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Entries from January 2008

Best Colbert Report Ever

January 31st, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

And I have to say, I hate Joe Q a little less just for holding his own, but he’s still a tool:

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Tags: Marvel Comics · Television

Warning: This post will suck

January 31st, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

When you have an hour between leaving work and going to class in which to both eat dinner and get from point A to point B, it leaves little time to stop at your friendly neighborhood comic book shop.
Which means that yesterday, I did not get any new books. And I probably won’t have time […]

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Tags: Conventions · Marvel Comics · Movies · Vertigo

Tributary Society

January 25th, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

There are 1500 Heather Ledger tributes on YouTube as of right now.
I’ll bet when these people’s parents die, they won’t make video tributes on YouTube.
Just sayin’.

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Tags: Internet · Movies

Greg Rucka, others to appear at Las Vegas Comics Fest

January 24th, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

Las Vegas Comics Fest 2008 is being held at the Sahara West Library (9600 W. Sahara Ave.) this Saturday, Jan. 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. While Vegas hasn’t had a great record when it comes to sequential art gatherings (hence why we have a “comics fest” held inside a library while San Diego […]

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Tags: Comic Books · Conventions · Independent Comics

Ledger’s Death No Killing Joke

January 22nd, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

While it’s a tragedy, it’s become so cliche, I can barely take it seriously: Breakout, young Hollywood actor dies in his 20s just as career is taking off. River Phoenix. Brandon Lee. James Dean. And now Heath Ledger is just another cliche:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html
Of course, this is relevant here on this blog because of Ledger’s upcoming role […]

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Tags: Movies

A messiah is born … but I just have a cold

January 11th, 2008 by Pj Perez · 1 Comment

So my annual cold is working its way from my head to my chest … which means I can function with a clearer head, but I can’t stop coughing. Ah well, what can I do?
Finally picked up X-Factor No. 27, otherwise known as Chapter 11 of “Messiah CompleX.” It’s starting to come together, I see. […]

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Tags: Marvel Comics

Radio Silence?

January 9th, 2008 by Pj Perez · No Comments

Sorry it’s been so quiet around here. Though I would much rather spend all day blogging about my on-again-off-again love affair with comic books, I do have to work sometimes. OK, so my “work” involves blogging about OTHER topics, namely at DailyFiasco.com and VEGASinsight.net. But today is Wednesday, and that means the next chapter of […]

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Tags: Blogging · Marvel Comics