happy birthday TO ME! my wife won't want to see this anyway, so i'ma go by myself on Jan. 21st.

dude, i'd sign up to do the Helfer/Baker Shadow series from the late 80s for march if you want. the recent reprints by Dynamite are a blast.

or what happens to cliff's family… that was some nasty, unpleasant shit.

can't read Animal Man without Morrison's run - which was also 26 issues. got the omnibus for christmas last year and it is a gorgeous presentation of a classic work… but not as big or as slipcased as the absolute editions. for some reason.

amazon or B&W.com or cheapgraphicnovels.com or miidtowndomics or… plenty of options. if you've got a library with interlibrary loan, that's an awesome resource too.

start with McCloud's Understanding Comics! i gave it to my mom one year and she later told me she never understood why i was so interested in comics but was finally starting to understand.

Nextwave! (although my love of the characterization of Devil Dinosaur in that series kinda wants me to tie on a smoking jacket and disdainfully sniff "Shan't.")

yeah - it's cold out there when you don't know someone to give you a hand up to kick start your career. .this is why everybody is always talking about using "your network" to get anywhere in the job sector - don't apologize for doing that, dude.

i'm not really disagreeing with you, but i felt like the show broke up Rebecca and Greg at least one time too many during the first season, to the point where it didn't feel like a realistic depiction of two people - it just felt like the show was yanking us around. which, yeah, i get that's what serialized shows do…

rapper dude calling up all the ladies and apologizing for objectifying them almost got quoted in my wedding vows except for how i'm not a rapper and never videotaped my lady in a metal bikini which was clearly uncomfortable in the hot sun.

haven't listened to that commentary track yet but i love how cranky the dude who played palmer was in the cast retrospective, just bitching and bitching about the discussions he found unproductive. "CAN WE JUST WORK ON THE SCENE???"

Will Payton Starman or Jack Knight Starman?

but what this statement pre-supposes is… maybe it IS as weird and innovative as Twin Peaks?

naw, man - you want Rocket Fuel malt liquor. "Rocket Fuel’s got the upstate prison flavor that keeps you ugly all night long! So when you wanna get sick, remember–nothin’ makes yo’ feet stank like Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor! DAAAAAAMN!

i have been a huge fan of this movie since first seeing the edited-version on late night tv back in the late 80s and often wondered how much of yourself you retained after being replicated by The Thing.

i've got one of those OfficeMax-level DVD projectors and, if i could figure out a way to keep it from freezing while showing the movie, would love to do a similar recreation some winter night in the backyard or on the porch, bundled up next to one of those covered fireplace pots… maybe with mulled wine or something…

back in the early years of the 21st century, when i was addicted to the PC version of Aliens VS Predator series by Rebellion, i started with the Predator because, well. who wouldn't want to be an 8-foot tall ass kicker that can turn invisible and jump like three stories in the air? then i played as the Alien…

that was cool, thanks! i know all those SFX people got paid for their time and work but, jeez, it must have been a pissah to put in all that effort only to have some numb-nuts executive decide to replace it with a lot of CGI.

despite the fact i've previously purchased the movie on both VHS and DVD, i picked up the new blu-ray Collector's Edition of John Carpenter's THE THING and spent most of friday night checking out the 5 hours of features before enjoying the lush panoramic blu-ray presentation of the film, which is gorgeous. i'm not…

don't skip on the Spoiler Space either!