Speed Force

• Ha! Next week’s shipping list includes “AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #7 (OF 6)” #
• And Ignition City concludes next week! #
• Random facts: Biggest category on Speed Force is Flash News. Smallest is Covers. Second-biggest: General. #
• Top 5 tags are Rebirth, Geoff Johns, Linkblogging, Barry Allen, and Wally West. Bottom of the list? ~200 tags used only once each. #
• Ugh. SciFiWire comment sections. It’s like someone took the worst of Slashdot, Newsarama & the DC Message Boards set them loose. # (Okay, maybe not Slashdot)
• Kid Flash vs Mirror Master story in DCU Halloween Special. (This means I have 3 Halloween specials to read: DC, Vertigo & Perhapanauts.) #
• RT @GeoffJohns0: Ethan did an amazing job on Wally West’s new uniform…Very clean, very familiar, yet unique! #
• BN:Flash variant? RT @GeoffJohns0: And for everyone dying to see @FrancisManapul‘s first official piece on THE FLASH…we’ll see it soon. #
• Didn’t notice when I skimmed the TOC yesterday: DCU Halloween Special also has a Flash/Superman race. #
• This should make a number of fans happy: Retweeting @GeoffJohns0: I cannot believe how fast Scott Kolins is. Like lightning. #
• Retweeting @KelsonV: And the award for Most Disturbing Use of an Alarm Clock in a Prime Time Show goes to… FlashForward! #
• RT @GeoffJohns0: “Society” episode of SMALLVILLE is actually an insane DCU infused two-part epic. Part 1 is “Society” & Part 2 is “Legends.” #
• Huh. Mirror Master doesn’t like Bloody Mary. Who knew? #
• Flash/Kid Flash creative team: @GeoffJohns0 @SterlingGates @FrancisManapul #FollowFriday #
• So we had Barry & Blackhawk in the Battle of the Bulge in Brave & the Bold… #

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• Still no plans to change Wally’s name…just like the last 500 times the question’s been asked. (via @SpeedsterSite) #
• Weird: A collected edition of Man-Eating Cow and Chainsaw Vigilante (from The Tick) is coming out this week. #
• Spam on a list of comics shipping one week: “For the most part I agree with what you are stating here.” What, you agree that they shipped? #
• I know I should be angry or disappointed about this [yet another delay], but it’s gotten to the point where it’s so ridiculous that it’s amusing. #
• I think I’ve fixed the plugin conflict w/ the URL shortener. Please let me know if this link breaks: http://speedforce.org/6129 Thanks! #
• RT @lol_spam: Spam subject of the day here! “Teh internets wait” #
• Useful: Mozilla Plugin Check. It solved a problem I had with the other kind of Flash. #
• Comics fans worth reading: @SpeedsterSite @liabrown1 @ComicBookLegacy @tftlongbox #FollowFriday #
• I used to check monthly for schedule changes. Then weekly. Now I’m looking daily. Sometimes I forget I’ve already looked & check twice a day #
• RT @lol_spam: I think I read that in Scott Pilgrim… RT @absweetmarie: Spam subject line du jour: “Vegan attack in Manhattan.” #
• Is it just me, or is Wizard World acting self-destructive? RT @Robot6: NYCC staffers kicked out of Big Apple Comic Con #
• Watching Conan the Destroyer. I’ve decided the crystal castle should be Kryptonian. #

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Co-Feature

• Sad to see such negativity on the Flash co-feature. What, it’s not enough for Barry’s fans to win, Wally’s fans have to lose too? #
• The negativity seems to be from Barry fans who don’t want Wally to have backup stories in Barry’s book. #
• Thank you, @RokkKrinn! I just read Comic Bloc this morning and all 4 major Barry boosters there weighed in against it or w/reservations. in reply to RokkKrinn #
• Re-reading the comments on an old post from March: Co-Features, or How To Make All Flash Fans Happy. #
• To go w/Barry fans who don’t want Wally polluting their book, I’ve found Wally fans who find a backup insulting. Some ppl r never satisfied #

Planetary and Delays

• I have held Planetary #27 in my hands. Only question now: Do I read it tonight, or reread the whole series first? #
• Thanks for the Planetary suggestions. Think I’ll take the life’s uncertain: eat dessert first approach, read it tonight, THEN reread the series #
• After waiting years for Planetary to wrap, a couple months for Flash: Rebirth seems trivial. Annoying&frustrating, but hardly infuriating. #
• Funny: just realized when the previous issue of Planetary came out, BART was the Flash. #

