Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Aug 17, 2018 5:58:01 GMT -5
Just finished putting the final touches on Chapter 5, which means that aside from a few minor tasks my part in producing the 1940-44 volume of TwoMorrow's American Comic Book Chronicles is done! I can't believe I finally got here! Any celebrating will have to wait til tomorrow, thugh, cause I am some kinda drag-assed exhausted. Cei-U! Go, me!
Saw this on Facebook. That's a hell of an achievement, so well done you!
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 17, 2018 8:08:30 GMT -5
How many chapters do you have left to write? For this volume? None. For the next? Five, but I refuse to think about that just now. My brain needs a long break from Golden Age comics!
Cei-U! I summon the li'l vacay!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 23:01:51 GMT -5
So this happened during the heavy thunderstorms we had on Thursday night/Friday morning... the neighbor's tree came down on a section of our fence just behind our garage and just missing the garage itself. We were also without power for a good chunk of the morning and afternoon on Friday because of the storms. Spent most of yesterday cleaning up the moisture in the basement that seeped in because of the storms too. The joys of summer storms in Ohio and house ownership. -M
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 23:20:41 GMT -5
Man, those are unreal storm photos, mrp ... I've seen some that in my area from time to time and I've done my share of picking things up too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 23:28:56 GMT -5
Man, those are unreal storm photos, mrp ... I've seen some that in my area from time to time and I've done my share of picking things up too. no, unfortunately they are very real. -M
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 20, 2018 9:54:33 GMT -5
So this happened during the heavy thunderstorms we had on Thursday night/Friday morning... the neighbor's tree came down on a section of our fence just behind our garage and just missing the garage itself. We were also without power for a good chunk of the morning and afternoon on Friday because of the storms. Spent most of yesterday cleaning up the moisture in the basement that seeped in because of the storms too. The joys of summer storms in Ohio and house ownership. -M Just last month we had tornadoes hit 3 different Iowa towns, one of them 6 miles east of me.
I went and checked on all my customers in those towns.
Marshalltown got hit the worst with many homes being damaged.
One of my customers had the neighbor's huge tree fall into his yard but nothing was damaged except the fence thankfully.
His family and friends were hauling branches to the curb when I got there.
Glad it wasn't any worse than this mrp and that your family and you are all ok.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 20, 2018 15:19:57 GMT -5
So this happened during the heavy thunderstorms we had on Thursday night/Friday morning... the neighbor's tree came down on a section of our fence just behind our garage and just missing the garage itself. We were also without power for a good chunk of the morning and afternoon on Friday because of the storms. Spent most of yesterday cleaning up the moisture in the basement that seeped in because of the storms too. The joys of summer storms in Ohio and house ownership. -M Yeah, those were some rough storms Thursday and Friday. We were at the Dayton Dragons game Thursday evening and it rained off and on throughout the game, but my wife and I luckily got to our hotel (and our girls got out to my in-laws' place) before the worst of it hit the area. Glad you and the wife were OK, minus the inconvenience of no power and having to deal with the aftermath and cleanup.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 22:30:12 GMT -5
The Captain how long are you in the area? I know you were checking out local shops and I just found out about 2 shops I didn't know existed in the area this afternoon, both in Xenia (one a comic shop-Triple J Comics and Collectibles-the other a vintage toy store-Route 68 Vintage Toys) to add to your list of possibilities. I discovered them seeing FB posts from Comicazi-a Boston based comic shop that won the Eisner retailer award a year or so ago-that did a comic road trip checking out other shops across the country and posting pics from them-they did Bookery Fantasy too over in Fairborn that you have been to before. They also did Mike's Vintage toys down in Springboro that I have been to (and was featured on Comic Trips you tube show). The rest were in Michigan and Indiana that I saw. I just think it was a bit odd that I had to learn of a couple of local shops a few towns over from a comic shop out of Boston. I plan on checking out the shops once I get back from visiting my mom in New England next week, but I hav eot fin a day to go as both are closed on Sundays. -M
