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.
As I try to support the other comic book blog websites out there, great work from Mike Haynes and crew on the latest Podcast of Awesome #2. Go listen, check it out and hear how they talk Marvel Apes, Deadpool, Kick Ass, Red Hulk, Dark Reign, Age of Sentry, Final Crisis, POA shirts and misc. other t-shirts (like the Matt Fraction “Iron Man is Right” shirt design).
My only issue is the huge major support of things like Secret Invasion and Marvel Apes (pick of the week – WTF. Wow. Lame!), seems like the podcast is a touch Marvel wing biased but I still enjoyed it. Hell — they are doing it and I am still typing stupid keys and not. Also I will always support another Canuck Comic Blogger, Go Mike Go!
Although Mike did say he would give a shout out to BtS, I listened and… nothing. We also don’t even get the pimpage on POA re: the BtS Heroes Season 3 Giveaway thingy. I know, I know… this blog/site ain’t big, popular or for the cool kids. *le sigh and big pout*
Oh and I wanted to mention, since I am talking podcasts, I also enjoyed the very first Podcast of Awesome. Congrats to Mike Haynes for this great work, something William and I were planning for over a year but we… well, okay, I never got going. I mean of POA is going podcasts and Hartley is doing vidblogs, I think its time to find something else to do which I am still working on. Anyhoo, here is where you can listen to Podcast of Awesome #1:
http://www.panelsofawesome.com/2008/08/29/podcasts-of-awesome-1-now-online/
Oh and mega Congrats to the whole Tournament of Evil that was going on at Panels of Awesome! I know I barely was participating this time around, just too crazy busy (plus at times I had a hard time voting on the site but I think that was just me) but any new Tourneys from POA, I will be pimping them out to high hell here on BtS! Check out the winners here:
http://www.panelsofawesome.com/2008/09/01/tournament-of-evil-final-results/
I do enjoy listening to Word Balloon podcasts and the latest version is The Bendis Tapes Part 1 with John Siuntres. I think that John Siuntres is a great interviewer, has a good voice, keeps pace well and askes good questions. I remember hearing early clips of The Bendis Tapes regarding Robert Kirkman and since then I have been just waiting for the full podcast. Have a listen if you are interested:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090802-BendisTapes2.htmlÂ
