Random Thoughts

DC Comics for July are up, including Aquaman #20. Ah... more Alan Freakin' Davis on the covers...

Want to get into a really fancy restaurant? Well, why not try bribing the maître d'? Amazing what a little bit of money will get you, assuming you have it to spend in the first place. Via Modulator.

What type of villain are you? via the Girl Genius mailing list. Are you an Evil Genius?

CrossGen has pulled out of this year's Free Comic Book Day, due to the cancellation of the book they were going to put out for FCBD. Can't say I'm surprised, as I've been waiting for this announcement since the book was cancelled. via Fanboy Rampage.

Speaking of CrossGen, Paul O'Brien at Ninth Art has this wonderful article about the cancellation of American Power that has one of the best points about free speech that many people ignore: "A lot of people buy into the unfortunate fallacy that, in order to believe in freedom of speech, you must respect the opinions of others. This is completely wrong. In order to believe in freedom of speech, you must respect the right of others to voice their opinions. You can do this and still have complete, open contempt for the opinions themselves." The whole article is excellent, but that's the money quote, in my opinion. Which you can disagree with. via The Hurting.

I actually agree with Erik Larsen on something! Here's Larsen on Icon's imact on Image: "I think some people are really blowing this out of proportion." Yup. I don't see Marvel stealing all of Image's business. And, while Powers is a book I read and will now be getting from a different source, Image still have Age of Bronze and a dozen other titles that other people enjoy. via Fanboy Rampage.

"Comic books are like wine. You can pick up a bottle at your local grocery store and trade expertise for price and convenience, or you can go to a wine or liquor store and become an oenophile." ICv2 has one of the more intelligent similes for the fan phenom I've seen recently from Torsten Adair of Barnes and Noble. via The Hurting.

Johnny B directed me to the website of Craig Rousseau to look at his Aquaman drawings. Very good stuff here! He also does Abe Sapien from Heckboy. Wish I could afford to get a commission from him! Incidently, I think the picture on his main gallery page, of Hellboy coming across a movie villain, is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long, long time.

MMMM. Pie.