ENTRY #45
1004.14

If you scroll down a little, you'll notice the entries I posted on the promotional rings DC Comics released last year in conjunction with Blackest Night. Well, Blackest Night ended a couple of weeks ago, and DC is getting ready for the follow-up -- Brightest Day.

One title that was released just ahead of Brightest Day is yet ( Read more... )

ENTRY #44
1003.05

Recently, I have been doing some ruminating, speculating, cogitating, meditating, and all sorts of other random thinking, and it is time I shared these thoughts with you. The subject of all this deep thinking is Astatine.

I suspect the first thought to go through your mind is, "WhatAstatine is an element. Atomic number 85, ( Read more... )

ENTRY #43
0911.25

Today was the release of the final promotional rings tied into Blackest Night. And I suspect that DC saved the most popular for last -- red and green. Well, the green ring, anyway. I'm guessing it was paired with the red ring because let's face it, Christmas is just a month away ( Read more... )

ENTRY #42
0911.22

Unlike the previous two weeks, this past Wednesday was not a day off for me. Fortunately, the time my manager scheduled me to come in gave me just enough time to make it to The Great Escape for the third release of Blackest Night promotional rings ( Read more... )

ENTRY #41
0911.12

As I mentioned a couple of entries back, during November, DC Comics is releasing a series of promtional rings tied into their Blackest Night series. Yesterday was new comics day, and of course, the second ring release ( Read more... )

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ENTRY #39
0911.04

Back in July, when Blackest Night #1 was released, DC Comics also released a promotional tie-in: Those buying a copy of that issue also got a replica of the Black Lantern power ring. It was non-functional, of course. I suppose it's just as well; if mine had been functional, it more than likely would have flown off my finger ( Read more... )

ENTRY #38
0910.27

[DISCLAIMER: Power Rangers RPM is owned by BVS Entertainment and Jetix. I'm just having some fun with the characters ( Read more... )

ENTRY #37
0908.31

Two or three weeks ago, Diana Peterfreund (dpeterfreund) announced on her blog that she would be attending this year's DragonCon. She will be on at least one panel (on writing for the YA market), and will be sharing a booth with a number of other writers, where she will be signing copies of her latest novel, RampantI gave her some advice ( Read more... )

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