Month: May 2007

For the third day in a row, we are seeing precipitation. Last night’s Mets/Yankees game was concluded in a deluge. We had sunny skies for a while, but now more moisture is coming down. This is particularly of concern because John Maine is pitching, I’m quite worried that continuing inclement weather could obviously be a real hardship for him.

In other words…

The rain on Maine is plainly quite a pain.

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ESPN will be rebroadcasting the Queens Tournament in which FNSM was discussed. The tournament airs at 1 PM EST tomorrow, Sunday, the 20th. The comic is brought up about 54 minutes into the broadcast. Both myself and Ariel are mentioned and Todd’s artwork appears on screen.

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I wasn’t aware that Steve Wacker was going to announce on Newsarama that my run on FNSM was going to be coming to an end until my e-mail box lit up.

The fact is, I’ve known about it for months. It’s one of the reasons I’ve been writing some of the stories they way I have. I never intended, for instance, to combine the Uncle Ben storyline with the Sandman story. But Marvel’s new plans for the series meant that I had to do some fast shuffling and compression, so I took a deep breath, squished the two of them together so that I wouldn’t leave the Ben story thread dangling, and did my best. But the upcoming resolution to the Miss Arrow story and the following issue’s smackdown with Jonah Jameson are all at the ideal length, so ultimately I’m happier with those endeavors.

And all I can tell you is that no, I don’t have any holes in my schedule because I’ve picked up several new projects–both of which I’m very excited about–to pick up the slack which I’m hoping will be announced shortly. As for Spider-Man, as Steve kind of hinted, the other shoe hasn’t dropped yet.

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It has been decided by British high command that Harry will not, in fact, be shipping out to Iraq with his troops.

Good move.

Harry should be focusing his attention on places where he can really be of use…such as combating Lord Voldemort.

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Does anyone think that the resignation of assistant AG John McNulty is anything other than an act of a subordinate throwing himself on his sword so that Alberto “At the end of the day” Gonzales and the Bush hierarchy can survive the current investigation?

I mean, granted, this adminstration has set a new record for the philosophy that the buck stops just about anywhere except on the desk of those who should really be answering for decisions that are made about everything from employee firings to mismangement of wars. But this really sets a new low in terms of obviousness and just-how-stupid-do-they-think-the-American-public-is-ism (a brand new hyphenated word, TM).

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A New England Comics press release:

This Saturday May 19th Super star writer Peter David will be appearing at both our Quincy and Brockton locations. Mr. David will there to promote the highly successful Dark Tower series, adapted from the Stephen King novels, from Marvel Comics. As well as promote his other comic series Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Factor, and Fallen Angel. Mr. David has been a prolific writer in both comics and books for over 25 years. Working on such high profile titles as Star Trek, Spectacular Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, Supergirl, Captain Marvel, Spyboy, Aquaman, Spider-man 2099, X-Factor, and most notably his 10 year run on Incredible Hulk. All are invited to come down and meet and greet with this legend of the comic industry this Saturday May 19th. Times for Mr. David’s appearance are as follows:

Brockton 12:00 to 2:00 P.M.
Quincy 4:00 to 6:00 P.M.

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