O.K. I've got an hour and 26 minutes until the Yankees square off against the Rays at Steinbrenner Field, 4 hours and 11 minutes until I've got to be at the airport to pick up Matt Kindt, and just 22 hours and 20 minutes until March Madness II: March of the Independents kicks off at Acme, so let's get to it!
Gregg Schigiel: So, Stephen, will digital comics and the iPad change everything? Are digital downloads and motion-comics the future…and the future is NOW!?!
Stephen Mayer: Man, a loaded question if I’ve ever heard one! And I can’t help but be biased! I mean, I work in the brick-and-mortar side of the industry!
OK, so digital comics…
Come this time next week you won't even recognize the store any more as we make our best attempt at showcasing as much of our fantastic independent trade paperbacks and hardcovers as possible for MARCH MADNESS!
Stephen Mayer: In today’s world of comics, where it can really seem like a writer or artist is just creating for the individual collection, it’s rare to see a consistent “run” on a title longer than 20 or so issues.
Of course, there are the exceptions, like Bendis on New Avengers or Daredevil or Geoff Johns on Green Lantern, but nowadays most titles more closely resemble Fantastic Four, which, after a lengthy run with Mark Waid and primarily artist Mike Wieringo, has seen Karl Kesel for 2 issues (#525-526), JMS for 17 (#527-543), Dwayne McDuffie for 10 (#544-553), and Mark Millar for 16 (#554-569) before Jonathan Hickman began his current stretch.
So let’s say for the sake of our argument that a run must be at least…25 issues long? 30? I dunno, you tell me, but let’s make it a meaty chunk of work.
Yup, that's a return of the Scott Pilgrim Pic O' the Week, featuring from left to right Scott, Ramona, Young Neil, Knives, Kim, and Stephen Stills!
Looks like Siege is kicking into full gear this week with Avengers Initiative, Dark Wolverine, New Avengers, Thor, and Thunderbolts! This will be the biggest week of tie-in releases since the event start back at the beginning of January, so make sure you've got your list fully updated so you don't miss out on anything. To top it all off we've got re-orders of Siege Embedded #1 and #2 for anyone that missed them.
Welcome back to I Hunger! I apologize I forgot to do a blog about last week's menu, it was just more breakfast stuff anyway, not much different from the first menu. This week, however, we're finally out of doing breakfast foods and we've moved on to bigger and better things! But, before I get into that, as you can see I have finally selected a name for this blog. It was a tough choice but the winner is LAWYERHULK! So the next time you are in the store, let me know who you are and I will grant you the previously stated discount. BUT THATS NOT ALL! Because i had such a hard time deciding what to use, I am also going to grant Mr. Sellars a discout of his own for the "eggcellent" use of the word Eggcelsior! So thanks everyone for the suggestions and thank you for the interest in the blog, I hope to keep it up for as long as im in school. Alright, onto the good stuff.
Stephen Mayer: Since we’re starting on the column on Friday morning, love is in the air with Valentine’s Day right around the corner on Sunday. With that in mind, we’re gonna get a little lovey-dovey, a little mushy (or maybe the opposite) about romance in comics.
Valentine's Day is less than 48 hours away! Have you gotten your sweetheart all of the comics they want? How about at least some of those chalky heart things with the little sayings on them? Everybody likes those!
