Well I’ve met to post this for a while now but it’s pretty bloody obvious that this blog is on a hiatus now.
This blog has a history that was tied to a certain comic book store in Vancouver, Canada (You know, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were) called ELFSAR COLLECTION COMICS & TOYS. Sadly Elfsar had to close down in May so in many ways, it’s closing has also put the final nail into the coffin of this blog. If I had ANY thought of returning and sparking this sucker up, it’s all gone now. Elfsar was the spark that had me start REALLY bad reviews over on Happy Harbor Comics website. That went on for a while until I thought, why not just start my own blog doing the same thing and ranting about whatever else I wanted. So I did and BtS was born. It went through many looks & feel until finding the latest incarnation. Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss it at times but overall I think running this blog took a great deal out of me in ways I haven’t still realized. I managed this blog almost as much or more than working 8 hours a day and that got to be too much in general. That and I feel my appreciation for comic books lately has been at an all time low so I have little to talk about.
I know many friends I know wished I kept the blog up and running but never truly understood it was like feeding a forever hungry zombie… and I FUCKING HATE Zombies!
So for now the blog is again on a Hiatus. If you feel the fucked up strange need to listen to my rambles, you can catch me on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/RobertParizek
I’m not closing up shop as I like the digital footprint this leaves so feel free to browse and lick the carpet, you might find something you like. That said, I’m closing the comments now for the entire site and all older posts.
So this morning when I finally crashed, I was drifting off and got dreaming about Garrison Kane (WAIT — you sickos! Not THAT kinda dream!) – a Marvel Comics character. Many might not remember him but I did in part because he was one of the very few non-mutants who graced the New Mutants & the then new X-Force book PLUS (and this was huge for teenage me) he was Canadian. Now outside Alpha Flight and Wolverine, not many Canucks made it out to the Marvel Universe and had any kinda real impact. Now I am not saying that Garrison Kane had any impact but he was out there. So then I went to the Marvel Comics site and found this…
http://marvel.com/universe/Kane%2C_Garrison
“Then Kane along with Weapon X members, Mesmero, Marrow, Sauron, Wild Child, Washout, Aurora, and Sabretooth went on several missions for the Director. Later When Cable’s underground movement attacked Weapon X, Cable used his telepathic abilities on Kane to knock him out. When Kane awoke he saw the error of his ways and sacrificed his life to draw all of Madison Jeffries technology into himself, allowing the underground to further attack Weapon X.”
FUCK! He’s dead, Jim! I wonder if Madison Jeffries remembers him? Maybe that could be written into an issue of X-Science Team one day. The KANE I remember was the one created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld (Red & Silver with the high collar and his hands that shot off) not the later versions of Cyborg Kane with different hair (good for him to stop the receding hairline that he had) & cannons for hands (How the Fuck would / could you eat with those? Like a dog in a bowl? With your feet? HOW?!).
R. I. P. Garrison Kane (until a creator dusts you off)!
Hmm… so Garrison Kane then first 90% of Alpha Flight gets killed off. Does Marvel have issue with Canadian characters?
Yes more of the Deadpool family are coming to our comic shelves and into our homes. They are Deadpool, Lady Deadpool, Kid Deadpool, Headpool, Dogpool, Major Deadpool, the Deadpool Kid, Zombie Deadpool’s Head & group shot with Lady Deadpool partially unmasked (OOOOHHH). Blog@Newsarama has more like according to the Deadpool Bugle, the event will come together March 2010. This makes me feel funny inside… mommy?
Check more out here:
http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/10/26/marvel-unleashes-the-deadpool-corps/
