But if we're talking 80s, then...I call Binkley! With a dash of Milo.
I totally want a huge Bloom County box set like the Calvin set.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Jul 09, 2006 11:04:52 am PDT #1026 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anne W. - Jul 09, 2006 11:17:38 am PDT #1027 of 28095
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I totally want a huge Bloom County box set like the Calvin set.
Oh, absolutely.
billytea - Jul 09, 2006 2:12:36 pm PDT #1028 of 28095
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Billy and the Boingers 4evah!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2006 4:38:08 am PDT #1029 of 28095
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We certainly could have used Bill and Opus in '04.
Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2006 4:59:52 am PDT #1030 of 28095
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I'm collecting the Complete Peanuts volumes, and I now wonder if when I was younger I identified with Charlie Brown too much; it reinforced the idea that life was going to give me rocks and there was nothing I could do to change it.
Kathy A - Jul 10, 2006 6:59:02 am PDT #1031 of 28095
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wasn't it Binkley who had the closet full of very strange monsters? That was always my favorite part of Bloom County. Well, that and seeing the computer geek deal with his clueless father. And the trips on the Starship Enterpoop. And Opus. Oh, what the hell--I loved it all, especially when Steve Dallas would get served his usual comeuppance.
billytea - Jul 10, 2006 12:49:14 pm PDT #1032 of 28095
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We certainly could have used Bill and Opus in '04.
I loved that campaign. "A Desperate Choice for Desperate Times."
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2006 2:06:39 pm PDT #1033 of 28095
brillig
Oop, ack.
billytea - Jul 10, 2006 3:19:50 pm PDT #1034 of 28095
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Connie's got my vote!
Nutty - Jul 12, 2006 5:09:53 am PDT #1035 of 28095
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I went to a reading at a local bookstore last night, and heard Kelly Link (whom I've heard a bunch of times) and Theodora Goss (whom I'd met, but never heard read) and Alan DeNiro (whom I didn't know at all) read short stories.
All three of them have collections out (two from Small Beer Press, Dora's from someplace else), and all are good readers, although I really cottoned to Dora's work (and reading style) best.
Good times! Go buy their stuff.