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finally enjoying august Early this morning I got to spend some time with my niece and her behavior always entertains me. For example, I had brought two Supergirl comic books over for her to read and the first thing that she did when I walked through the door was take them from my hand, sit down on the couch and read them. Of course if I were her I would have done the same thing. How can one possibly resist new comic books? After she was done reading she asked if we could go to the park and we did. It was on the way there that she said something funny. She said that if grandma and grandpa weren't back home before lunch she wanted to go to a local restaurant. Taking her somewhere to eat didn't bother me. What made me laugh was her choice of restaurant. She chose a local chain that is known to be a place for the after bar crowd to hang out because it's open twenty four hours a day. Recently the chain has tried to change their image to a more family friendly approach, but they are still open late at night, when I suspect that most families are home in bed asleep. ... Marvel is on the verge of losing my readership. I am convinced that they are throwing as much shit as possible against the wall and seeing what sticks. Personally I don't think that that approach creates quality reading material. Plus I am convinced that they are dumbing down their books to appeal to any fans of the movies. From their perspective they're probably happy to be making a profit again after going bankrupt. My last hope for Marvel was Brian Michael Bendis on The Avengers, but I am having serious doubts about his dismantling of the team. Then there are the rumors of Wolverine being made a member and that would be it for me. DC and the independent market has so much better to offer. Lucifer, Y The Last Man, Fables and the ever impressive if infrequent Planetary far outshine anything that Marvel has made in years. ... After looking around at the Lonely Planet web site, I found out that I am not the only one who views Paul Theroux with mixed feelings. Here is what Lonely Planet has to say about Paul Theroux and his book: In The Happy Isles of Oceania - Paddling the Pacific, the perpetually morose Paul Theroux kayaks to the 'pleasant and feckless' islands of Polynesia where his usual strain of cynicism takes the shine off paradise. He sees nothing he likes. He goes home. |