Month: April 2009

I really don’t have anything to add to any of the reports about the house fire that decimated (literally) the home of Len Wein and his family, except to say that at least they’re still with us, so thank heavens for that.

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IDW has just released the omnibus edition of “Fallen Angel.” It contains the first twenty-one issues in one handy sized package and it looks really nice. If you haven’t been reading the series, this is a great way to get into it. It includes her origin, a three part guest shot by Billy Tucci’s “Shi,” and a young woman who looks a lot like Linda Danvers.

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So Kim Jong Il, who seems to have more Cylon blood in him than most of us, is firing rockets which is making Japan and the rest of the world nervous.

Still…it could have been worse.

The satellite is transmitting the melodies of the immortal revolutionary paeans ‘Song of Gen. Kim Il Sung’ and ‘Song of Gen. Kim Jong Il’ as well as measurement data back to Earth,” it said, referring to the country’s late founder and his son, its current leader.

It could have been Narn opera.

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I-Con is more problematic of an endeavor this year. As opposed to previous years when it was held entirely at Stony Brook campus, this year I-Con is at three different locations spread out around Suffolk County. All of my panels are at the Marriott Islandia tomorrow.

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It’s Stash Wednesday.  What’d you get today?

Also, I’ve decided that I’m going to take the opposite approach to promoting X-Factor from what I’ve been using in the past months. Instead of keeping the lid on, I’ll push specific events.

In upcoming issues, Layla goes toe-to-toe against Doctor Doom and Monet gets naked and gets it on with Darwin.

Be sure to tell all your friends.

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