• Barry Allen and the Black Flash – an old post is getting some new attention
• *sigh* hit 2 stores before noon, no luck on the Flash:Rebirth variant. And this was the first one I actually wanted
• Flash: Rebirth 3 is proving a lot harder to review. With 1&2 I just started writing and looked up 2 hours later. This is like pulling teeth.
• This review at Collected Editions reminds me I’ve been meaning to read Supermarket
• Flash Forward (no relation) will have a panel at SDCC. Here’s hoping it’s not opposite Geoff Johns like last year’s Robert J Sawyer panel.
• Webring (remember them?) is branching into free webhosting, hoping to replace GeoCities as it closes.
• OK, think I’ve figured the quirks of the liveblogging tool. Disable cache, start early, figure updates might take 10-15min to catch up
• How did Mark Chiarello come up with the idea for Wednesday Comics? “I stole it from the 1930s.” (via @Robot6)

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• Interesting: next week’s comics include 1st issues of Unwritten, Unknown, and Unthinkable.
• Grumpy Old Fan of @robot6 wonders: was it really necessary to kill Bart Allen and X just to bring them back in LO3W?
• Utter horror: just realized I actually remember bits of the Star Wars: Droids cartoon theme song from the 1980s.
• Amazon’s new Kindle DX: at 9.7″ it could handle B&W comics just fine (but the $490 price is a bit steep)
• This week’s haul: Flash:Rebirth, Buffy, Astro City & 2 Farscape issues
• Yeah, the Secret Origin of Barry Allen’s Bow Tie was unnecessary.
• Major speedster color schemes: Red&Gold (Flash, Kid Flash, Johnny Quick) or Blue&White (Quicksilver, XS, Max Mercury, Savitar).
• WTF? They’re remaking Clash of the Titans?
• *sigh* why do new comics have to come out the same day as LOST?
• RT @weeklycrisis: Discussing Grant Morrison’s Multiversity with new details from yesterday’s @CBR interview
• Funny RT @jordachewee: Will Jay Garrick, Wally West or Barry Allen be able to help me with Adobe Flash?
• Impulse/Bart Allen returns to Smallville for next week’s season finale. Photo w/ Black Canary
• Some #comics blogger types for #followfriday – @weeklycrisis, @collectededitions, @comicbooklegacy, @johannadc, @comixace
• Linda Park-West is #8 on Newsarama’s Top 10 Best Moms in Comics for #MothersDay (they have a Top 10 Worst Moms too)
• Saw Wolverine. Was OK. Felt more like an episode of Heroes than any of the X-Men movies.
• Every time I hear an ad for “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” It sounds like “Keeping Up With the Cardassians” #startrek
• Comic fan dislikes movies b/c art created mainly for money is corrupt. What do they think motivated comics to start with?
• Things to consider when running a “save our show” campaign & what NOT to do: (via @johannadc and @mikesterling)

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• Too sleepy to read up on #amazonfail in any detail, but initial reaction: Amazon, WTF are you thinking?
• Update on Len Wein and Christine Valada after their house fire from @Robot6
• Flash: Rebirth hits the Philadelphia Daily News (via The Source)
• Sneak peek at Legion of Three Worlds #4 c/o Geoff Johns
• Flash meets Star Wars Apocrypha: Ewoks believe in a nature spirit named Mopiee. Doesn’t grant super-speed, though.
• Looks like the Green Lantern film really is happening. They start shooting in November
• Dan Didio: Is DC catering to a specific demographic? “I’d like to think we’re catering to people who like DC Comics.”
• Disturbing story of comic shop customers’ journey to the dark side from CBR’s ReTales
• Watchme!, Revenge of the Sit, Return of the Kin, Toy Stor #removealettercinema
• Webcomics #followfriday @choochoobear (Something Positive), @Aeire (Queen of Wands, Punch an Pie), @Othar Tryggvassen of Girl Genius
• RT @KelsonV: The REAL problem with Twitter
• Wednesday Comics’ Flash writers and artist @brendenfletcher and @karlkerschl are both on Twitter.
• Not a surprise: Retweeting @karlkerschl: Our Flash story features Barry Allen and Iris West – can’t get any more specific than that!

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