1. I accidentally turned on my local news--in my defense, I thought a game was on--and learned traffic was clogged by people camping out and lining up for crappy chicken sandwiches that you could probably make at home and not support a
homophobic chain. I know times are tough, and maybe I shouldn't begrudge people their fun, but...they don't deserve the support, and it's a massive waste of time. I think I may have to go literally anywhere else tomorrow.
2. Of course, I didn't even notice them putting in that restaurant I won't name when I was in that neighborhood at Target the other day; picking up the new Cyborg Spider-Man and Negative Zone Spider-Man! They're both pretty neat, although the Negative (
Dog's Eye-View) Spidey is missing a key accessory: while he comes with multiple hands and a negative slice of pizza, he doesn't get the partially unmasked head to eat it! Cyborg gets a webline, but really needed a donut: in the issue where he gets the metallic cast, it's free donuts that convinces Spidey this is a good government agency.
3. I didn't do any Black Friday-type shopping this year; but I didn't really need to, since a lot of stores have spread it out over the course of the month. At Wal-Mart I was able to pick up a pile of movies on the cheap, and we once again see what I'm willing to pay cash money for if I didn't see it in the theatres. Starting with
Joker, and...eh. I may be coming down hard on that one since I managed to avoid spoilers until the day I watched it, when some slackjawed incel posted the scene with De Niro as a reply and completely missed the point that the Joker was the bad guy. De Niro as much as calls him a crybaby drama queen, which admittedly seems to be how he's often portrayed nowadays. I liked
Birds of Prey better, even though it's so much Harley Quinn's movie that it didn't really need the others. I would've preferred more of just random Gothamites coming after her to settle their grudges: they did
not like her! Also, blowing up Axis Chemicals is a big statement, but probably would've poisoned the eastern seaboard...Along with those, I picked up the first season of
Doom Patrol and
Watchmen, the last couple Spider-Man movies,
Doctor Sleep, a season and change of
Doctor Who,
Bumblebee...and yet, all I seem to watch is reruns of
MST3K and
Ultraman. Well, sooner or later.
4. I can't believe I hesitated picking up these guys:
Boss Fight Studio's Sam and Max! Because they are smaller runs, they're a bit more expensive than a Marvel Legends, but they're nicely done and come with a satisfying amount of extras. Is it weird that they're sold separately? I simply can't see someone buying one and not the other.
5. Alex Ross has done a ton of
Timeless variant portrait covers the last couple of months. The only one I intended to buy was the Nightcrawler one, which was on
Excalibur #13, in the middle of the
X of Swords event, and...man, that was not for me. Betsy, the former Psylocke and current Captain Britain, is jobbed out by the undefeatable...whoever. The other issues of that I've flipped through have been the Apocalypse Show, and no thanks. Still, I did pick up some other Ross covers, which got me the last couple issues of
Avengers with Moon Knight and Khonshu vs. the team; a pretty solid
Daredevil; and an okay
Fantastic Four. That I picked up with the Thing cover; you would've had to buy the same issue four times to get the whole team! Scam.
Othen than that, I got the recent
Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum, with a ton of artists redrawing
Giant-Size X-Men #1. Hmm, I got the Cockrum cover; I might have to scan that later.
5. Hopefully he's got it by now: I sent the Master of the Mystic Smarts,
PTor, a Doctor Strange themed spinner rack! Let's put the template here:
These are usually a lot of fun to put together; this time with a ton of the good doctor's guest-spots.
6. Between COVID and the weather, I'm not sure if I'm going back to Montana this Christmas. That would kind of suck, but it might free my folks up from having to spend the next month up there. Ah, we'll see.
These are usually a lot of fun to put together; this time with a ton of the good doctor's guest-spots.
Unless it was food coloring making that slice that color (and even then) that's a big no from me. I wasn't sold on black-colored food when Burger King did for Halloween last year and I still wouldn't be sold on it now. BTW, if you at all were curious how they did it? It's a combo of Squid Ink and charcoal. Thank Japan for that "lovely" horrific idea.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing if it is Blaastar who contributed cheese for that Pizza, especially for a human, it's either Fromunda cheese or dick cheese. Take your pick.
Yeah you'd think that Sam and Max would've been a two-pack, but I guess that would've driven the price even higher than it already was, so I guess fairplay to Boss Studios on that.