February 2011
4 posts
Committed: Oxfam is a Good Comic Shop (?)
It turns out that Oxfam is a very good comic shop. This statement won’t be as surprising to American comic book readers as it was to me, but imagine that I just said “Goodwill is a very good comic shop” because that’s basically what it is, the English version of Goodwill. Admittedly it is a slightly nicer, cleaner Goodwill store (at least nicer and cleaner than the ones...
Committed: The Least Desirable Characters in...
In the aftermath of Valentine’s Day, getting away from all those super-hot team-ups, who are the comic book characters you would not want as a significant other? It turns out that there are quite a lot of very undesirable men and women in comic books, in fact I had a hard time choosing amongst them (and it wasn’t all super villains, although they are a pretty scary bunch), but even...
Committed: The Drug User's Comic Reading List
Haven’t you ever wondered which comic books will enhance your life-threatening drug use? Apparently, some of my friends tell me that they read specific comic books only when they are drunk or high, deeming the content to be appropriate for consumption exclusively in an altered state. It occurs to me that, (from a purely theoretical point of view), there might be comic books which could...
Committed: LA Comic Shop Tour
Last weekend I went on a road trip to Los Angeles, ostensibly for a new comic book launch party, but it turned into a full-on tour of some of the greatest comic stores in LA. Driving all day to go to a party in Los Angeles would be excessive, even to me. However, this wasn’t just a trip for a party, but also a bit of a fact-finding mission. Despite living in California for years I...
