Payoff

Since I've been in the sort of mood where I point out things that need to put up or shut up, I would like to turn to Joe and Monkey as an example of a comic that has payoff. For the past week, there has been a running joke about the cyclical (sucklical) nature of Time. Same exact dialogue, four (five?) different scenes. I was excited about it, because I knew at the end of the road, there would be some sort of payoff--leastaways I hoped there would be.

I was right. The payoff was today, and the payoff was tremendously awesome. Joe and Monkey, you get my seal of approval. Roxxor.

Okay, Abrams, here's the deal.

The only way that I see this whole "Focus on Calix and whatsherface" thing being worthwhile is for them to end up being Torg's parents.

That is all.

Hooray for Concious Efforts!

I said I was going to try to update at least twice before Thursday's show, and here I am! One down, motherfuckers! I don't think there's really too much to say on my part, however if I may direct your attention to the next post down, check out Ed's letter. NYC ComicCon was some bullshit and needless to say there was no Roundtable presence. This and more will be discussed on this week's edition of the show. Make sure you tune in!

I'm going to keep it short over here so that I can post Ed's letter over in the Live Journal community for him. In lieu of more of my charming rants, enjoy this old-school guest comic that Joe Dunn wrote and Mitch Clem drew for Rob and Elliot.

Until Next Time!
-Dan

An open letter to the NY Comic-Con officials

Dear Comic-Con officials,

I am a busy man. It takes no small amount of effort to clear my schedule for a full day so that I can attend a convention, so when I do so, the LEAST I can expect is that I actually be allowed to attend the convention. Unfortunately, that's not what happened today, when I arrived at the convention center just in time to be told (not be a Comic-Con official, incidentally, because they did not deign this information worth sharing) that the convention had been oversold to a point that none of the several hundred people currently lined up would be able to get in.

I pre-ordered my ticket over a month ago, and I was not going to be allowed in. So I got to stand in line, for an hour and a half, for the privilege of having refunded the money I paid to ensure that I wouldn't have to stand in line for an hour and a half or be turned away at the door.

I hope it is apparent how ridiculous this is.

I'm also going to point out that I did not have refunded the fifteen dollars I spend on train tickets, the two hours of traveling time, or the effort I put into clearing a day to attend this convention. I have never been to a comic convention before, however, I did not think it unreasonable to assume that I could get there in the afternoon and still be allowed in, that the organisers would have some sort of system in place such that people wouldn't be turned away, that if something went wrong the organisers would spare some effort to tell people, or that if I were turned away for some reason, I'd receive something more significant than a refund of the twenty-five dollars I clearly shouldn't have bothered spending in the first place. Even an apology would do. But it would seem that I am being unreasonable, wouldn't it?

All I know is, neither I nor anyone I know intend to attend this event again.

Dark and stormy nights

Tomorrow night will be one of those nights. The stench of a thousand broken dreams wil hang in the air like the wet laundry. A child's laughter will be heard in the distance, but the distance will be far too great; not only in the geographical terms, but in metaphorical terms as well. This is sick world on this side of the tracks, it's nothing like the sunshine and green grass of the west side. Around here, darkness lurks at all hours of the day, consuming the neighborhood, dampening the crumbling sidewalks. There's no way out of a day like tomorrow, and because there's no way out, WE'LL BE DOING THE MASTERPIECE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY, KINDA/SORTA TODAY!) INSTEAD OF THURSDAY!

Same time as usual (9PM)! Enjoy the show... if you can.

Yours Truly,
-Dan

Joe and Monkey

Okay, seriously, I just started reading Joe and Monkey like, two days ago and I already think that it is pretty much the bee's knees, or the "wasp's tits" as Douglas Adams once called it. No, really, if you're in the mood for a loveable doofus with a monkey for a voice of reason who is also a loveable doofus, with a dash of a kleptomaniacal robot, then read Joe and Monkey. And do it now.

In other news, I couldn't stop the hyperlink up there and I don't feel like editing down the html to do so.

Abrams, you son of a whore.

It was over. We were finished. The freakin' bunny is OUT of timeless space, and there's no need for us to go back and deal with the rest of those bastards because we don't give two damns about them! BUT LOOK! WE'RE BACK IN TIMELESS SPACE! Why do you insist on torturing us like this? What sickness lies in your black heart, Abrams?

Seahawkz

Hawks of the Sea.

I did not watch the Super Bowl, fair blog subscribers. I instead went in to the city (big ups) to see None More Black along with Crime In Stereo, Marathon, and New Mexican Disaster Squad. Awesome show, but this has little to do with the roundtable, so we move on...

Everyone should have checked out Perry Bible Fellowship and Free Lunch today, being that they are Sunday-update comics and they are fantastic.
The Black Guy/White Guy launch party is still scheduled for next Roundtable, and it should be a very fun time. Speaking of good times, Club Day is on Tuesday, and WICR has every intention of rocking the house (or in this case, "athletic center"). Well, I can't speak for all of WICR, but I certainly intend to rock the house (see previous parenthetical notation).

Okay cool, now all of you are as bored as me. My work here is done.


FAREWELL! UNTIL NEXT TIME!

-Dan

The new prettyness.

Greetings Interneteers. Everyone else has gotten their introductions in, so I suppose I should say something. As the ostensible webmaster here, let me know what needs to be changed, repaired, added, or thrown out entirely, and I will be sure to listen to all those suggestions which coincide with things I was going to go ahead and do anyway.