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The DC 52 Relauch – Final Recommendations and Review Summary
With the DCU relaunch month over, it’s time to wrap up the recommendations so you can try and get a second printing or buy a digital copy of the comic (for better or worse, it sounds like the first...
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Digital Comics and New Consumers
I got a text message about digital comics today. A classical lapsed reader of comics who periodically dips his toe back in the water had a couple looooooooong planes flights in the near future and...
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The Secret Origin of the Tea Party: Duke, not Koch
It has come to my attention that the Koch Brothers are being given credit that due others. The Tea Party was indeed started by a pair of wealthy brothers, but it wasn’t Koch, it was Duke. Randolph and...
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I Must Be In San Francisco: That’s a Strange Place To Put On Your Pants
I’ve been on a lot of trains in my day, and I’ve seen a lot of strange things on trains. Everything from the roaming 3 card monte games on the Chicago El to the (more common than you’d think)...
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Fear Itself: It’s Not Good When the Cross-Over is Better Than the Event
I’ve finished reading Fear Itself and it’s left me in a confused state. I’m on the record as not liking Marvel’s Event Template of having a mini-series that consists mainly of battles and snapshots of...
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Do The NBA Owners and Players Really Realize They’re Playing With Fire?...
To the surprise of nobody that was paying attention, the NBA remains at a negotiations impasse and we’re about to get another block of games cancelled. I just wonder if the owners and players really...
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The State of Northwestern Basketball Two Games into 2011-12
It seems like every Fall in recent memory, it’s been a question of whether this is the year Northwestern basketball gets into the NCAA tournament. Or at least the Men’s team. Last year, probably...
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Rudy Gay Traded in a 3-Way. Let’s Look at the New Rosters
The trade winds are blowing and Rudy Gay is heading to Toronto to join the Raptors in a three team deal that has heads scratching in the NBA. Toronto gives up PF Ed Davis, PG Jose Calderone and 2013...
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Top 7 Better League Names For The “Catholic 7″
As you may have heard, seven Catholic schools (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s and Villanova) are leaving the Big East to form their own basketball conference. Rumor...
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A Less Exasperated View Of The Knicks Home Opener And Ye Olde Triangle Offense
There’s been a lot of scorn heaped upon the New York Knicks after they received a thorough drubbing at the hands of the Chicago Bulls for their home opener. Some of it deserved. Some of it...
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