Casablanca

I can see why this is a classic. Glad I finally got around to watching all of it. Though I have to say, the romantic flashbacks seem weaker than the rest of the movie. I do wish the movie had more Peter Lorre. Guess I'll have to rewatch the Maltese Falcon for that...

New Comics Day

Only 3 pulls from my regular list this week. But I did get the second DMZ trade, thus catching me up on that series. Also the second issue of Maintenance from Oni, this time are brave mad science mainenance workers travel in time and deal with some angry cave people. Also got Cthulu Tales: The Rising from Boom! Studios. Only flipped thru it so far, but it looks to contain tentacled nasty things and crazed fanatics. So thats good...

The store also had a sale on overstock Indy press titles. 3 comics for a dollar. Or any tpb for a buck. So I grabbed volume one of Thieves & Kings and Manny Bello's Hench...

From my pull list, first up are two much delayed book. Fell #7 where Detective Fell has a sit down with a killer, his lawyer and the local ADA. And then things don't go the way they should...

And also the second issue of Astro City: The Dark Age. The gang war continues, with Royal moving up in the ranks, Charles deals with being an outsider after refusing to take payoffs and the Apollo 11 return to Earth...

And finally the slightly less late Knights of the Dinner Table #122 came to Phoenix. This time around Bob tries to get his niece and nephew into gaming, we get another look at the GM's Post Game Night Meet-Up and some people in Muncie are apparantly stock piling player advantage coupons. As well as the usual collections of articles, including spoonyone's review/rant on Krull. Which I want back at some point dude...

Webcomics: A - Z

So time to do a list of the online comics I currently follow. So first I wrote them all down. Alphabetically. And then counted them. And I'm at exactly 100 right now (there are a couple that have just started so I'm not sure if I'll keep following them). So this will be a series of 5 posts. And probably won't be a lot of indepth reviewing to it...

#: Two Lumps: Updates 3/week. Basic gag strip about 2 cats, Eben & Snooch. Very funny. Kind of the anti-Garfield...

8-bit Theater: Updates 3/week. The adventures of 4 Final Fantasy characters who have somehow stumbled into being the Light Warriors of Legend. Violent and funny despite being a *gasp* sprite comic...

12 Dragons: Updates 1/week. Fantasy comic set in some kind of pre-historic Pangea. Occasional boobies...

A: A Softer World: Updates 1/week. Photo comic with a fairly surreal sense of humor. With extra alt tag humor...

A Girl & Her Fed: Updates 3/week normally. The adventures of millionaire, kung-fu, wanna-be reporter girl, the Ghost of Ben Franklin, a Man in Black with a mini-Bush A.I. in his head and a super-intelligent koala...

Alma Mater: Updates 3/week. A comic about an all-girls' secondary school, from the point of view of five sixth graders...

Anywhere but here: Updates 5/week. What started out as a college themed black sheep comic has turned into a relationship comic. With demons. And talking lizards. And Death...

Antique White House - the Kennedy Tales: Updates 1/week. An alternative world where America is based around pseudo-Celtic pagan traditions. Where JFK and his harem of wives (of both sexes) manage international politics...

Alien Loves Predator: Updates 2/week normally. A Predator Alien and Xenomorph alien share an apartment in NYC. Uses pictures of toys...

Anti-hero for Hire: Updates 2/week. A solo street level hero and his unceasing war against an evil corporation...

B: Bizarre Uprising: Updates 1/week. A young vampire learns about his destiny from a guy in Pig Mascot costume while dealing with teen relationships and high school...

Breakfast of the Gods: Updates at a rate I haven't figured out. A story about a quest for a lost king, as a rag-tag group of heroes tries to stop the evil plots of a vampire noble. Oh and they're all classic cereal advertising mascots...

Bunny: Updates I think 5/week but I'm not sure because I have it as a feed. Gag a day strip with simple art, mostly involving a pink bunny. Currently on hold...

Brat-halla: Updates 1/week The Norse Gods as kids in school. Mostly follows the adventures of Hod...

Bang Barstal: Updates 1/week. A gruff anti-hero killing monsters in a post-apocalyptic Earth...

Brainfist: Updates 1/week. A talking head gag a day strip.

C: Cheshire Crossing: Updates rarely. Magical adventures of teen-age Wendy (Peter Pan), Alice (Alice in Wonderland) and Dorothy (Wizard of Oz). Updated as the creator finishes an issue...

Candi: Updates 4/week. College comic about a group of room-mates. Some minor fantasy elements (flying ferret, squirrel mafia)...

Catharsis: Updates 7/week. Normally about a young woman, her dragon, their squirrel, a cat, some sentinent dust a sock puppet pirate and barbarian cherries. Mostly just filler sketches right now though...

College Roomies From Hell!: Updates 3/week. 6 college friends deal with relationships, super-powered mutatations, therianthropy, super-villianish parents and Satan...

Comedity: Updates 1/week. Mostly gag-a-day strip about an artist. Occasional flashes of continuity type story...