Eh, I didn't read it as calling JW to account. He reuses actors he likes to work with, and it can cause cognitive dissonance sometimes. It can also cause squee, because a lot of his fans like a lot of the actors he likes to work with. Everybody wins, even though they might occasionally be confused.

I forgot to say:

Welcome Whedongeek! How did you find the Buffistas?

raises hand Of course I am!

t high-fives Jilli

He originally wanted to work in comics, not be a rock star. He interned at DC and everything. He is a complete geek, bless him. And yes, I was very pleased with the first issue.

Yeah, I knew Gerard had a background in comics, which is cool. I just rewatched Life on the Murder Scene with some friends the other night, and in the section where he talks about the comic he's working on, he mentions a character bit that ended up in The Umbrella Academy (the guy whose head is transplanted onto the body of a gorilla). I love watching him dork out about his ideas. And it's fun reading UA and recognizing certain themes in his work (REVENGE!).

I didn't manage to make it to the signing, alas. I tried, but by the time I got there, the line was ridiculously long and they were out of wristbands anyway. Sad!

Just one little cape

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From boingboing, a knitted The Thing from the fantastic four. (Probably been posted here before).

Are you in Los Angeles?

We've met. Several times now. Through ND and Kristin.

I'll just be over here being utterly unmemorable....

t /teasing

Unfortunately, I can't do Thursday, as I'll be knee deep in Halloween prep over at Universal.

Yay!

Yay!

Cool. Especially since I have the complete run of the color comics and only a partial run on the b/w.

You gotta love a series where the main villain has a head shaped like the Chrysler Building.

I have a question. Have any of y'all read Hellcity?

I want to, but I'm afeared.

We've met. Several times now. Through ND and Kristin

Oh you're that Sean. Well in case you didn't notice, one time at Universal you totally ignored me . But it's OK because you were busy and anyway I'm totally over it now. We'll probably be playing Order of the Stick every third week for a while so maybe you can join us sometime after the Halloween craziness dies down. We usually play on Wednesday or Thursday.

This has been out for a week, so I'm not whitefonting:

On the Black Canary/Green Arrow wedding....

Uh, did they kill Ollie AGAIN?!?

Strike that -- did they KILL OLLIE?!?!

Also, WTF?!?

I mean -- Ollie attacks Dinah IN BED, on their WEDDING NIGHT. First of all, I didn't think Ollie was capable of doing anything near a bed other than fucking.

But mostly -- WTF?!? Was it really Ollie, and if so, did he get Manchurian Candidated at some point? (If so, when?) Was it a clone/shapeshifter/Clayface?

And, hello -- we're talking Black goddamn Canary here -- trained by the world's best martial artists, in addition to possessing the canary cry. Your new husband pulls a pretty lame-looking knife on you, and you....do what? Use the canary cry? Judo chop?

You STAB HIM IN THE NECK WITH AN ARROW?!?!?

If it was real!Ollie, is he dead? And if so, does he get a frequent flyer card, or what? (Also, if he *is* really dead, I'ma be PISSED.)

I have huge, huge, HUGE problems with this. (That may be self-evident.)

Also, Judd Winick is a hack. The only character I've actually seen him write consistently well, with a *good* handle on the character's history, is Jason Todd, of all people.

D.C. is really really really disappointing me.