Dan

Anyone who reads anything I write knows I use "awesome" more often than I use "the". One of my big conversational crutches is "I dunno." That's Danspeak for either "I'm finished with this topic and am ready to move onto another" or "I can't think of anything else to say and am ready to end this conversation altogether." I also make ample use of the New England "Ayuh."

Oh, hell no. If you thought Disney fought hard to keep Mickey out, there's no WAY Warner Brothers would let Superman get even close. Still, good for the Siegels.

The DVD that Git Corp put out a couple of years ago is TOTALLY worth it. It was about $40 originally (less than the cost of three Essentials volumes), and it has every issue, annual and special from 1961 on to 2004 or so. That's how I get the lion's share of my Kirby (and Romita, Sr. for ASM) fix.

Got anything with a werewolf?

Thanks again, everyone. Doctor Who is a show that I have a tough time being remotely casual about. My instinct is generally to tie someone to a chair, strap the Clockwork Orange headband on them, and gently guide them through four of five hours. Sure, there might be a restraining order involved when it's said and done.

You should hear me when I really get rolling.

There are a couple of girls sitting a few rows behnd me, arguing vociferously about which of them has prettier feet. It's getting quite heated. I sometimes think that I work in this reality's strangest office.

Jack Kirby was the man throughout his career, but this run of FF was just nine years of solid brilliance, both from himself and from Stan. They brought each other to another level and clearly loved working on this book. I have much to thank GIT Corp for; I can finally read all of these issues in one sitting. Des, this is a great series.

Yeah... I'm not seeing where the breakdown in logic occurs here, top be honest. Underdog = Awesome. It's a proven statement of fact.

Okay, I just bought this last night. I'm maybe two hours into it, but so far Aaron's review hit the nail on the head. And holy crap; this game is creepy as shit.

Oh, shit, yeah. Dude'll be on your front steps waiting for you when you get home tomorrow. Oh, crap! Warren Ellis! Noooooooooo! Don't worry, Dan. He's crippled, a smoker and probably drunk. You can outrun him. A, I have difficulty outrunning people who are sleeping. In shape? Not so much. B, I'm pretty certain that if Warren Ellis put his mind to it, he could destroy me with but a thought.

Oh, yeah! Robert Bell, with the picture of Thor with the huge "B" on his hat! Jeez, that takes me back. (Not that I was around in the 60s, but those ads ran well into the 80s.)

^Fear.

Holy Grail is my favorite, but yeah, Brazil is abnsoutely his best ever. Mike: Make sure you have the director's cut version, not the "Love Conquers All" version the studio messed with. The former is genius. The latter is... not.

But then where would we get our lolcats?

Oh, shit, yeah. Dude'll be on your front steps waiting for you when you get home tomorrow. Oh, crap! Warren Ellis! Noooooooooo!

This is a common fallacy. Despite the prominance of the character in the early days of the Master System, he was never considered an official mascot by Sega. That honor went to a character by the name of Opa Opa from the game Fantasy Zone. Then, of course, it became Sonic shortly after. Your right, Opa Opa and Alex Kidd have a game in common, but Opa Opa was considered the mascot. It's just because Alex Kidd had more games I guess is why there was that mistake. Both games I never played, I would like too, but the old GameStop, EB Games shops don't sell "Old School" Games anymore Did you try eBay? Or even Amazon; sites like those will usually turn something up. Not if you don't have a credit card... Hmm. Yes, I can see where that might be a problem.

Check it out: the artist for the Franklin Richards one shot linked to the review here in his news section under the comic strip.

This is a common fallacy. Despite the prominance of the character in the early days of the Master System, he was never considered an official mascot by Sega. That honor went to a character by the name of Opa Opa from the game Fantasy Zone. Then, of course, it became Sonic shortly after. Your right, Opa Opa and Alex Kidd have a game in common, but Opa Opa was considered the mascot. It's just because Alex Kidd had more games I guess is why there was that mistake. Both games I never played, I would like too, but the old GameStop, EB Games shops don't sell "Old School" Games anymore Did you try eBay? Or even Amazon; sites like those will usually turn something up.

You know, I've played better games tham M:UA, but I can't think of many that I had more fun with.

I didn't mention anything due to spoiling things, but the same thoughts occurred to me when I reviewed the issue. Bendis and Mack didn't seem like sloppy enough storytellers for the "deaf person hearing things when her back is turned" mistake to be made so many times. It's definitely an interesting theory.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard this game sucked. "What's wrong with it?" "Oh, it sucks." "Yes, but... what's wrong with it?" "Everything. It's a sucky game." "I get that. What about it sucks?" "The game sucks." And so on. I really enjoy reading your reviews, DW; there are people who do this for a living that can't articulate their thoughts as well as you do. Another really well done article.

Well, you are the Emperor. Perhaps you had forseen it.

Oh, Lord forgive me... I own this.