Other

• Created a Flickr pool for Long Beach Comic Con b/c I couldn’t find one. Turns out one existed, but spelled it “Comicon.” That’s not its name #
• Some cons are “Comic Con” or “Comic-Con,” others are “Comicon.” It’s like calling the pool “Long Bach Comic Con.” Who’s going to find that? #
• Comic bloggers worth reading: @JohannaDC @HighFiveComics @RokkKrinn @TheNerdyBird @OnceUponAGeek @WeeklyCrisis #FollowFriday #
• Realized why the Japanese name for Optimus Prime bugs me: “Convoy” implies more than one vehicle. Maybe it’s a translation issue? #
• Does no one on Smallville connect Clark, the guy who wears red & blue and is always around weird stuff, with the “Red-Blue Blur?” #
• Site update: Bart Allen on Smallville. #

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• I should drop the countdown to the next Flash: Rebirth issue. I feel like Tim & Poppy in Act 2 of Noises Off. #
• Diamond says: Planetary concludes next week! #
• RT @weeklycrisis: If you ever rewatch Kong for whatever reason, try to imagine the T-Rex vs Kong scene as Megatron vs Optimus Primal. #
• RT @SpeedsterSite: RT @glspotlight: Blue Lantern FLASH sketch by Ethan Van Sciver (via @StadiumComics) #
• RT @SpeedsterSite: Jay Garrick pops up in Cry for Justice #4. #
• RT @johannadc: Amazing creativity on display! RT @steve_lieber: What does invisibility look like? #
• Ouch…site got a hit from someone searching for “Harley Queen” #
• Question: Wizard World Los Angeles started in 2004 in Long Beach, right? And moved to LA in 2006? So 5 years total, 2 in LB and 3 in LA? #
• I could really use the camera improvements in #Android 1.6 “Donut,” but right before #LBCC would be a really risky time to update my phone. #
• Eh, I’ll probably be using my point-and-shoot camera most of the time anyway. So the pics go up Saturday night instead of immediately. #
• Comic conventions this weekend: @midohiocon, @LongBeach_CC #FollowFriday #
• Not sure, but I think #FlashForward used LA’s Department of Water & Power (DWP) for the exterior of the FBI office #
• Got a search hit for “flash archive vol. 26″ Considering they’re only up to volume 5 and started 13 years ago, it’s going to be a while. #

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• First view of the Long Beach convention center. I haven’t been here in ages. #
  
• Last time I was here, I don’t think there was a mall across the street! #
  
• Realized I’ve walked by the gold Boba Fett 4 or 5 times w/o stopping to take a photo. I am so jaded. #
• Flash news from DC Nation panel (in other post)
• Mark Waid: if DC did an animated Flash feature, he would want Will Wheaton to voice Wally West. #
• Waid on appeal of superheroes: Nobody knows what it’s like to have super-speed, but everyone knows what it’s like to wish you were faster. #
• Waid on writing: find the method that works for you and embrace it. Don’t beat yourself up over what doesn’t. #
• Taking a break from the con to wander outside. Will head back for the Mark Waid signing at 2:30. #
  
• Primary goals achieved! Panels & signings by Mark Waid & Geoff Johns. Now an iced mocha, then back to the floor. #

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Update: Full write-up and photos are now online!

• RT @karlkerschl: Posted page 9 inks from my Flash story! It was fun to play with all of the different styles on this one. #
• Interesting. Now it’s “Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con.” RT @WizardWorld: New Logo. #
• Can’t choose between Stan Lee and Jim Lee? Meet both at the same time at Long Beach Comic-Con! #
• One of the Flash’s Rogues must be on vacation in SoCal. Not sure I believe 103 degrees, but it is seriously warm. #
• Bought this week: Wednesday Comics, Madame Xanadu, Farscape, Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance. Of the 4, I’m only caught up on Madame Xanadu. I’ve got some reading to do tonight! #
• Funny Firefox easter egg: type “about:robots” into the location bar (via @Aeire & @IsobelWren) #
• Has Marvel ever called a Spider-Man story “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” or “Last Dance with Mary Jane”? If not, how have they missed it? #
• FlashForward: Sulu and Shakespeare team up to investigate a time-travel incident. #
• Huh. I have 1,234 posts on Comic Bloc. #
• Let’s just say I’m glad I only paid $1.75 to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. How do you make giant robots & explosions tedious? #
• Eye See You! #
• Apparently, you can now buy Squee! in a tube. #
• 4 of the 6 whenever-it-comes-out comics I’m reading are just 1 issue from the conclusion. 5/7 if you include Ignition City. #

