On the usage of images as mnemotics
Although an image consisting chiefly of text may defeat the purpose. . . still, here ya go:
Guess I could resize that thing, instead of using the width and height attributes to. . . skip it. Anyway, there's a convenient store locator, based on your zip code, and some of the offerings from the Silver Sponsors look good. The Del Rey manga sampler, f'r instance, and, um, the NBM Sampler. . . which, I see, doesn't include the advertised Rumble Girls pages after all, so, um, maybe that one's out after all.
Once again, my lack of enthusiasm shouldn't be taken as indicating anything other than my individual suckage. Readers are encouraged to support their local shop, assuming said readers are fortunate enough to actually have one. Attrition rate for them things is. . . I'm doing it again, ain't I? Sorry.
Update: Oh, right, totally missed that Slave Labor Graphics also has a book available. So you should at least go and pick that up.
I'm going to see if I can manage to get out of Amazing Fantasy Books & Comics without replacing the Fetish Dress Hello Kitty. Luckily, I think they were out of them the last time I went. Unluckily, that was several months ago. . .
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Just wanted to let you know that, partially because of your blog, I visited Quimby's yesterday for the first time in ages. I'd forgotten how cool that place is. I ended up buying a copy of 1984 because my old one disappeared and...well...it seems like a good time to buy it, you know?
Before I hit the African-Caribbean festival this afternoon I'm going to stop by my local comic book store to see what they have in the way of free comic books...even though I'm female and haven't read a comic book in over 20 years.
So thanks...and thanks.
Posted by: LBellatrix | July 3, 2004 10:13 AM
LBellatrix, no worries. How was the festival?
And I wish I could recommend some comics, but the only (non-free) things I picked up at Chicago Comics yesterday were 100 Bullets (which it's a mite late to jump into, even if it is set in Our Fair City), the two Ellis issues of Ultimate Fantastic Four (ditto) and, um, the current issue of Bitch.
I felt guilty about the free stuff. I think that was the general idea.
Posted by: Aaron | July 4, 2004 6:12 AM