Quite a bit of hay has been made of the appearance of Rage in the Marvel Studios logo in the Shield teaser and that this is a hint that the character will be found in the new series. You can see it here:
My hat is off to the individual who watched this frame by frame.
Unfortunately no one thought to double check anything else. Here is the frame grab from a Youtube clip dated almost a year ago. 
And here it is dated over 2 years ago. Rage was always there. Keep trying, internet!
Not my intention, but the organizing pile looks a lot like Jack Bauer and Leonidus vs the Statue of David.
Having rededicated myself to the 900 Things project, I spent a whole day cleaning the Booster Cave last weekend ahead of trips to Cash Convertors, a used bookstore and the Royal Canadian Legion. Anything not sold at the first two became donation at the third.
I took everything down in my home office and redid virtually every shelf and display. For the first time since this project began, my wifey said “where did all of your stuff go?”
Books are now reduced to less than one book case while Booster gets a second shelf to properly give pride of place to the new statue. » Read more..
What is more fascinating about clearing over 300 items out is that the rest looks better and more thoughtful. Thinking a new cull happens by next weekend. There is still work to be done.
It told wifey where I was at in the process and she glanced around the Booster Cave and said “where was it all? This room is still so full!”
The used bookstore got the lion’s share. Ebay and donations make up most of the rest, though gifts and plain old recycling are in the mix. I took a pile of books to the Canadian Legion where hopefully they will find good homes. We’ll see what the over-65 set thinks of the making of Spice World. Shaking things up.
Identified things: 545
Out the door: 327 » Read more..
Hey yo everyone, it’s time to kick back and have some laughs as the We Talk Comics team looks at some of the best humour and light-hearted comics from today and yesterday.
We kick off, as always, with The Weekly News with Cub Reporter K (sponsored by COMICOSITY). What do the guys think of revolving art teams and digital codes on Marvel NOW books? And how happy are we that Kyle Baker is giving out his amazing creator-owned comics? (click here to see what Mr. Baker is up to)
Then we get into what comics have brought us smiles to our faces over the years and who is doing it right today. Stay tuned for mulch, a bug, a tick and many bwah-ha-has!
Debut issues are on tap this week in our reviews with #1s of Young Avengers, Deadpool Killustrated, The Answer, Uncanny X-Force, Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness, and self-published Crimson Society,
Enjoy and have a good laugh. Plus, as always stop, by The Comic Podcast Network to find more quality podcasts.
WTC Show 64 – Laff-A-Lympics (Right-click to download)
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… and then there was that week that I didn’t write anything.
Preparation for the new job got the better of me last week. My hat is off to anyone who can keep up a blog on a week-to-week or more level.
My old boss found the gift that I had hoped for but had thought long gone. One of the shows I was most proud of was Sweeney Todd. It was a long plan to build toward something that scale and I put every last trick and favour into making sure it was filled to the rafters. It is with a great deal of pride that I tell people that we filled 98% of the seats to that run.
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here is only one keepsake that I would want. One memento that would be just the thing. And they found it. I got one of the prop straight razors from the show. One of my former co-workers made a simple box for it and an engraved plate bears a line from my first show as Marketing Director, The Mystery of Edwin Drood – “More than what solution fits the crime, what I’ve learned is that life is bits of time.” You might remember that from the Grammy Award prop I showed you a few weeks ago. It is also on the farewell gifts for two other of my co-workers from that era. It just fits. » Read more..
Cleaned out my office today. Amazing what accumulates in five years. Five years in that office, nine at that place of work. Most of the books are work reference and, since I’m staying in Marketing and Communications, most of them will go to my new office next week.
The mementos though… It’s funny, I had already been thinking of what I wanted to take to remember this place. Nine years and a bit is almost to the day 25% of my life. I want to make sure that what I take are the very best memories of that time. The big projects, the wonderful people, the lessons learned. My boss asked what I might want as a farewell present and I had no idea what to ask. I have signed posters from my favourite shows already. I asked for a prop that I expect is long gone, so we shall see what appears. It matters not. » Read more..
One day later than usual, not due to business or mishap. I’ve been on vacation for over two weeks and honestly forgot what day it was. Anyway, New Year’s Eve is just as good a time as any to check in.
Boxing Week (what Canada calls its post-Christmas clearance sales) was a tough week for holding to the plan. $7 James Bond blu-rays to finish out my set was the temptation of the week. But I held firm. I had a laugh when I mentioned this to my wife. She said “well, your project is almost done anyway.” “I’ve only just started, it goes til November.” “Really, I thought you were doing 8 weeks or something?” Early days still.
I received very little for Christmas, which was good in the grand scheme. My wife got me a couple of movies and a couple of books and that was about the size of it.
The SDCC accumulation
Inspired by a tweet by Dan Slott, my Christmas gift to him for his perseverance in the face of internet nonsense. Happy Christmas from We Talk Comics, Dan! Enjoy your break in the bunker at an undisclosed location after #700 drops.
Did you know Candace Bailey was in Jericho? Want to buy a trading card?
I don’t know why we stay attached to images in the internet age. Pictures, single static pictures are perhaps the easiest thing to find on the internet. And yet we accumulate them in ways we don’t even think about it.The non-sports, non-game trading card market is based on the strange idea that we want small copies of pictures on cheap cardboard that are readily available at the touch of a few keys through Google. Over the years I’ve had sets of Death of Superman cards that sat on a shelf next to the books all of the cards reproduced. I have a set of Jericho trading cards on the shelf now and can’t for the life of me figure out what is supposed to happen with them now that they are safely tucked away in pages. » Read more..
In creating the rules for 900 Things I did not take everything into account. I had to ask two of my blog supporters for a ruling this week on some Things. With Christmas fast approaching, it occurs to me that my rules don’t specify what to do with duplicate gifts. My rules allow me to accept a book for example, but I did not set out what to do with it if I have it already.
(Right here, this is why laws are complex. Because rules are complex) » Read more..
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