a nice day

When I peel Christmas oranges I usually manage to get a half or a third of the skin off in one piece. I have, as long as I can remember, then tidily stacked the smaller bits within the larger curve, and then set about eating the orange. It has never struck me as an odd thing to do, but I just discovered my husband finds it charming and funny, because it’s so very tidy, and I’m not usually. So now I’m amused by it too. I have just been informed…

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Best Chance commentary so far :)

My friend Stella hit the comic shop with her 6 year old son today: Walking into Source Games, for Robin, was like walking into Paradise. A whole wall of action figures (yes, I know we grown-ups call them ‘scale models’ or ‘figurines’, but call a spade a spade, ok?) done up in Steampunkly glory. A neon SUPERMAN sign. Comic books on all the walls. So we collect comic books first, and I pretty much grab everything non-Spiderman that says “Marvel Adventures” on it, then grab 2 copies of TAKE A…

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shiny!

Forbidden Planet International, who have been running Pádraig’s interviews with such noteables as Alan Moore and Todd Klein over the past few months, have been exceedingly good enough to grace me with a posting about Chance this week. And, at Comics Bulletin, a very nice review of issue #1. (As a matter of fact, yes, my life *is* all about the comic book right now. Why do you ask?)