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Netflix’x Revised Pricing Reactions
Alright, did NOBODY else see this coming? Did you all think that Netflix was going to keep both of their streaming and DVD services at dirt-cheap prices forever? Because if…
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Do Comic Relaunches Actually Help Sales?
With DC Comics about to relaunch their entire line in a little over a month, Valiant Comics announcing a return in 2012, and Marvel beginning to resurrect the CrossGen comics…
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Everyday Heroes commissions
This was a fun series of commissions. Over the spring, a local church was doing a five-week series, and asked me to design comic book-esque covers for their pamphlets and…
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Initial Reactions to DC’s 2011 Reboot
On 31 May 2011, the day after I closed my comic store, DC Entertainment announced that they would be rebooting the entirety of the DC Universe, beginning on 31 August,…
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On Competitive Gaming…
While I'm generally a rather passive and laid-back individual, I do enjoy competitive entertainment, from time to time. My two biggest competitive outlets are games that are both infinitely different…
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Why manga is cheaper.
As a former comic store owner, one of the questions I get asked the most is why manga is so much cheaper than American comics. I'll preface this by saying…
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Interrobang!?
From Dictionary.com: –nouna printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and…
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Billy Mitchell is.. Mister X?
It just occurred to me that Billy Mitchell, former Donkey Kong world champion, greatly resembles Mr. X, the leader of the evil syndicate from Sega's Streets of Rage video games: Billy Mitchell…
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Retail Horror: Part 3
Today, a story from Toys "R" Us! This one, of all my retail horror stories, is the only one that could be considered at all my fault. This lady came…
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Retail Horror: Part 2
Continuing some of my more memorable retail horror stories from my days at Blockbuster and/or Toys R Us...It's absolutely amazing how angry people can get over four-dollar late fees. After…
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Retail Horror: Part 1
A good friend of mine (who shall remain anonymous for the time being) is considering starting a blog that contains his daily adventures in working retail. This has inspired me…
Why comic books cost $3.99
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) The biggest complaint I hear as the co-owner of a comic book store, is about the rising cost of comic books. Why…
Kit F’n Fisto
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) So, it may be completely illogical, but Kit Fisto is my absolute favorite Jedi from the Star Wars franchise. See, here's the…
Hey dude, this is NO cartoon!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie So, as a child of the 80s, I was unable to escape the…
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Fighting in the Street Part IV: The King of Fighters?
While all the hype behind MKII and SSFII was overwhelming US gamers (The two games were basically all that my friends and I would talk about at summer camp that…