Re: Comic Book Day: Better Than Fireworks

Our friends at GeekChickDaily give us the comic book advice for this week. So it looks like Flashpoint #3 should be your best bet to spend your cold hard cash on.

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM, GeekChicDaily <today@geekchicdaily.com> wrote:

Wed 6 Jul '11 Comic Book Day: Post-Explosive Reading After the 4th, we genuinely hope you still have fingers to turn the pages of these cool books #1. Top Pick: Flashpoint #3 - So the Flash, Flashpoint Batman and Cyborg are finally getting along. The first thing these party-animals do? Break into a secret government installation to recover Subject 1 from Project: Superman. #2. Honorable Mention: Fear Itself #4 - Nothing says 4th of July like the return of Steve Rogers as Captain America. He's even in his old suit. But is that going to be enough to prevent Odin from destroying Earth before The Serpent has a chance to? That better be some pretty great spandex. #3. Trade of the Week: Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 5 - After a long stint as a Vertigo title, Swamp Thing is back in the DCU. This hardcover collection continues to reprint Alan Moore's classic 1980s run full of horror, weird plant drugs and great writing. #4. The Gang's All Here: The Boys #56 - Hughie's return to The Boys may be less triumphant and emotional than he had hoped, but that might be to Hughie's advantage. This is a Garth Ennis book. The very second someone gets sentimental, you know the next panel will include a foot gooshing through a skull in full color. #5. The Wednesday Gamble: Elric: The Balance Lost #1 - So how is this Elric book a gamble? He is, after all, a fantasy staple. It's not written by Moorcock (insert Moorcock joke here...which is in itself a joke, isn't it?) Elric super-fan Neil Gaiman doesn't put his name on just anything, and he's written the afterword. FOLLOW US

To Rush, With Love Pirate Party Happy GCBDay to Geoffrey Rush. We don't expect him to give a speech fit for a king. No Rhythm Heart Breaker New artificial heart gives you no heartbeat or pulse. Great for vampire cosplay.

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Re: Torchwood, Torchwood Burning Bright

The guys at GeekChicDaily once again give us the current information that we aren't getting!

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM, GeekChicDaily <today@geekchicdaily.com> wrote:

Tue 5 Jul '11 Geek This Week: Torchwood Burns Bright Plus - Gollum talks with Gaiman, Beer Archeology lifts spirits. #1. Miracle Whipped - The adventures of Captain Jack Harkness and Torchwood continue on July 8. Putting Torchwood on a US cable channel means bigger budgets, action and dark, mature content. We've been fans of Torchwood since it started, though we're glad they renamed it. Calling it the The X-Files: London was cumbersome. #2. Virgin Mobile - A young Chinese woman has offered to sell her virginity to anyone for an iPhone 4. She posted a picture and other information about herself on the Chinese version of Twitter after her father refused to buy her the Apple product. What is she going to sell when the iPhone 5 releases? A kidney? Don't answer that. #3. Savage Smeagol - Sandman writer Neil Gaiman and Mythbusters' Adam Savage were recently on Minnesota Public Radio together. As it turns out, Gollum happened to be hanging out at Savage's house at the time and sang a rousing rendition of I Will Survive for the radio audience. We're surprised the MPR studio didn't explode from the awesomeness. #4. Beer Jonesing - Dr. Patrick McGovern has circled the globe uncovering ancient alcohol recipes and flavors. Did you know that Egyptian laborers were given a daily beer ration? (You did if you watch Firefly. Which you should, gorram it). Maybe the "Indiana Jones of Beer" can crack his whip and suggest alcohol as a perk to modern day employers. FOLLOW US

Newest Nerdist Barbie Boy Aussie TV host-with-the-most Rove McManus bids g'day to the latest Nerdist Podcast. Extra Torchestrial UFO Glow Put this Alien Abduction Lamp on your nightstand during close encounters.

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Tunes for Tuesday: The Tragically Hip!

With Tuesday currently being used for a Tunes For Tuesday posting, I am feeling Tragically Hip... also known as The Hip. They hail from Canada and have a wide range of talent. A great break from my Airborne and Gaslight trend. Not much more to say for now! 

Happy Fourth of July!

Today is July Fourth and as I posted a ton of information about John Paul Jones last night from my research back in the day, I'm wondering if anyone else has any heroes that they want to talk about?

Well, Robert Stack, the amazing actor, was also the voice actor for Ultra Magnus who debuted in the old Transformers movie- the classic cartoon one.  To honor John Paul Jones and Robert Stack, I'm taking my brother out to see Bay's current take on Transformers; TF3: Dark of the Moon.