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 20, 2018 23:45:03 GMT -5
Not sure if this is within range of anyone, but across the street from my company's "Cincinnati" office is a fairly new store:
Paper Street Trading Co. 4576 Montgomery Rd, Norwood, OH
Further north on Montgomery is Queen City Comics.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 21, 2018 10:30:11 GMT -5
The Captain how long are you in the area? I know you were checking out local shops and I just found out about 2 shops I didn't know existed in the area this afternoon, both in Xenia (one a comic shop-Triple J Comics and Collectibles-the other a vintage toy store-Route 68 Vintage Toys) to add to your list of possibilities. I discovered them seeing FB posts from Comicazi-a Boston based comic shop that won the Eisner retailer award a year or so ago-that did a comic road trip checking out other shops across the country and posting pics from them-they did Bookery Fantasy too over in Fairborn that you have been to before. They also did Mike's Vintage toys down in Springboro that I have been to (and was featured on Comic Trips you tube show). The rest were in Michigan and Indiana that I saw. I just think it was a bit odd that I had to learn of a couple of local shops a few towns over from a comic shop out of Boston. I plan on checking out the shops once I get back from visiting my mom in New England next week, but I hav eot fin a day to go as both are closed on Sundays. -M Thanks for the recommendations, but I'll have to hit those next time. We were only in the area from Thursday through Sunday, and with family stuff going on, I only had about four hours to get out by myself. I got to Bookery Fantasy, Maverick Cards and Comics, and Bell Book & Comics. I'm waiting to post my finds until this weekend, as I'll hopefully have some more pickups from the NYC/NJ area from my current work trip.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 22, 2018 19:16:28 GMT -5
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 22, 2018 19:58:11 GMT -5
Air quality is so bad here... and it's worse in other places, Seattle looks worse than where I am, but I've been getting lightheaded a few times. It must be cumulative. Luckily my eyes and nose aren't bothered as some peoples' sure are, but I have the sore throat, the headaches, and the lightheaded dizzyness now. Supposed to clear up a bit tomorrow, just in time I hope. Last year and this year are the only years in my life or my Mother's that we've seen orange and red suns in the sky because of the shmutz! Is this going to happen a couple weeks or more every summer now? View from the Space Needle... www.spaceneedle.com/webcam/
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 20:56:25 GMT -5
Air quality is so bad here... and it's worse in other places, Seattle looks worse than where I am, but I've been getting lightheaded a few times. It must be cumulative. Luckily my eyes and nose aren't bothered as some peoples' sure are, but I have the sore throat, the headaches, and the lightheaded dizzyness now. Supposed to clear up a bit tomorrow, just in time I hope. Last year and this year are the only years in my life or my Mother's that we've seen orange and red suns in the sky because of the shmutz! Is this going to happen a couple weeks or more every summer now? View from the Space Needle... www.spaceneedle.com/webcam/I'm from the south side of Seattle near Sea-Tac Airport and I had headaches and my eyes are so dry it's bothered me since late Sunday Night and it's on the road to recovery now. It's should be okay by tomorrow am.
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Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Aug 22, 2018 21:25:24 GMT -5
Sure, he was the main villain of the piece. It must be a long while since you saw it? Although Vaughn's Ross Webster was no Gene Hackman/Lex Luthor-- and Superman III sure as hell ain't no Superman the Movie or Superman II -- I think Vaughn's villain was definitely one of the stronger parts of the film. Had he been shorn of his annoying stooges (Vera Webster and Lorelei), I think it might've gone some way towards improving the film. Although, having said that, Vera becoming a scary ass computer/cyborg/zombie-thing was definitely one of the film's more memorable moments.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 23, 2018 6:05:18 GMT -5
Superman 3 was the only time I felt like walking out of a movie but I Stayed. I really had to fight my major disappointment.
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