on a rare family vacation, he's bitten by a werewolf. Cursed to live his nights as a monster, Gary works to use these evil powers for the greater good. The story is part superhero, part horror and a whole lot of fun."

Kirkman has a unique talent for portraying the essence of humanity.  Good and bad, he tells the whole story.  Love his stuff and I am awfully excited about this book.

Get up early on Saturday.  This one's gonna go fast! 

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net

 


Posted by Aron Head at 12:01 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:16 AM CDT
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Friday, 27 April 2007
One Week to Free Comic Book Day!
Topic: Comics

Aron Head
www.EvilBastard.net

 


Posted by Aron Head at 6:25 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007 9:17 AM CDT
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