Sorry I missed the usual weekend linkblogging post. The time I would have spent on it, I used to build a pinhole camera to watch Sunday’s solar eclipse. In case you’re interested, I’ve put together a photo essay of the eclipse and the impromptu viewing party that sprung up when dozens of people went to the same park with everything from holes punched in cards to welding masks and telescopes.
Flashy Links
- Fastest Fan Alive: Contest Results
- Random Flash round-up from That F'ing Monkey Random Flash Round Up and Flash Cereal from That F’ing Monkey
- Superhero Origins: The Flash at WatchMojo
- Q&A: What do The Flash’s earpiece emblems do? – StackExchange
- Be sure to check out Fastest Fan Alive and The Rogues Kick Ass for collectibles & Rogues posts.
Writer/Artist Catch-Up
- Mark Waid’s free digital comic “Insufferable” is up to three installments at Thrillbent.
- Bleeding Cool interviews Brian Augustyn, Mark Waid’s editor and later co-writer on The Flash.
- CBR TV: Jay Faerber On "Near Death," Creator-Owned Comics plus Ringer and that infamous Titans run.
- The Very End of Empire – PopMatters interviews “The Shade’s” James Robinson
- Geoff Johns & Jim Lee spotlight guests at NYCC
- Brian Buccellato’s Foster Anthology, a one-shot collection of short stories set in the same world as his creator-owned horror/crime comic, met its funding goal and then some.
More comics
- Marvel’s “Avengers” Success: What Can DC Comics Learn From It? – MTV
- Five Years Later: The Oral History of Countdown to Final Crisis – Funnybook Babylon pieces together the background of the series from old interviews. (via The Beat)
- Hotels for San Diego / Comic-Con have opened up again now that the deadline has passed for cancellation with full refund. (via The Beat)
How could you be late? In all seriousness, thank you for including That F’ing Monkey in your linkblogging. We really appreciate it.
Loved the solar eclipse pics!
The Flash Race Maze is rigged! (no, really. Count the number of false turns for each. ‘…’ Yes, I have no life.)
The cereal would be a bad idea. Think about it, man, just think about Flash, runs, and different types of cereal. I don’t want to go into details on what some lame brain creative type might come up with in regards to all that, but can you say the word ‘prunes’?
Lego Flash needs his own Lego series. Sight unseen, I want this to happen. Bad. (want*want*want*)
Thrillbent is everything I love about a quiet read. No hyper heroics, no villains mouthing plans for world domination…just great characters dealing with what Life handed them.
Countdown….never read it and more so than ever have no desire to. Sound like a Morass Made at Management’s Meeting. Wasn’t it something similar that nearly destroyed the character of Wally’s dad with Invasion! the enforced ‘event’?
Barry Allen gets his DCnU suit.
(This little ongoing webcomic is the only place I’ve found dealing with the DCnU where I can actually tolerate Wally’s absence. The fact that its also a kiddie fic (something I normally steer clear of) shows just how adorable I’m finding this.
And, yeah, little Barry apparently has forgotten to put lines on his boots. Another plus to my overly taxed eyes. 🙂
http://littleleaguecomic.tumblr.com/
Nice one! I keep getting behind on that comic.