As promised, Peanuts, but not the way you’d expect. For this show, I went pre-Peanuts.
A little Battlestar Galactica news as well as some cool Will Eisner reprints.
The Release Schedule is packed this week, just in time for the Holidays. Hope you have been saving your money, ’cause there is a $250 book out this week, but you have to listen to hear what it is.

Feedback is welcome

Chris

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Friday fairly eventful. The weather turned out to be a balmy 50 degrees, so I grabbed the golf clubs and played nine at the Country Club where I work. I certainly was not alone, the course was rather full, but I had no problem getting around or shooting a 39.

Saturday I went out with some friends and watched the USC/Notre Dame game. Now, other then beer or an ice cold T and T, I’m not much of a drinker, but I had a pretty good shot that consisted of Red Bull and Raspberry Stoli Vodka. I tasted a helluva lot better then it looked.

As for today, not much of anything. I read the entire Sunday paper and raked a few leaves. The kids have to go to bed at 8 because all weekend long they’ve stayed up until about 10pm. I imagine it will be torture for them Monday morning.

I’d be remised if I didn’t mention the passing of two comic legends this holiday weekend, Dave Cockrum and Jerry Bails.
I’ve never met Mr. Cockrum, of course, but I’ve always enjoyed his work particularly on X-Men. I think as a tribute to him I’ll re-read his run in my X-Men Masterworks this week.
Jerry Bails is another story. A few years ago I found out that Mr. Bails lived in the Detroit area (east side to be exact). Funny thing was, he only lived a few blocks away from my In-Laws. There had also been a few times where I had to drive by his home running various errands, too. I wrote Mr. Bails a few times regarding the DC Archive Editions. He was kind enough to write back and answer my questions and give his opinions on matters. It was sort of my Mount Olympus of sorts. Here I was, a nobody, conversing with one of the Comic Books Gods. OK, that may be a stretch, but that’s how I’ll remember him. I’m deeply saddened that I never got to meet him face to face even though we live so close to each other. It will go down as one of the few regrets that I have in life.

Goodday everyone. Quick show this week, I’m getting ready to host 22 people on Thanksgiving this Thursday. I also will be going down to the Lions football game beforehand to see the absolute worst team in the NFL. Lucky me. At least the beer will be cold.

Not much on the docket as far as news goes. But the big story of the week has to be the upcoming Madman Gargantua. We’re having a great discussion on the Forum about it. And it looks like it may not be collecting everything as advertised.

For this weeks feature I go over the Mother of all Essentials: Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It turned out to be a really fun read. I’ve also included some Godzilla DVD news for you, too.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Feedback is welcome
Chris

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Map of Godzilla’s journey across the United States
Gojira aka Godzilla DVD Storefront

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This was first posted on the Timely-Atlas Yahoo group by Roy Thomas:
Cory Sedlmeier, the really hard-working Masterworks Editor at Marvel, is trying desperately to get hold of a copy of ASTONISHING #4 and YOUNG MEN #28 to photograph those stories for the next Atlas Masterwork. He also needs the text page from YOUNG MEN #27. My own copies are in bound volumes, and hard to work from and get good copies. Cory’s on a tight budget… but maybe you know someone he could contact. If so, contact him directly at Marvel at (917) 589-8148 or at cmsedlmeier@marvel.com
Please pass this along to any Groups or Forums that could be of any help.

Chris