Optical Sloth

Looks like I was a complete idiot to think that I could get through all these people in one weekend. Still, A-G is done, and everybody that I could find online has valid websites. I did find a lot of new websites doing all this Googling, although I can’t vouch for every single e-mail address. Reviews for the past week that have been shoved off the main page: Earth Minds Are Weak #7 by Justin Fox, Black Book by Steve Black, Super #1 by Kevin Breslawski (available in the store), My Word by Missy Kulik & John Porcellino (also in the store), Nobody Can Eat 50 Eggs #31 by Steve Steiner, Panel #9 by Various Columbus people, Relationship(s): The Train by Mason Johnson & Daniel Salcido, Random Journeys #3 by Rob Jackson, There’s No Place #1 by Corey Bechelli, and Red Eye, Black Eye by K. Thor Jensen. New stuff in the store last week included Friends #3 by Francois Vigneault and a bunch of stuff by Corey Bechelli. And I’ll keep plugging away at the rest of the names on this website, so things may be a little chaotic around here next week…

New reviews for Black Book by Steve Black and Earth Minds Are Weak #7 by Justin Fox. The fundraiser is almost exactly half over, as I now need $77 by the end of the month to pay my bills, and I do have a big check coming at the end of next month, so this really is a temporary thing. As long as this goes on, everybody who orders something gets a free comic, and if anybody from Columbus wanted to get a big order I’d drive the damned thing to their house. That’s service, people. And a bit of desperation. As for updating all the creator pages this weekend, the front page may look like a bit of a mess for anybody who comes in while I’m in the middle of things, as it’ll be a long, contextless list of streaming names. When I quit for the day on Saturday and Sunday I’ll post the updates for the last week at the top of the page, so the weekly visitors can keep up if they want. Thanks everybody, happy weekend!

New reviews for My Word! by Missy Kulik & John Porcellino (available in the store) and Super #1 by Kevin Breslawski (newly available in the store, along with Super #2). Also I’m going to try a fairly big project around here this weekend: fixing up all the creator pages. You know, link to the current website for people I haven’t updated in years, take down all the broken links, that sort of thing. If you know of anybody on the site now who has a broken link or incorrect e-mail address, feel free to e-mail me and I’ll fix it. I hope to get to everybody this weekend, even if it seems insane to try and fix 738 (yes, I counted) distinct pages. And keep those comics orders coming, I may reach my fundraiser goal yet…

New reviews for Nobody Can Eat 50 Eggs #31 by Steve Steiner and Panel 9 From Outer Space by the fine Panel folk from Columbus Ohio. Another new comic for the store too, Friends #3 by Francois Vigneault, with #1 and 2 to be coming shortly.

New reviews for Random Journeys #3 by Rob Jackson and Relationship(s): The Train by Mason Johnson & Daniel Salcido. Also, I’m going to cut and paste my fundraiser plea with an updated dollar figure, because it’s not a real fundraiser if it’s not getting on peoples nerves, right?

I’ve tried this before as a sort of informal plea, but I’m going to beg again, even if it pains me to do it. I’m taking some time off this summer, to work on the website and a number of other things, but money is going to be a serious issue by the end of the month. Specifically, I’ll be about $85 short. I’ve seen blogs do this from time to time, so why not me: I’m doing a “fundraiser” until the end of the month. I’ll post weekly updates as to whether or not that dollar total has changed. Don’t feel obligated; there’s bound to be a plasma center or pawn shop around here somewhere, I won’t end up homeless at the end of the month if nobody buys a damned thing. But if you ever wanted to show your appreciaton for the site and get a lot of great comics to boot, now would be the perfect time. Like I said before, I should be able to get orders out in a hurry after I get them, and for the month, I’ll throw in a free comic with any order. And if you like buttons, I get all kinds of buttons from comic people, say the word and I’ll throw some of those in as well.

New reviews for Red Eye, Black Eye by K. Thor Jensen and There’s No Place #1 by Scott Oliver and Corey Bechelli. Corey also sent a bunch of new stuff for the store: There’s No Place #1 and 2, Hate Yer State #2, The Battle Within (with Scott Oliver), Willy Wonka: Candyman, Solidarity, and Pursuit. 4 of those are only a measly $.50, for those of you out there on a budget, which I imagine is just about everybody…

New reviews for The Ineffables: Political Science by Craig Bogart and Others by Will Dinski. And the grand total of the fundraiser so far: $66. Honestly, that’s more than I was expecting out of the first week. The grand total goal is still $150, which puts me, what, $84 short� Another week like that last one and I can take off this stupid PBS fundraiser hat. Thanks everybody, happy weekend!

New reviews for Muse #1 by Jamie Chase and Dark Matter Mission for A Cooped-Up Cosmonaut by Christopher Davis (also available in the store). And even more new stuff for the store: This Is Still America #1 and 2 from George.

