The real reason Craigslist dropped their dating section.
Doctor Who Classics series 2 #7
(collects comics from Doctor Who Magazine #67-69, 1982)
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Marvel UK
REPRINTER: IDW (June 2009)
WRITER: Steve Parkhouse
ARTIST: Dave Gibbons
EDITOR: Alan McKenzie
IDW COLORIST: Charlie Kirchoff
IDW EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton
DESIGNER: Amauri Osorio
You read the title of this post. If you haven’t already decided to click this link I’m not sure what else I can say to convince you. It’s a music video with rapper Lil John and Kool-Aid Man possibly meant to sell Kook-Aid. Do I really need to say anything else? I don’t expect it to be a holiday classic mind you, but…this is a thing that exists in our universe.
I was listening to the radio today while getting cleaned up and someone called in during a Salvation Army charity drive wondering if the Salvation Army was legit or not. A lot of false rumors circulate this year from well-meaning people on Facebook and Tumblr supposedly warning about bad popular charities this time of year because nobody does any research of their own. In 2016 one of my fellow Reviewers Unknown contributors, Rowdy C, did his own research and produced a video (part of his short-lived Newscrap series) cutting through the rumors and telling the truth of what charities do with their contributions. After hearing that caller on the radio I thought it was something I should reshare with you guys.
Please, in the Marvel Universe this is your average Wednesday.
Contest Of Champions II #1
Marvel Comics (September 1999)
If you want to see my review of the first miniseries in trade form here it is, but there isn’t any real connection between the two. The link goes to an overview, but there are links to each issue in the story as well as my overall review of the trade from The Clutter Reports.
“The Gathering”
WRITER: Chris Claremont
PENCILER: Oscar Jimenez
INKER: Eduardo Alpheate
COLORING: Atomic Paintbrush
LETTERER: Albert Deschesne
EDITOR: Ruben Diaz
…and picked up this article from Buzzfeed, listing 15 obscure Christmas songs. I’m not sure about a few of them given their description, and the one in the above video is sadly absent (and yet it’s part of my Yule Log playlist on YouTube), but you might find your new favorite Christmas song. Although I have heard a different cover of “Christmas Island” than the one listed there.
That’s right, only three chapters. Chapter 20 is eleven pages long, which means a full chapter length! I’m hoping the pattern doesn’t get broken in the wrong spot or we may end up with very short installments. Most of the chapters thus far has been short. Just look at the tally for this round.
Honestly I would stop at chapter 18. That would give us 12 pages, but I want to honor the full chapter next week. This is the dance I’ll have to be doing, so it’s time to set the music. Last time Gregory Donald (I have to remind myself it isn’t the other way around) came just enough out of his funk to be useful, which he desperately needs right now. Meanwhile, Paul also has to worry about his sick son, which to me feels tacked on. I’m sure it was to show that his work may pull him away from his family at the worst times but it comes off as an unnecessary subplot to me. Maybe they’ll make it work. Let’s see what happens.
“You know, when you asked me to help clean your aquarium, this wasn’t what I had in mind.”
JLA: Year One #9
(September 1998)
“Change The World”
WRITERS: Mark Waid & Brian Augustyn
PENCILER: Barry Kitson
INKER: Michael Bair
COLORIST: Pat Garrahy
SEPARATIONS: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Ken Lopez
EDITOR: Peter Tomasi
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
