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Marvel Now On iPhone / Mobiles in the U.S.

Todd — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:53:34 +0000

You may be startled to learn that Marvel Comics are now available for download in the United States. Of course, if you’ve been following my coverage of this, you’d have read about Marvel’s European cell phone download experiment on October 22, 2008. Turns out when I projected a U.S. download debut [...]

Is Wizard Rebranding?

Todd — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:42:26 +0000

Is Wizard rebranding? Change has been a constant in what’s left of the Wizard empire, and recent events are starting to look like there might be a rebranding strategy in place. A slightly schizophrenic strategy, but a strategy, nonetheless. On the convention side, two things have happened. First, Wizard has started rebranding [...]

The Things You Find on the Floors of Bars

Todd — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:48:06 +0000

Perhaps you’ve seen The Matrix? It was a fairly popular movie. Popular enough to have spawn all sorts of essays on philosophy and the meaning of “take the red pill.” I found an alternate interpretation for that might mean last week. A friend was downtown and seeking something to quench his thirst so we wondered into [...]

The New Economics of Comic Convention Shopping

Todd — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:13:02 +0000

I’m just taking it for granted that if you’re reading this, you’ve also read some of the dealer reports from the 2009 comic convention season. By the sounds of it, high end back issues are out and clearance sale pricing is in. The thing is, the prices are getting slashed so low in some cases, [...]

Wizard World Chicago (Comic-Con) 2009 Saturday/Sunday Notes and Wrap-Up

Todd — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:35:41 +0000

Wizard World Chicago (AKA The Chicago Comic-Con) continued to be a strange creature on Saturday and Sunday. You might go so far as to say it was a different show each day. I might not argue too much with that. Saturday was a bit of a revelation. By the time we got through [...]

Friday at Chicago Comic-Con (Wizard World) 2009

Todd — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:11:04 +0000

Wizard World Chicago (a.k.a. The Chicago Comic-Con, though the digital sign outside the convention center still said Wizard) is a strange, strange bag. I’m not completely sure what to make of it. Some people seemed to think it was a smaller Friday than last year, some people think it’s about [...]

What’s Left of the NBA Free Agent Crop

Todd — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:49:11 +0000

Summer league is over, the 2009-2010 NBA schedule is published, but there’s still a bit of chaos with free agents lingering around. Who’s left that’s any good? Mostly, it seems to be restricted free agents. On the whole, teams have been a little gun shy about signing offer sheets too soon, [...]

Where Could Allen Iverson Start?

Todd — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:22:05 +0000

While going over what’s left of the 2009 free agent crop, the topic of Allen Iverson came up.Nobody seems quite sure whether Iverson’s lead balloon performance in Detroit was age catching up or just a chemistry mismatch for the ages. (Well, not as bad as Starbury playing under Larry Brown, but…) If [...]

Two Signs That Shouldn’t Be Next To Each Other: The Sequel

Todd — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:14:07 +0000

At the beginning of May, I was at the Clark & Division train station and I saw a couple subway signs that just really shouldn’t have been next to each other. I don’t know if the restaurant realized this wasn’t the best ad for that particular spot or if they were just regularly rotating their signs, [...]

SDCC Dealer Woes – New or Did the Trend Finally Reach San Diego

Todd — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:24:14 +0000

The last few years there’s been an annual ritual after the San Diego Comic Con to decry how the media has taken the show away from comics and, increasingly, how terrible it is for the dealers. The big snarkfest kicking this off came from Mile High’s Chuck Rozanski (and strangely, Rozanski’s rant [...]