LeaAid? LeAid? Whatever. Pony up, Fankid.
Sep 06So, the short version is that Lea Hernandez had her house burn down, leaving her family in a bit of a bind. It sounds like insurance will help them rebuild, but in the meantime they need to take care of the basics – food, shelter, shoes (for the love of god, shoes!), and Lea needs art supplies so she can work. At all levels, Lea needs to work.
So, house gone, some number of beloved pets lost, and two kids that are “special needs” (I don’t know what this means, but it’s special and there is need.) Lea has PayPal, which means if you’re a big fan (as our very own Sarah is) or just a big hearted person, contribute what you can. Even small amounts add up – look at it like this; five bucks is a really fancy schmancy art pencil.
[update] Because Matt, like Charlie, don’t surf. Lea’s PayPal email is divalea (at) gmail.com
Lo, There Shall Come a Purchasing…! (9/7/06)
Sep 05Wherein I reveal the comic book periodicals I will purchase, either this week or when next I arrive at my olde comic book shoppe, and RIFF on them. I will riff my fucking ASS off. This will make me seem both snarky and derivative.
I’ll do this weekly, or sometimes, or whenever I feel like it, and exactly no one will care.
Los Angeles, They're Yours
Aug 31Interesting article by one Mr. Mark Millar on the impending demise of the comics industry.
As we know it. The latest demise. In a series of many.
Basically, his thesis seems to be that Hollywood will poach the best guys. Not so much, though, about comics inviting Hollywood guys to play and basically write their own rules on how and when material is released, creating a permissive artistic climate in the extreme, and ultimately the world we live in now, where if Kevin Smith wants to take a couple years off between issues of a limited series, well, that’s just fine.
Star Trek: TOS: SE=Teh Meh.
Aug 31Lemme gist it for you: New FX in the OLD old episodes of Trek, supervised by Michael and Denise Okuda, who at this point are so enmeshed in Trek that I imagine Paramount keeps them locked up in a dirty cage somewhere deep beneath the lot on Melrose, tossing in laptop computers and DVDs and raw meat as needed to get the work done.
I read this news, and I found I just don’t care. Why don’t I care? I don’t know. I’m more interested in not caring than the news itself.
Am I getting old and mellow? Do I need to ingest more caffeine? Or has Star Trek really devolved to the point where they’d need to put a gun in Shatner’s mouth to get me to even give half of a shit?
I’m sure there are Trek fans someplace right now rallying petitions and organizing the picket line. I’m just sorta like, “Okay. Do it. Maybe I’ll watch it, as long as there’s none of that Star Trek 2.0 bullshit getting in the way of my TOS.” Cause that was pretty heinous.
Overall, MEH.
About the only flare of interest I can manage on this is that maybe it will result in another DVD release, which will drop the prices on the current TOS sets, which were like $100 but now are just about $70, which is still WAY outside the ballpark of a casual entertainment purchase for me, and requires some sort of holiday to initiate acquisition, such as a birthday or Xmas.
