You wonder he finds time to read them all.
If you didn’t see the X-Twitter reviews my haul this Free Comic Book Day was…not the best. UDON delivered as usual but knowing what I know now I would have chosen differently. One of the two comic stores in my area was almost out by the time I got there while the other had a three comic limit, and that’s where I should have made some other choices. Should of, could of, would of, I guess. More on that in a moment.
First, the usual Clutter Report article. With Free Comic Book/Comic Giveaway Day going on I just reposted an old Scanning My Collection review, the first of the Devil’s Due G.I. Joe Vs The Transformers comics.
So…”Yesterday’s” Comic is going to take a bit of a break. Don’t worry, they’re not going anywhere. Instead the next two weeks will be the temporary return of Today’s Comic. Monday through Thursday will be Free Comic Book Day or Comic Giveaway Day offerings while on Friday we’ll look at one of the two comics I actually bought. Like I stress every year, the comic store has to pay for those even though customers don’t. So even with my funds I practiced what I preached and bought a comic in each location. It just felt like the right thing to do. I’m hoping that the comics I missed get an online option before I’m done and if enough show up we’ll figure out what to do the next few weeks. The old stuff will return eventually.
Meanwhile we have the next Chapter By Chapter installment of How To Completely Lose Your Mind and whatever else shows up this week. Also, as much as I don’t want to end on a sad note, we had three notable passings I feel the urge to bring up. Gerry Conway, creator of Firestorm and other characters passed away at the start of the week. He was followed by Len Strazewski, co-creator of Prime from the Ultraverse, and He-Man’s creator Roger Sweet. Sad to have three important passings, especially Sweet just as a new He-Man movie is coming out. Prime never got a chance to make a splash, while Conway also created the Punisher and regretting it in the current political climate due to the side he ended up on. I hope this isn’t the start of another series of geekdom favorites passing on. May they rest in peace and the next week be better.
Have a great week, everyone!
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