Popgun Chao$!

I just had a bit of a scary thought. As I was going about my usual patrol of comic book news websites and blogs, I seriously thought unironically, “I hate comics.”  Continue reading →

This past weekend, Samantha and I went to the great city of Chicago for the Chicago Comics Entertainment Expo (C2E2) where we had press passes! My head is still swimming with all of the cool things that happened, but the coolest person I met was Mark Waid. He was the first person we saw when we arrived to our hotel and I thanked him for the interview I conducted with him about Shazam. He told me that he really enjoyed it and my questions were really thought out. I could go into all of the announcements that I came across, but instead, I’ll just use this as a place to compile all of the links to our Bleeding Cool stories.  Continue reading →

My schedule today:

5:00 a.m. – Wake up. Make a pot of coffee and grade as many essays over The Great Gatsby as I can.

6:45 a.m. – Get ready for school.

7:30 a.m. – Arrive at school. Grade more while on hall duty.

8:15 a.m. – Group picture with the Comic Book Appreciation Society for the school year book.

8:40 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. – Peer review for sophomores, and Modernist poetry with juniors.

2:15 to 3:30 p.m. – Meeting over end of course exams.

3:50 p.m. – Buy comics. Drop off books at MSU for a book signing. Purchase book at Half-Price Books.

4:00 p.m. – Call parent of student.

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Read comics.

6:30 p.m. – Bring dinner to Sam at work.

Still to do

- Pay bills

- Grade more

- Enter grades

- Make PowerPoint for tomorrow

Yet, despite all that I’ve had to do today and all that I still have to do before I pass out from exhaustion, I feel compelled to share why you should read Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors. Continue reading →

Going back through an old blog of mine, I found this old gem of a rant about people who hated Final Crisis. It was Popgun Chaos before Popgun Chaos and I thought I’d post it here in order to show that things just never seem to change: Continue reading →

I’ve just returned home from Planet Comicon and it was hands down the largest convention that Overland Park has ever seen (at least that I can remember). Saturday was PACKED more than I’ve ever seen it, which is a great thing, but it was tough to move around at times. A few stories from the con: Continue reading →

“You really have to stop,” Sam said in a way that wasn’t quite begging, but was certainly imploring.

“This one last article,” I said, “then, I’ll never talk about it ever again.”

“I just don’t want everyone thinking that all you talk about is one thing. I don’t want everyone to think that you’re JUST the guy who writes about Marxism and comics,” she reasoned.

“I know. That’s why I’m writing this one last one. Something I can point to every time someone ropes me into an argument about the ‘art vs. commerce’ debate. After that, I’ll never write another one again.”

Well, I lied.  Continue reading →

As you probably know, I’m not really a fan of DC Women Kicking Ass. I think Sue cherry picks issues in comics to pander to her fans and to get people riled up and hating comics for nothing. In my opinion, it’s a site that is no different than any other fan site that complains about comics, but it just so happens that because its focus is on women in comics, that somehow the complaining on that site is somehow more just and noble than others. It is worth noting, however, that the site has lately been comprised largely of fan polls about women. Whether this is indicative of the industry getting better (HA! I know, I thought that was funny too), or whether these polls are simply to generate more users to stroke Sue’s ego for site visits is up for debate (it’s the second one, I’m sure of it). Whatever the reason, it’s become a slightly more positive atmosphere which is always great, in my opinion. Furthermore, she has started a second tumblr that is comprised of nothing but positive moments of women in comics and I absolutely love it.

Now, normally, I don’t agree with DCWKA on much of anything, but she recently posted the solicitation for Superman #9 and it made my skin crawl.  Continue reading →