Archive for the 'Characters' Category

Pez, Stargate and Adventures in Toyland

July 2, 2008, 7:49 pm

Holy crap, my comics pull for the week ended up over 30 dollars, and I wasn’t able to find all I wanted. Hoping to do a big Nightwing review once I’ve re-read the arc. But before that, I must share my toy experiences over the past few days.

While in the grocery store, I noticed that [...]

Action Comics: Krypto

June 16, 2008, 9:50 pm

I do like Alex Ross’ Krypto:

Favorite Panel of Last Week

June 11, 2008, 9:41 am

I’m always running behind. Wanted to get to this earlier, but better late than never. While reading through last week’s haul, there was one panel that amused me more than any others. It’s from Rann-Thanagar: Holy War (man, that war is lasting almost as long as other wars…). It shows that even Aleea and Hawkman [...]

Stupid Toys: The Aqua Sub

June 1, 2008, 2:53 pm

Sometimes, there are certain toys that just make no sense, save to the toy executive who came up with the idea. In that vein, I offer Aquaman’s Aqua Sub:

Despite the incredible cuteness of the actual Aquaman action figure, there’s just something wrong with him tooling around in a submarine.

Things You Don’t Want to Hear Before a Colonoscopy

May 21, 2008, 4:26 pm

Today, I had a colonoscopy, and while prepping for it, I kept thinking about things that the doctor could say that would make me really nervous when going under for the procedure:

"Wow, nice ass!"
"Let’s see if the resident can do it right this time…"
"Fine, Kutner, do your colonoscopy. Thirteen, Foreman, let’s get a brain biopsy."
"Dr [...]