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Have You Played Cineplexity Yet?
I’ve had people in the office ask me where they can buy Cineplexity, the movie game from Out of the Box. It occurs to me that, what with the holidays coming and people looking for fresh treats, it may be … See More
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Internet Delights
So Dan Halverson was checking out the final details on my Harryhausen video and tried to link to the website for Every Picture Tells a Story (not the Rod Stewart music but the site featuring art from children’s books and … See More
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Historians, Note
Few people are likely to care overmuch, but I thought I’d let you know that you can travel in your WABAC machine for a look at one of the beginnings of comics-fan communications. Comic Art #1 is viewable online. Related … See More
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Videos, We Have Videos
Let me remind you: If you haven’t been checking the “Videos” link on the CBGXtra home page, you might enjoy taking a look. It’s our goal to post a new video each weekday. Will we manage it? Well, we’ve been … See More
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Cool Electronics Stuff
It’s pleasurable to note this morning that Brent Frankenhoff (who works in the desk across the aisle from me) has finally wrapped up production of CBG’s “Retroviews on DVD” project. Pleasurable because I’m looking forward to having a searchable DVD … See More
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A new definition of “monthly”?
The news of the Dabel Brothers signing a distribution deal with Del Rey was recently announced and, on Heidi MacDonald’s blog, readers had their own comments about the news that Les Dabel responded to. See More
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A Footnote
It suddenly occurred to me that I never did specify what that radio interview on Sunday was all about. The show was Harry Rinker’s Whatcha Got? It’s on about 50 affiliates in 25 or so states, airs Sundays from 8 … See More
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More TV: November 23
As if the Simpsons show coming up weren’t enough for TV-centric comics buffs (see prior posting), the episode of Numb3rs for Friday, Nov. 23, is titled “Graphic” and features theft of a rare comic book at a comics convention. Christopher … See More
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Heads up, TV Watchers!
Kathy Li has just alerted me to a TV show coming up Sunday, Nov. 18. Going by the listings at TVGuide.com, which begin, “Marge opens a gym for real women,” there’s no hint of what’s disclosed on the Wikipedia.org site: … See More
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Mid-Ohio-Con 2007 and Me
The program for the 2007 Mid-Ohio-Con (Nov. 24-25) in Columbus seems to be pretty well settled, and it looks as if I’ll be almost as busy as Mark Evanier is at Comic-Con International: San Diego every year. Judging from the … See More
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