When is Justice League on these days? I used to watch it all the time but then they changed the schedule several times and I finally gave up on trying to find it.

Batgirl Barbie

(I like Reign of Fire because of the Star Wars playacting, and the shameless shirtlessness. One oughtn't watch it in search of logic.)

He's got the dark and he can snark. And he can also play Bruce with various degrees of pretty and vapid.

I suspect making Bruce Wayne obvious in his "I'm a useless himbo" -ness, without making him totally unlikeable, will be the hardest part of the movie. None of the previous Batmans I have seen even bothered to set up Bruce Wayne as anybody but the big red pointy arrow that says "ME! Me! I'm the one in the nippled rubber suit!!"

Also, with luck, there will not be a nippled rubber suit at all. Because, okay, there is fetish, and then there is a superhero who is a slightly bouncy statue. You'll note that, especially in the crap Joel Schumacher Batmans, all Batman ever did was stand still, pontificate, and sometimes point at stuff.

Batman needs to be more like a ninja. If, uh, a ninja had a huge ego problem.

Sooooooo. One Mr Scola neglected to mention that "Bruce Wayne: Murderer?" was a series, and now I'm all adrift in a sea of Batfamily. Damn you, wee Scola! You have made me want more. (I say this with love and affection, mind you, for you took me to the legendary Comic Book Store that I had often believed was only fabled.)

there's three more? so much for a paycheck.

Unfortunately, almost all the recent Bat-books are like that, especially considering you wanted a good introduction to the Bat Family.

However, I am feeling very guilty, and I would be willing to lend you my copies, if you want.

And speaking of which, this maybe sounds like a good idea to me because I just woke up and I haven't had any caffeine yet, but how would people feel about forming our own Netflix-like comic book buying cooperative?

Interesting.

But comic books are an inherently a) fragile and b) dated commodity. Everyone would want the most recent release of X as soon as it came out...

I was thinking Graphic Novels more than individual comic books.

But comic books are an inherently a) fragile and b) dated commodity. Everyone would want the most recent release of X as soon as it came out...

Both mostly true. However, I'd be interested and not too worried about either timeliness or condition (if something really grabbed me, I could go buy it). I'm pretty much out of touch with what's worth reading (other than skimming along in here) and haven't bought much other than Fray, Sandman and 1602 in a long time.

Hrm. Graphic novels have the weight consideration, much heavier than DVDs, plus they would have a variable weight.

Not saying it's impossible, just requires some finagling.

OK, I've had a little time to think about this, and here's the proposal.

A bunch of us get together and send money and/or books they want to donate to a trusted party. (I'm volunteering for this since it's my idea, but it could be someone else). The money is used to purchase books that would have a broad appeal, (i.e. Sandman, Batman, etc.) The books are listed on a web page, and people who donated can sign up for books, just like on Netflix.

Once someone is done reading the book, they can go to the web site and forward it to the next person on the queue, or return it to me. If they lose the book, want to keep it, or just disappear from the net, they won't be able to borrow another book until they send in more money.

A big logistical problem would be not allowing someone to have more than N books checked out at a time, where the dollar value of N books is less than the amount of money they have donated.

The other big logistical problem would be how to handle outgoing postage. (People would be responsible for return postage).