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So if we want to get into GL, where should we st-  hey! ow! hey, stop throwing things at me!

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The first glimpse I got into the actual numbers of the comic book industry was when I stumbled across Valiant's (Acclaim's) print production numbers a few years ago. One of my favorite books of all time, Quantum & Woody, only printed a couple thousand copies per issue. It was immensely depressing. When I used to joke that only me and two other guys read it, I wasn't far off. It's all rel...

I think all that happened was that in the late '90s and early '00s the art sort of jumped ahead of the writing a little, and it took a few years for the writers to adapt or for new writers to come in who were a little more hip to the way the art had evolved. So you have a few odd books like Avengers Forever that have that odd juxtaposition, and a few books that were ignored or even hated becaus...

Like flapjaxx mentioned above, Jim Lee's Cyclops bothered me immensely. It's not that Cyke should necessarily be skinny - he's a superhero, it makes sense he'd keep in shape. But he was just way too big. I'm bothered when I see Hawkgirl drawn with giant boobs. If you look at her original JSA appearances (I forget the artist), she's got a very slender, toned, athletic body. Then we get the Ben...

Now this is a cougar-based sitcom I would watch.

He seems a lot more confident in this video, and the crowd reacts more. He's clearly started to become better known at a local level. Funny stuff.

The Tick version was The Caped Wonder. Poor guy never could find an empty phone booth.

The trailer's not so good, and for all her beauty, Beckensale has all the personality of a slab of sheetrock. There's too much else out thats good. 9, Inglourious Basterds, Extract, even District 9 is still out if you haven't seen it yet.

Disney owns plenty of properties that aren't for kids - Miramax, for example. They're not going to go messing with a company as long as it's earning money. Like miguelfromithaca mentioned above, makes me wish I'd bought a bunch of Marvel stock when it was like a dollar a share.