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.
Is the upcoming rumored Apple tablet the future of comic books? Will this be the death of your local comic store in the coming years going from being just a comic book store to becoming a GEEKS-R-US store with everything plus maybe some of the limited printed versions of some digital comics. More on this maybe every Wednesday morning the new comics will published new on iTunes & productivity drops at those times. Could that be the future of comic books?
Sure that it far fetched and not everyone is going to have a new Apple tablet to view their digital comics on but doesn’t almost everyone have a computer / laptop these days & running some version of iTunes? How much of a stretch is this considering the costs involved in printing comic books over digital publication.
I do not see this happening overnight but I would imagine in a few years, the comic book industry will change a great deal and more towards a digital media. Look at the big MarvelFest event today in New York for the launch of the Astonishing X-Men motion comic (likely will come out in a zillion months for us up here in Canada — LAME!) so why not feel that the comic biz is changing.
Shit, I wonder how comic book conventions would be if most of the comic books came out online?! Would fans still travel to San Diego Comic-Con to get digital signatures on their latest download of their favorite motion comic.
Good article on Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/5391045/apple-tablet-will-restore-comic-books-to-former-glory
Hey all. Here we go – Best Bang Reborn for a few more weeks so much like Jean Grey coming back to the Marvel Universe, this too will go the “Dead is dead” world (where, much like the comic book universes, it can just crawl back to life one day) but until then lets look at 2 weeks worth of comics from November 26th and December 3rd! Such sh*t stuff like Secret Invasion, Batman RIP and The Umbrella Academy came out (okay UA ain’t sh*t).
This week I got my addiction from Hourglass Comics & Toys out here in the ‘burbs of Port Moody, British Columbia Canada. Many images are courtesy Comic Books Beta and unfortunately no additional images for the book this week so its just all plain text blog post. I know, how boring but I like to think… how retro! 
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It has been crazy busy for me of late. Here is the ASTONISHING Best Bang Reborn #15 which includes 3 WEEKS of bite sized comic book reviews. These are a mix of books from Hourglass Comics and Elfsar Comics & Toys! Thanks to Chris Nolan’s Comic Books Beta for artwork and info, you can find that here:
http://apps.facebook.com/comicbooks/
Only a few books are good enough to get more than a 3 leafs which are Secret Six #3, Justice Society of America #20, Nova #18, The Incredible Hercules #122 and Star Wars: Legacy #29! The majority of the comics are just okay or sub-par of what I expect like almost all the Final Crisis books!
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No best bang this week as I spent too much money on a Vancouver Giants Jersey so sadly no comics.
Nope, look, I said there are no reviews… hey, that’s my coat… bring that bac… yes I bought a jersey with my comic mone… no I will not…
FINE.
*Races off to Port Moody’s Hourglass Comics, gets his comics, avoids a smack upside the head from his wife, reads them and…*
So here we go with some great books like Blue Beetle: End Game TPB, The Authority #3, Batman #680 of the few books that I did pick up last week.
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Alright all. I am back with a big bang, the Best Bang ReBorn #5 for comics books shipped on August 6th! Here we go with the likes of Buffy, Robin and Final Crisis hitting the stands and heart strings to anyone who is listening / reading. Are they good? Are they bad? What sucked? What was great? Well its all here after the click.
This week my comics came from two sources in Vancouver, the wonderful Elfsar Comics & Toys and POW Comics where William S. and I visited last week! Enjoy
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This week is a mash-up in this week’s Best Bang to include last week’s Canada Day books! From Warren Ellis pissing me off on Astonishing X-Men to Batman R.I.P to Angel making me shake my head, we have lots here. Included is last weeks Final Cri$i$ making me realize that I hate it when people try to show me how smart they are in comics, The (red) Hulk mystery continues and Mark Millar’s Fantastic Four keeps frustrating me. Since I have not gone to the island of Vancouver lately, these books come to you from Port Moody’s Hourglass Comics.
Oh and Happy Independence Day yeah bunch of colonists down south!
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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is SATURDAY MAY 3rd!
Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.
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at ELFSAR Comics & Toys on Free Comic Book Day!
I will be going to Elfsar Comics & Toys then doing a small tour of other stores during the day with friends. For more info on ALL that is happening at Elfsar comics (signings, guests, win prizes, special sales & more), check it out here:
http://www.elfsar.com/FCBD/FCBD_2008.htm
We may be doing some video stuff, podcasting or maybe just blogging during Sat. I will see how things progress. Feel free to let us know about your FCBD experience, leave a comment or links to photos!
Welcome to another Best Bang. This time not written by a Skrull hacker but by yours truly. I am pretty bummed out that the Vancouver Canucks could not get into the playoffs for this year. So yeah, here are my Best Bang for the week of April 2nd. Given that Xander “Call Me Nick Fury” becomes Dracula’s manservant again (in the latest issue of Buffy) is why I am using his head as ranking. As always from top to bottom.
This weeks books are from Port Moody’s own Hourglass Comics.
Like always you can Click here read the reviews on the Z2H blog >> or you can click below to read the reviews on this site.
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