52 Or Shatner: Week 5
Jun 09A simple concept, really: Each week, Alert Nerds get either a review/commentary on the latest in 52, DC’s weekly comics series, or a random picture of William Shatner.
Which will it be this week? You must CLICK to find out! CLICK, DAMN YOU!
52 Or Shatner: Week 4
Jun 09A few weeks ago, I promised a weekly review of 52, or a weekly photo of Bill Shatner.
Already, I’m a bit behind. More than I can say for the comic itself, which is remaining on schedule and surely frustrating all the playa hatas who insisted it’d quickly slip off schedule. Why you gotta hate, hatas?
Anyway, here’s Week 4 a bit late, and then on to Week 5. Did Week 4 inspire a flurry of prose, or a Googled pic of Bill Shatner, god among men? Click on to find out!
My New Wonder Girl
Jun 09
“You okay, Jim? How do you feel?”
“I feel…young.”
Catherine Quinn
Born June 3, 2006
She’s mine. You can’t have her.
Finished!
Jun 05I finished Holmes on the Range over the weekend. I had to put it aside for awhile, due to work, but plowed through on Saturday. I whole heartedly approve. I don’t know if Hockensmith is in the Baker Street Irregulars already or if he even gives a shit, but if this doesn’t gain him access, it’ll be a crime.
For those not in the know, the Baker Street Irregulars, currently, are a prestigious gathering of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts in the US. Prestigious to the point that you can join a local chapter, but you can’t just join the main group – that’s by invite only, and to get invited you either have to make a name for yourself in a local chapter (“Bob made cookies for our meetings, every meeting for 25 years. Let Bob in.”) or you’ve made a name for yourself in Sherlockian publications. It’s pretty vague, and since it’s invite only, they’ve never bothered to outline the path to initiation very well – it’s one of those you-have-to-throw-yourself-into-it sort of deals. You know. You have to nerd out – but I seem to recall that authors of notable Holmesian books count.
After all the dreadful pastiche shit I’ve read over the years, Hockensmith deserves a medal. I don’t want to give anything in the book away, but he didn’t just place his characters in the same universe, he actually manages to weave faith, whispy elements of some Holmes stories along the way. It’d be a great story all by itself, but as an homage to the canon, it makes me giggle.
Being a member of the BSI would be ginchy – I don’t have many aspirations, but that one would certainly be sweet (truthfully, I’d also like to be a Blue Blazer Irregular, but I’m not sure how one would go about achieving that.) But frankly, like all fandoms, they’ve been a bunch of spazzes in the past. Rex Stout (author of the equally spiffy Nero Wolfe books) was invited to present a lecture at one of their dinners – they were a men-only group at the time. And he argued, in spectacluar fashion, that Dr. Waston wasn’t who they thought he was (Attacking Fangirls take note – you might find it amusing.) And boy howdy, did it make a stink. So, while I’m sure they’re a fun bunch these days, it doesn’t sound like my cup of tea. That said, it doesn’t change my feelings that Holmes fans everywhere need to stand up and give a nod to Hockensmith.
Yeehaw.
WikiWikiWhack: The Baker Street Irregulars, Rex Stout.
Girl Powah Linkage
Jun 05Some neato stuff to soothe your Monday crabbys.
Cool new site called Girl Wonder right here: “a collection of sites dedicated to females in mainstream comics.” The mascot for the site is Stephanie Brown — Girl Wonder plans to explore Steph’s story and the underlying issues of misogyny in mainstream comics. After slogging through all of Erik Larsen’s idiot rants recently, seeing something like this is quite swell and refreshing.
If you like comics and you ALSO like nifty crafty stuff, like cake-y change purses and festive wrist cuffs and funky stuffed toys, then you should immediately head to Meltdown this Saturday for the second-ever Felt Club. I got some sweet owl earrings last time.
Oh, finally, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but…BATWOMAN IS A LESBIAN. The intarweb goes CRAZY in response! Relevant links compiled at When Fangirls Attack!
