by Chris Marshall on May 27, 2008
I hope all of you had a great Memorial Day Weekend. As you can see from my pervious post I was rather busy. But it’s a wonderful sense of accomplishment when you get everything done that needs to get done. Sure, the work never stops when it comes to yard work, but I can look [...]
by Chris Marshall on May 13, 2008
I’ve got a very busy weekend coming up. Friday kicks off the Motor City Comic Con. I’ll be there when it opens to pick up my Press Credential and I’ll stay for a few hours, but I’ll have to get home to get the kids off the bus and get Patrick ready for his baseball [...]
by Chris Marshall on April 25, 2008
Patty and I went out Thursday and bought a new car: a Pontiac Vibe. We got a really good deal, although the service wasn’t all that spectacular: it took forever to actually purchase it and even when we thought we were ready to go, the dealer wanted to finalize a few things overnight, so we [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 27, 2007
Collected Comics Library Podcast #152 36,337Kb; 76m 59s It’s time once again for the 2007 Year in Review show. Unlike past years I decided not to have individual “Best of” categories and instead do a Top 10 list. As you can see I also broke the podcast down with time stamps. I urge you all [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 20, 2007
Collected Comics Library Podcast #151 34,166Kb; 36m 10s In the wake of all the DC news of late, I offer to you, in this week of giving, a simple and yet well thought out, dissertation on what exactly my feelings are towards DC Comics this Christmas. To sum up, I’m not very happy about the [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 18, 2007
This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on December 18, 2007 By Douglas Wolk — Publishers Weekly, 12/17/2007 12:58:00 PM DC Comics’ collected editions have seen annual double-digit sales growth for a number of years, according to George Brewer, DC Comics’ v-p of design and retail product development. Beginning in spring 2008, as DC’s [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 12, 2007
Collected Comics Library Podcast #150 24,393Kb; 25m 45s Damn! 150 shows in the can! There’s only one way to celebrate a big show and that is with a big book! Sin City: The Frank Miller Library Set 1 and Set 2 is what I cover in today’s show. Now I know many of you have [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 5, 2007
While I was getting the kids ready for school this today, the power went out neighborhood wide. Thank God I have a backup generator installed at the back of my home. My house is nice and warm and lit up like a firecracker. I’ll have a new Podcast up later today. Now on with some [...]
by Chris Marshall on November 16, 2007
OK, first of all these are just my initial impressions. I have not signed on to use the product – yet. When I first read the headline “MARVEL LAUNCHES ONLINE COMICS INITIATIVE?” at Newsarama, I thought it was going to be the same old stuff going online. Either some brand new web comics or some [...]
by Chris Marshall on November 15, 2007
Occasionally, when I get e-mail, besides all the comic talk that goes on, I get inquiries as to my golf game and why I don’t talk about it on the Podcast much anymore. The truth is, this past season was the least I played since I took up the game over 15 years ago. Reasons [...]