The Weekend Comes

And I couldn't be happier. This week has been...weird. Nothing really out of the ordinary, it just felt strange.

I've been getting bad headaches the past few days, and I think it's probably from the computer. Of course stepping away from it isn't really an option at this point.

Lettering work is steady. I wish I was getting paid for a lot of it, but right now I guess I'm still paying my dues and all so I can get enough attention to get the paying gigs. Hopefully they will come sooner than later.

I've got so much to catch up on this weekend it's not even funny. But I need to get it all out of the way so I'm free and clear to go catch Superman Returns next week!

The Small Press Idol contest is in full force as three entries so far have received over 100 votes. Granted on a large scale that's not much, but for this competition it's pretty decent. And thankfully The Kansas Hit is the one leading the charge by a narrow margin over the currently second place Wicket and Imp.

Warbreed is still way behind averaging a vote or two a day as opposed to the many votes per day the top five are getting.

My mom is doing much better now, driving quite a bit and getting around okay. She still can't bend and it hurts her to sit down and get up, but she's come a long way from when she first came home. Thanks to everyone who has asked.

I got a chance to play some video games with my brother this week. Let me say that Prince of Persia Warrior Within and Vexx are really good games. Yes, I know they have been out for a while, but it's not often at all that I get to play anymore. I used to be an avid gamer renting all the time, but it's been a while since that was the case. Now it's mainly wrestling games and the occasional adventure or RPG game. I love stuff like Metal Gear Solid and Syphon Filter, and stuff like Zelda and Final Fantasy also.

It feels weird not preparing for my column this weekend. Really strange, but relaxing knowing I don't have to worry about meeting that deadline.

But poor Chuck, who is filling in, he had to go to the hospital tonight in Chicago weekend traffic as his wife is pregnant with triplets! No babies yet, and they are all healthy, but it's still pretty stressful to say the least. Big thanks to Chuck though, can't wait to see what you have in store.

As for reviews, I read the latest issue of New Avengers today and was pretty disappointed. Spoilers ahead.


It was very anticlimactic. If you've been following the book, the New Avengers have been trying to take down this mutant who supposedly possessed all the lost mutant powers of all the mutants who are mutants no more. Last issue the guy, named Michael, landed on Genosha. This week the cover was excellent with a cryptic image of Magneto, who up until now has been depowered. Well, this Michael gave Magneto his powers back and maybe a little more, then revealed itself to be Xorn, the guy who had impersonated Magneto during Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. But Agent Hill of Shield comes along and takes Magneto out just like that and Sentry drives the sentient force of Xorn into the sun while the absorbing mutant Michael who Xorn had inhabited stands naked realizing he killed Alpha Flight. So, Magneto is on a helicopter that blows up, but there's no sign of him.

Aside from the weak way they brought back Magneto, and the way they defeated him so fast, another problem I had with this issue is all the issues leading up to this issue featured Shield at odds with the Avengers, then all of a sudden their commander thinks she's joining the team until Cap turns her down.

Meanwhile, in Civil War, the same Commander Hill is sending Shield after a rogue Captain America. Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right is doing. I would expect of all books in the Marvel Universe for New Avengers to follow Civil War, but such is not the case and it really sucks.

Anyway, that's all for me for now.

B-Out