Just do what I did before I had offspring. Buy it for yourself, and when a worthy kid crosses you path, hand it off to them.

It's not a comic as such, but I'm openly shilling for Kate Beaton's The Princess and the Pony. It's Kate Beaton, so natch it's fantastic.

I had some reason in my head why I didn't mention The Tick, and I think it was because I always thought Edlund introduced the character in the 90's. But he was '86 -the same year as Dark Knight Returns. Dang.

The few times Marvel actually explored mutations without weaponized application were always interesting. I remember an X-Men where a kid Kitty Pryde knew committed suicide because he couldn't cope with being a mutant; his power being the ability to create sculpture from light. And a similar Generation X issue where a…

I'm no superhero, but if the lack of attention paid to me when I did that very thing after an evening of The Landmark and Jalisco's, you are totally correct.

Make their new home base At Random after Oriental Drug was destroyed in one of Kang the Conqueror's schemes. Schemes are much more enjoyable to read about than the reality of dwindling customer base in a fiscally impoverished city.

The 80's had so many successful hero deconstructions in the deadly serious vein, i.e. Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, etc., they overshadow how many creators were doing the same thing with funnier characters. Heroes who were, if not incompetent, at least wholly uninterested in fighting crime or righting wrongs in the…

Just set your tape recorder by the tv when it's on. I don't mind having just the audio. Please just don't use the tape with Empire Strikes Back on it.

I'm going to have to find a way to watch this season. Having grown up an hour south of Sioux Falls, I'm really pleased they've chosen to tap into that city's physical and spiritual cinder-block nothingness for a nihilistic Midwestern noir. A pretty fitting thematic sequel to Fargo.

I just needed some closure.

Until clarifying your denomination as Lutheran, I've always 95% suspected you're Ross Douthat in real life.

I may be the only person under fifty who still enjoys this show. It's a conditional like -I can't stand his parody songs- but the show is so ingrained into the fabric of a lifetime spent listening to NPR, I have maintained a pleasant relationship with his style of low-key, pensive storytelling.

She will be playing the coveted role of the love interest, the Damascus saber.

Concrete holding a sword would really stir the imagination, wouldn't it? As for this guy, I drew him. Drawing my characters has always been one of my favorite parts about role playing.

Hah! That's awesome. It's a nice realization of fire as a barely containable force. What level is the campaign?

Thanks! He's a rascal with a heart of gold! …All thanks to that Warlocks curse…

I'm happy so many people are pleased with 5th edition. It's neat to see a system make a comeback after a deviation as contentious as 4E.

That's like, 75% of why I got into role playing.

That seems to be a pretty common complaint for a lot of people. While it does create the risk of a metatype-as-caste problem, all orcs and trolls are marginalized bruisers, etc. I do like how the game handles magic and fantastical races as just a further set of problems instead of a solution.

If lack of brevity is what damns "Let it Be", I recommend the Sesame Street parody song, "Letter B" by the Beetles. It's a tidy two and a half minutes, has the same quiet, contemplative mood and you learn a little something about the alphabet.