comic books

I might have mentioned way back in October, when we went to Indiana, that we stopped at a comic shop, because we were so excited to see that this horrible-looking neighborhood of Indianapolis had one that appeared to be thriving, along with a meadery, a music venue, an old records store and an actual music (as in musical instruments) store, and a few pretty good places to eat and drink.

But the comics I tucked between the records we bought and didn't really look at them until last night, when Eor started cleaning records and shoved them over to me. I don't have bags for them, and probably should get them, because I realized just now that I've got two copies of the exact same one. It's been so many years since I've touched comics at all that I had no idea about these alternate covers, and I bought two copies of the first "The Mis-adventures of Adam West." Anyone know of comic trading communities where I could offer this one up to see if anyone else has accidentally got to copies of #2?

I also got "Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris," which was pretty much as I expected, an excuse for someone to draw lots of good-looking half-naked people, and Deja Thoris doesn't get to do an actual lot of sword-work. It was fun, and had a sweet theme about her trying to end the war ( cut for spoilers and me getting into a ramble about race and how it was used in the Barsoom books )

Oh, as to why I'm home - woke up at 3AM with a really sore throat. Staggered out and made a stiff hot water/honey/lemon and had three ibuprofen, and that got me back to sleep. I'm hoping that sleeping in until 8am has mostly taken care of it. It's still lurking in that 'threatening to close your throat up' way. I'm going to go take a hot shower (someone was in there when I tried at 8) and then start the gallons of hot tea. Probably non-caffeinated, with whatever lemon I have left and plenty of honey. And some salty bouillon.

Hm, something going on in the yard. The guy upstairs is having his truck towed, which has been sitting, where it apparently died, in a very inconvenient spot for a while. I guess he's doing the right thing. I mean, it should be towed, and it's not in character for anyone else in the building to have done so, so I assume it is he* who has taken this action.
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*(Or should that be 'him who has taken this action'? "I want to find him." "I want to find him who did this." I just don't know.)

as follow up to my comics post...

...tangentially related through the comic "Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris; my brother Hawk reports to me that he saw the trailer for the new "John Carter of Mars" and that it looks like a lot of fun, "with bare midriffs." Eor insists that we saw it last time we went to a movie, but I just looked it up on YouTube and I don't think so. I think we heard about it and he imagined it really well. But they all seem to be wearing too much! ;)

Apparently a bunch of kids think this is 'derivative of Star Wars' or Avatar, or something else, because I don't know how many comments I saw saying, "Except for the fact it was written like a hundred years ago." Seriously. "The first Barsoom tale was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in 1912"

And in other news; it is raining here. Raining. There are small family run ski resorts starving because Republicans don't believe in global warming.