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2013 Road Trip Photos #30: Man of Steel, Sons of Cleveland
Day Eight of our nine-day road trip continue in Cleveland due southeast from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the kind of neighborhood that wouldn’t normally attract tourists if there weren’t some...
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Top 10 Even More Shocking Surprises in the Next “Fantastic Four” Film
Left to right: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan Today the internet exploded once again (it seems to do that a lot) after hearing the news that Fox had completed casting of the...
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2013 Road Trip Photos #32: the Great American Splendor
To be continued! [Link enclosed here to handy checklist for previous and future chapters. Thanks for reading!]
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Modest Hopes and Well Wishes for Indiana Comic Con 2014
Official flyer handed out at my local comic shop. No idea what the QR code does. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover, back in June 2013: This week the Indianapolis Star reported that someone out...
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Some Holes in Your Want List Will Never Be Filled
Art by Val Mayerik, co-creator of Howard the Duck. I promise he’s done far, far better work in his time.Every collection has gaps. Every collector dedicates a certain part of their hobbyist enjoyment...
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Indiana Comic Con 2014: Leftover Talking Points
Adipose wasn’t at the Indiana Comic Con, but I took this pic later the same day. Cuteness goes a long way toward banishing frustration. Several random digressions were tossed from the previous entry...
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Internet Rape Threats?
The cover heard ’round the world. Art by Kenneth Rocafort. Other working titles for this entry included “Why I Avoid Comic Book Discussions”, “Comics Industry Spends Easter Week Debating Baseline Human...
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Comics are for Everyone. Period.
Design by Jordie Bellaire and Steven Finch. Availability TBD. This shirt doesn’t exist yet, but I’ll be camped out in line as soon as the line forms. Hot on the heels of last week’s double-barrel...
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My 2013 in Comic Books: the Procrastinated Year in Review
It’s Hawkguy vs. Hawkeye, and Pizza Dog’s life hangs in the balance! More or less. Maybe a little. (Art by David Aja.) To be honest, the intro to my 2012 comic-books-in-review entry could be swapped...
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The MCC C2E2 Archive, 2011-2013
Stop me if you’ve heard me mention C2E2 one too many times. Well, you can try to stop me. My wife and I are now in scenic downtown Chicago, having spent the evening enjoying some non-geek quality time...
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Free Comic Book Day 2014 is Nigh!
That magical day is here once again! the thirteenth annual Free Comic Book Day is happening this Saturday, May 3rd, coinciding with the long-awaited U.S. theatrical release of Amazing Spider-Man 2....
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Indianapolis Wins at Free Comic Book Day 2014
Happy Free Comic Book Day! The thirteenth annual celebration of graphic storytelling narratives and/or floppy funnybooks was a rousing success, judging by the sights my wife and I saw at the three...
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Free Comic Book Day Results, Part 1 of 2: the Better Half of the Stack
Even in the world of Avatar: the Last Airbender. some guys think they gotta dominate everything. Art by Faith Erin Hicks. As previously recounted, my wife and I had a ball on Free Comic Book Day 2014...
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Free Comic Book Day 2014 Results, Part 2 of 2: the Other Half of the Stack
Batman Beyond vs. Batwingbot and Squirebot in DC’s apocalyptic Futures End. Art by Patrick Zircher. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: …my wife and I had a ball on Free Comic Book Day 2014 this...
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2014 Birthday Road Trip Photos #3: Stalking the Great Orange Cat
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: For the last few years, my wife and I have spent our respective birthdays together finding some new place or attraction to visit as a one-day road trip — partly...
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Comics Better Not Get Me Fired. (Maybe NSFW.)
I thought I was getting funnier looks than usual today when I returned to work from my routine Wednesday lunchtime walk. It took me a few minutes to figure out why. I have a special pattern on...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos, Part 8 of 8: What We Did and Who We Met
Hey, kids! It’s the world-famous General Lee from TV’s The Dukes of Hazzard! Everyone likes TV cars, right? TV cars are pop culture and therefore totally on-topic at Indy PopCon. Please enjoy this...
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Former Kickstarter Junkie III: the Former and the Furious
Behold two panels from the cool thing that landed in my mailbox last week: Jamal Igle’s graphic novel Molly Danger. This forty-eight page tale about the responsibilities and hardships of a...
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Comic Shops Can Still Happen If You Want Them
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a brand new comic book shop. The Android’s Dungeon has operated as an online store since 2009, but this year its owners saw their long-standing dream of a...
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Unironic Wishes for a Happy July 4th
Art by Joe Giella.Y’know that one irritating relative who shows up for all your birthday parties whether he’s invited or not, never enjoys hanging out with you, loves sniping about your flaws to...
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