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• May skip new comics day this week, because there’s only 1 item I’m buying. OTOH, it’s Wednesday Comics. Decisions, decisions… #
• All the #SDCC talk today, I feel like I need to add advance planning to my Convention Tips page. #
• Huh? “I really don’t know comics, not sure how many comics in this lot” – How much do you need to know to COUNT them? #
• Original Impulse artist @Humberto_Ramos is now on Twitter! #followfriday #
• I know the song, but haven’t seen this video before: RT @choochoobear: The Ballad of Barry Allen #
• Whoa. I guess Tron does technically qualify for “Historic SF Movie Posters.” I need a lawn so I can tell kids to stay off it. #
• Finally found time to read all of The Unknown from the beginning. Good mini. Surprised to find the sequel’s coming so soon. #
• I can go see Transformers 2 at the $1 theater, or I can stay home & eat dinner before 10 pm. Sorry, Optimus, but dinner wins. #

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Thoughts

• Today I learned that you can have more than 1 longbox worth of comics & trades in piles and not realize it. #
• Anyone else find themselves driving behind a dark red Mercury Mystique and think, “Shouldn’t that be blue?” #
• Domain transfer went through just in time before getting overcharged for renewal! Now to get it set up at the new registrar. #

Photos

• The Shade. #
• Wow there were a lot of women dressed as Rogue at Dragon*Con. And people took a lot of pictures of them. #
• It’s tough to look for “flash” and “zoom” on a photo site. #
• Wow! Incredible photo set! RT @liabrown1: Awesome collection of Rogues (and Flash) cosplayer photos. #
• RT @boomstudios: Mark Waid signing at D23! #
• LOST props at D23 featuring the Flash/Green Lantern comic (the one w/the polar bear). #
• SDCC pix have mostly taken over top 10 slots on my Flickr stats, but Wondercon’s Silk Spectre & Dr Manhattan are still #1 #
• 9 shelving units of graphic novels, & they file Sandman & V for Vendetta under superheroes? #

Links

• RT @GailSimone: New Ostrander Benefit Auction Items Up! Includes Quesada, Raney, Truman & also reasonably priced goodies! #
• RT @ComicGeekSpeak: New episode: Episode 687 – Flash Rebirth Issue 4 #
• RT @SpeedsterSite: RT @tomkaters If you are curious…Tom Vs. The Flash will be back on Monday…and back on schedule. #
• WTF? Weekly World News…comic book?!?!? #
• Retweeting @GreatWhiteSnark: Hellboy… FUTURAMA-IZED! #

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• RT @karlkerschl: Wed. Comics is finished! Drawn, scripted & delivered. It's as though a million tiny black holes have opened up in my heart. #
• CBR & Mark Waid talk about “technology advancing faster than Velocity on a caffeine high” #
• RT @lol_spam: Spam subject: “Mass geek suicide” – Must be reaction to the Disney/Marvel deal. #
• The term “maxiseries” needs to die. “Miniseries” does just fine for a book with a planned 12-issue run. #
• Weird comics news of the day! RT @Robot6: Taxi explodes outside DC Comics offices. #
• OK, I know more than 74 people have read Flash: Rebirth #4! #
• Some comics fans for #followfriday @SpeedsterSite @johannadc @collecteditions @onceuponageek @TheNerdyBird @RokkKrinn #
• RT @lol_spam: Spam subject: “Grow Giant Snake in Pants” Someone didn't read the Evil Overlord List. Turning into a giant snake never helps. #
• Android market has a comics category now! Sadly, it doesn’t have any comics, just novelties like canned applause. #
• There ARE comics on the Android Market – just not in the Comics category! #

Website Stuff

• GeoCities shuts down Oct 26. Need a new host? Webring is offering free transfers to Webspace. #
• Worm taking over WordPress blogs – update your site ASAP!! (via @ThisIsTrue & @askleo) #
• RT @alexkingorg: WordPress HelpCenter has special hours this weekend for help upgrading WP or other security issues. #

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It’s not just bloggers who’ve been reviewing The Flash: Rebirth. People on Twitter have been chiming in with their opinions, 140 characters at a time.

Comments have been overwhelmingly positive, though of course not everyone likes what they’ve read. I’ve picked some examples of various reactions from a Twitter search, and categorized them.

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