I have no idea how I was able to get this one done. This was a HUGELY busy weekend for us.
A quick follow-up from my last post: I did hit Free Comic Book Day at Mile High Comics in Thornton, Colo., and found myself underwhelmed. I saw greater variety (i.e. more independent one-shot books) at smaller shops in northern Colorado last year than I saw this year at the great and mighty Mile High. But the service by the staff was excellent, I must say. I need to do some research, because I kept hearing artist Michael Turner’s name get mentioned over and over. I don’t know if he was making a personal appearance, but my family and I had to get to a big birthday party, so we didn’t have time to find out what was up. My daughters each got a giant stack of kid-friendly comics, and I talked my wife into getting multiple copies of “DC Universe 0″ for her students, only to read the issue later and find a couple things that likely preclude her from using them.
Stupid DC. Can’t you use a little better judgment than that? If this is supposed to be the big “everybody can jump on” book, then edit it accordingly. I did it for today’s strip, using the word “stinks” instead of something else. If a start-up clown like me can do this, then why can’t they?
Let’s see, what else? Oh yeah, I saw “Iron Man” this weekend, contributing to a HUGE open-weekend box office for the movie that’s making me rethink my top three list of best superhero movies. It has to be in there. I just need to see it again to make sure of where to place it. Everything was just about perfect. I do have a problem with the telegraphing of the climactic action sequence, but that’s not a huge problem.
And we got to see the Rockies FINALLY beat the Dodgers this year. We have upper-deck tickets in the shade. I really liked the view of the field, even though we were up high — that didn’t really bother me.
Good, fun, BUSY weekend. And still I kept this comic on schedule. I hope I’m not setting my sights and expectations too high. Oh well.
Next time, the you-know-what-starts to hit the fan.
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