Home Again

Boy, it’s been a while since I posted. I was away for Easter (without Mark -- he had to stay home), and I still haven’t figured out how to do my blog on the road. That is one of the first things I am going to work on when I am out of school this summer!

So, I went to visit the family for Easter. I was talking to my nephew, Ben. He was saying how he was looking for a new copy of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, the same printing his mom had spilled coffee on way back when. Way back when I had given him a copy, apparently when he was about 10.


I remember reading it back then. I wasn’t a regular comics reader by any stretch of the imagination, but for some reason, I got this book.

Coincidentally, shortly after Ben and I were talking about this (and I was thinking about how totally inappropriate this would have been for a 10 year old), Mark and I watched this week’s episode of the Big Bang Theory. Penny goes with the guys to the comic book store to pick out something for her nephew. The store owner recommends Hellblazer. So, I don’t feel so bad about my choice. Isn’t any Batman better than a smoking, drinking, hanging out with demons magician?

Technical Difficulties Resolved?

I promised you commenting on the podcasts, and I can’t deliver. For some reason, the software update that allowed us to add commenting to the blogs also messed up our ability to post podcasts. So, for now, no commenting. But you can always visit us on Facebook.

Technical Difficulties

Yes, we know there are problems! We can’t quite figure out where the error lies -- with our blogging software, with our host or with the iTunes store. But we are working on getting the latest episode to you!

Old Comics for a New Generation

Remember those old comics I got for crafting? I took several issues
up to my nephew Joel, who is in the second grade. A Wolverine, an issue of
Marvel Universe, the issue where Clark tells Lois he is Superman --

very appropriate issues for an 8-year-old boy (all approved by the Comics Code!). And it was wonderful.

He loved those comics. I can see how Mark must have been when he was
8 and poring over an issue of Justice League or Superman. It really
is too bad that comics are too expensive for most kids today. So,
maybe the option is to give them the old comics, that you can buy for
a quarter. They don't have to keep those pristine in bags and boards.
They can just enjoy them.