New reviews for Blow by Robert Swinton and The Bird And The Bear: Doormats Of Life by Alex Kim. Happy All-Star game day! Even if I can never manage to sit through more than a couple of innings…

New reviews for Badassitude by Pat Aulisio and Craig Coleman (also new to the store) and Satisfactory Comics #7 by Isaac Cates & Mike Wenthe.

New reviews for two great comics to end the week: Only Skin #1 by Sean Ford and Every Girl Is The End Of The World For Me by Jeffrey Brown. I’ve tried this before as a sort of informal plea, but I’m going to beg again, even if it pains me to do it. I’m taking some time off this summer, to work on the website and a number of other things, but money is going to be a serious issue by the end of the month. Specifically, I’ll be about $150 short. I’ve seen blogs do this from time to time, so why not me: I’m doing a “fundraiser” until the end of the month. I’ll post weekly updates as to whether or not that dollar total has changed. Don’t feel obligated; there’s bound to be a plasma center or pawn shop around here somewhere, I won’t end up homeless at the end of the month if nobody buys a damned thing. But if you ever wanted to show your appreciaton for the site and get a lot of great comics to boot, now would be the perfect time. Like I said before, I should be able to get orders out in a hurry after I get them, and for the month, I’ll throw in a free comic with any order. And if you like buttons, I get all kinds of buttons from comic people, say the word and I’ll throw some of those in as well. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Well, so much for that idea up updating on the 4th. Today there are new reviews for the last issue of Hillbilly Sex by Nick Jeffrey (really, he’s quitting) and Tick by Kenan Rubenstein.

New reviews for Death, Cold As Steel #2 by Bram Meehan & Jamie Chase and Infandum #2 by Molly Lawless. Molly also sent a bunch of books along for the online store: Infandum #1 & 2, Sleepwalker and Great Moments in Baseball #1. Happy 4th, I may or may not review some stuff tomorrow, although I probably will…

New reviews for Winter Comic by Sarah Morean and The Horrifically Complete Non-Winner (also available in the online store) by Kelli Nelson. Oh, and I had to fix a few stupid mistakes on the page for Richy Chandler. Whoops!

New reviews for Power of 6: The Twisted Apples Part One by Jon Lewis (also scrubbed all the outdated crap off his page) and A Stoopid Pigeon Treasury by Brett Neveu & Richard Sparks.

New reviews for Symphony in Ink #2 by Dan Taylor and various eople and Fabricari #2 by Steve Harrison. Many many more new comics for the store today too, all by Christopher Davis: Fish Out Of Water, Crawling, No Buses. Chickens., I Walk With My Wife In The Evening, Why I Never Joined The Strawberry Resistance, Dark Matter Mission For A Cooped-Up Cosmonaut, and True-Size Eyes. I’m shuffling all these in alphabetically (along with the new stuff from yesterday), but it’ll take some time. Of course, you could always just use that handy Search option on the left to look for the stuff you can’t find…

New reviews for Half Boy/Half Stupid by Missy Kulik & Rowboat and The Cheapest S.O.B.’s by Kelly Froh. Also plenty of new stuff for the online store: I Heart New York and Cloud Picnic by Missy Kulik, My Word! by Missy and John Porcellino, Half Boy/Half Stupid by Missy and Rowboat, and Morning Star #3 by Angelica Busque. All comics all the time around here…

New reviews for Blink #2 by Max Ink (now in the online store) and Cold Heat #2 by BJ & Frank Santoro. 

New reviews for The Haunt of Horace #1 by Ken Henson & Mark O’Neill and The Snowman, The Bananaman, The Parking Robot and Me by Christopher Davis.  I wanted to make something clear, awkward as it for me to do so.  I’m taking some time off for the summer to work on a few things, as I mentioned here a few weeks back.  Things are going swimmingly so far, thanks for asking, but the thing is that money is going to be more and more of an issue as the weeks fly by.  So, if you’ve ever thought about ordering comics from me but something held you back, the next few months would be an absolutely wonderful time for you to do so.  For most of the summer (unless indicated on this page) I’m going to be around town with free time on my hands, so any order that is sent to me will be sent out either the next day or possibly even that day, if it’s sent early enough in the day.  Obviously, I haven’t been doing the site for the money (or I would have stopped years ago), but every little bit is going to help a lot over the next few months, and there should be plenty of other new comics coming for the store to go with the new stuff I already got this past week.   OK, now I feel dirty for talking about money so much.  Have a good weekend everybody!

New reviews for Tales of Unusual Circumstance #2 by Joey Weiser and Adolescent by Tony Brandl. Even more new stuff for the store as well, this time Entering Joanne by Angela Stork, Zoomorphic Funnies by Joey Weiser, and Tales of Unusual Circumstance #1, 2 and 3 by Joey Weiser. They’re all getting shuffled into alphabetical order by author, in case you can’t find them in the store for some reason.