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Sage's Stray Thoughts Episode 9

And we back, and we back....

Bottom of the Pile - Nov. 12th, 2014

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As promised. Amazing Spider-Man Forget Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham is probably my favorite character from this entire crossover so far.  He's got the humor, the 'tude, and frankly he's been more realistic and persevered through more than all the rest of them.  I love that Dan Slott hasn't tried to make him overly cartoonish or basically make him "too dumb to live".

Bottom of the Pile - Nov. 5th, 2014

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Ugh.  Horribly late with this one, but last week's will be up a lot sooner. All-New X-Factor - In fairness, your book is being canceled Polaris, so "second string" might actually be shooting a bit high.

The New Face of Anime

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Know what I hate?  When people lament the state of a some form of media--be it comics, films, video games, whatever.   (I say this while quietly shifting all the blog entries where I've done that myself to "Draft".)   "Everything's ruined!", they scream, then go on lengthy diatribes about how and why whatever the fuck it is they love is terrible, now and presumably forever. And yeah, everything goes through a dark period.  Hip-hop suffered for like three or four years in the mid-2000s, until the new crop of guys popped up and put their stamp on the game.   But most of the time?  It's like the person who complains all day about how lonely they are while ignoring the best friend they've known forever who's freaking perfect for them.   What I'm saying is that usually when you're complaining about your hobby, there's probably some very noticeable things you're choosing to ignore.    2015 has a lot of potential to be a great year f

Sage's Stray Thoughts Episode 8

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What, who said I could only do one of these a week?  This one's less geek-oriented though, so be warned.

Sage's Stray Thoughts Episode 7

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The Zeitgeist is Real:   At least in comic books.   For roughly ten years or so Marvel and DC have had strange experiences where all their creations are mirror images of one another.   Civil War?   DC says, "What a coincidence, our heroes are fighting each other too ."   You're killing Batman ?   Wow, we just killed Captain America .   The Day Evil Won ?   Yeah, the bad guys somehow took over in our world too .    And so now we come upon " Convergence " and Marvel Secret Wars, the latest in a long line of "mirrored events".    I feel like I should criticize them for it, but the inner, multiverse-loving child in me can't stop squeeing long enough for me to collect my thoughts to do that.   I mean, DC One Million is in this!   So long as they don't pointlessly wipe them out, it's impossible for me to hate Convergence now--that's my ideal, ultimate future for the DC Universe. (Heroism Eternal.) Even in the case of Secret Wars--l

Bottom of the Pile - Oct. 29th, 2014

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I'm more than a little late, considering this is going to be my shortest entry ever. I am thinking about doing something to make up for it, though.   Let's see.

Battle Rap Wednesdays: Charlie Clips vs. T-Rex

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Clips got one hell of a record against Dot Mob.