Well, that’s what he claims now. Back in the day, he said it was inspired by a cheesy Hollywood version of the story he loved.

To be honest, I’m not a fan of the book; I just don’t get into DeConnick’s work for whatever reason. But I’m glad it’s out there, and that it has a huge fanbase; comics need more books with passionate fanbases instead of sniping nerds.

Well, readers of the Big Two, at any rate. Although the forum reactions to We Stand On Guard have been funny.

Sadly, I agree with you. At least Tom King’s got three issues to wrap this one up, and in fifteen years, somebody who was a big fan of the take will revive it for another seven to ten issues.

Deeply disappointing, but not surprising; a morally complex look at the line between “freedom fighters” and “terrorists” was never exactly going to move six figures of units. I do wish DC would consider taking books like this exclusively digital, though.

The funny thing is, if I understand diplomatic immunity correctly, he couldn’t be arrested, but they could just dump his ass on a plane and tell him he’s never allowed back.

“Is there a need for three films?”

“The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

Counterpoint: Can we stop pretending the FF’s problem has anything to do with movie rights? People aren’t buying the book, they’re not buying the merch, Marvel has relaunched it four times in four years, nothing has stuck. It might just be time to let the FF go for a while.

Dude, I don’t know a single person who isn’t either from the UK or visited the UK and didn’t witness at least one bar fight. It’s not gun violence, but you people have a pretty severe problem. Maybe can the smug and deal with it.

I refuse to argue or accept the argument that somebody being beaten senseless for no reason is “better” than somebody getting shot. It’s based on the idea that we can do nothing to prevent violence, just the severity. That’s the basic position of the NRA, and we need to reject it for multiple reasons.

40 people, you say?

Shit, back in 2004, I was getting paid technically a living wage at the time ($12) by that guy’s standards, and I had to defer my student loans.

I do wish Shaw’s/Star would keep one or two because if I just want to get two things, I’d rather use that. But you’re right, it’s not much of time difference.

Yeah, the whole “self-checkout revolution” that was supposed to happen in the early ‘00s turned out to be a total disaster. In the ten years I’ve lived in the Boston area, I’ve seen almost every business that uses them tear at least a few out and add cashier lanes instead.

As I’ve noted elsewhere, I love the robot argument because it essentially assumes a vast industrial revolution would happen in an utter economic vacuum. Like, if we could do the majority of minimum wage work with robots, that would, among other things:

I see if I visit relatives in the Southeast and make the mistake of not sticking to chain restaurants or brewpubs. That said, to be totally honest, the worst alcohol-related violence I’ve personally witnessed has had nothing to do with guns, so...

Most bars don’t, for obvious reasons.

Eh, honestly, it’s extremely rare that I even see it, even in historically gun-happy places in the US. But if I do, I leave. That said, most of Europe can fuck off on the topic of violence and alcohol; there’s nothing like just trying to find a goddamn sandwich on the local soccer club’s game day in England to…

If I walk into a bar and I see anybody with a firearm and a drink, I leave. Guys like this are the reason for that policy.