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Quick Thoughts: Weekly Twitter for 2009-07-19

Crazy: even though I’m disappointed w/ Flash:Rebirth at this point, I’m tempted to preorder the hardcover if $13.59 holds.
Last issue of Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds is on Diamond’s schedule for next week.
So very true: XKCD: Tab Explosion
Geocities users: check out OTW’s Geocities Rescue Project.
No escape. Latest alumni newsletter features “A Brief History of the Bowtie”
Help John Ostrander keep his eyesight: comix4sight.com
RT @karlkerschl: Drawing more gorillas! I will miss all of these gorillas when Wednesday Comics is finished.
*sigh* DC has pushed Flash: Rebirth #4 back another week to August 12.
Not going to a midnight showing of Harry Potter. Not even opening night. I’ll probably catch it this weekend, though.
Believe it or not, Fallen Angel: Reborn is the book I’m most looking forward to getting today.
Bought this week: Wednesday Comics, Fallen Angel: Reborn, Farscape: D’argo’s Lament, The Unknown. Sorry, sitting #BlackestNight out for now.
Didn’t pick up #BlackestNight #1, but did accept the freebie Black Lantern ring. Figure I’ll come up with something to do with it.
Pearls B4 Swine author: digital vs print comics “an artificial distinction.” Only 2 kinds of strips: funny & not-funny.
Fantastic photos of lightning striking water (via @BadAstronomer)
Saw headline: “They killed Hawkman!” First thought was in Rocket J. Squirrel voice: “Again?”

Weather forecast for San Diego looks nice: low 70s (F) for Wed-Sat.
RT @SD_Comic_Con: FINALLY! iGoogle Sponsors Free WiFi at Comic-Con!
*whew* Final component for secret #sdcc project arrived in today’s mail! Should still be time to assemble everything!
6 Things a DC Comics Fan Should Do At SDCC (via @Robot6)
RT @sdcomiccon: From its humble beginnings (300 attending) to today’s mega-status: Comic-Con’s history.
Any recs for Android Twitter apps? Twidroid’s great, but I need a secondary. What I’ve tried.
RT @SD_Comic_Con Hey: 10 Must Read Comic-Con Packing Tips!

Be sure to also check out a month’s worth of Comic-Con Tips, which I’ve been posting daily on Twitter.

6:18:35 PM: Batman’s story is getting more intriguing

6:19:21 PM: Kamandi makes me want to re-read Tellos.

6:20:35 PM: I love the giant splash page on Metamorpho! (And the joke about a subscription to Element Dog!)

6:23:15 PM: That’s an awful lot of typos in Teen Titans for a one page story.

6:25:43 PM: It must suck to have only one soldier to defend your capital city.

6:29:04 PM: When I think “Wonder Woman,” I always think of a talking, glowing fish for a sidekick. (Okay, maybe not.)

6:33:27 PM: Whoa, awkward moment for Barry, Iris and Barry!

6:34:26 PM: The different coloring techniques stand out more this week, too.

6:35:49 PM: I can see a paradox brewin’, though.

6:36:57 PM: Hah! “Stately Blood Manor.”

6:41:47 PM: The Demon and the Cat. Yes, Demon and the Cat. One is a burglar, the other’s a prat.

6:45:55 PM: Hey, kids! Learn Hawkman’s secret sign language! You too can join the Junior JSA!

Hey, look! What Were They Thinking?! is back online!
Shortpacked on Batman: Battle for the Cowl.
Comic Critics webcomic on Dwayne McDuffie’s JLA run.
Blackest Night preview pages include Captain Boomerang, Ralph & Sue Dibny
Gorilla Grodd on Batman: Brave and the Bold (via @SpeedsterSite)
Only $10 for 1st trade of @MarkWaid‘s Irredeemable (ish 1-4) & issue 5 is 99¢. That’s $11 to get caught up. @boomstudios.
John Broome, co-creator of the Silver Age Flash, wins Bill Finger Award.
Interesting mix of modern, new, and retro logos on Wednesday Comics features.
4thletter on fan classifications.
Wally West at #8 in Newsarama’s Top 10 Best Dads in Comics. Top 10 Worst are on the same page.
Perhapanauts Cover Contest Results.

I should make an effort to visit @WizardWorld Philadelphia while (a) I still have friends in Philly and (b) the con still exists.
Cons for #followfriday @HeroesOnline, @WizardWorld, @Comic_Con, @LongBeach_CC. @ConventionScene
Flash/Impulse con guests: #HeroesCon has Ethan Van Sciver, Mark Waid, Todd Dezago, Craig Rousseau. #WWP has…Dan Didio
Former Flash writers Mark Waid and Marc Guggenheim talk Spider-Man: The Gauntlet.
Comicbook.com has a photo of a Golden Age Flash costume at HeroesCon.
RT @heroesonline: Holy crap standing ovation for Matt Wieringo for awarding of 1st ever Ringo Award. #heroescon #superheartwarming
Wednesday Comics is going to be huge! Literally. Photo at The Beat
Thoughts on how Wednesday Comics can be collected.
Longbox looks cool. And thanks for planning support for Linux in addition to PC and Mac!
RT @RokkKrinn & @comicsalliance: Boom! Studios, Top Cow, and Jonathan Hickman to distribute comics online with Longbox.

See also the first few Comic-Con Tips, which I’ve been posting daily on Twitter starting this Friday.

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)

Aha: @richjohnston’s new site, Bleeding Cool is up! And I won’t have time to do more than skim it today…
Marc Guggenheim’s post-alien-invasion “Resurrection” launches vol.2. Been meaning to pick up the v1 trade since FCBD
Had big writing plans tonight. Ended up organizing last ~12 months of comics instead.
If @boomstudios says so, @MarkWaid must really be Mark Waid
There’s a Zombie On Your Lawn hilarious music video. And the game is total crack (in a good way)
Woo Hoo! Planetary to wrap in October!
OK, DNS change submitted. If anyone has trouble loading Speed Force in the next few days, please let me know.
San Diego Convention Center expansion plans c/o the Beat.
Flash: Rebirth #1 – 3rd printing on Diamond’s schedule for next week
Heh: Comic Critics on the state of superhero comics.
Back from San Diego. Visiting in June feels like scouting for Comic-Con.
CSBG highlights another Cool Comic Book moment from The Return of Barry Allen

Comic Critics takes on the Bow Tie (webcomic)