• 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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• Dear CBLDF: Thank you for the invitation to your party…but next time, please mention what CITY your event is in. (I’m guessing NYC)
• Rumor column Lying in the Gutters ends, @richjohnston launches BleedingCool.com
• Retweeting @ComicBookLegacy: Optimus Prime invades Luxor Casino
• Alan Burnett’s First Flight pitch: “Green Lantern as Training Day”
• Wow…SDCC is completely sold out almost 2 months before the event.
• Sounds like DC is leaning toward a new Flash #1
• Apparently the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (defending freedom of speech for comic creators, retailers, and readers) is on Twitter @cbldf
• Need to figure out what to do for my 500th blog post. Meanwhile, it’s lunch, comic store, post office and gas station. Possible in 1 hour?
• Not 100% certain it’s an official account for the con, but @LongBeach_CC (Oct 2-4) lists Geoff Johns as a guest.
• Finally read The Stars My Destination. Surprised that super-speed shows up at one point.

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• Star Trek and an Earthquake.
• “T-shirts are 110% bio-friendly…they actually leave the environment better than it was before you bought the shirt.”
• Local theater @ocpac says “this week is filled w/dance, dance, dance” – and that’s not counting the Final Crisis Aftermath!
• So Flash: Rebirth, Batman Reborn, and Fallen Angel: Reborn will all overlap in publishing schedule. That’s a lot of born-again superheroes.
• Odd: Last time I commented at The Source, it was moderated. This time it went straight through. Maybe they only mod new commenters?
• Retweeting @VanetaRogers: My final Green/Guggenheim interview re: fiction on TV – this time focused on ratings
• Interview at CBR with J.T.Krul, writer on Titans #15 & Blackest Night: Titans
• 10 years ago today I was really, really tired after seeing a 3AM showing of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
• Yes, Flash outsold Wolverine last month.
• Is Barry Allen’s return contentious? “Not at all” says Dan Didio at Bristol Comic Expo.
• Looks like I’m closest to Braniac. Which Superman villain are you?
• FTC wants bloggers to disclose compensation. Remember that controversy over reviewers disclosing freebies?
• Retweeting @karlkerschl: The 100th episode of my #webcomic The Abominable Charles Christopher is now online!
• Finally watched Smallville season finale. Not used to the JLA as cannon fodder, but what the heck, it’s Smallville, not JLA.
• Preview of next week’s Justice Society of America #27.
• RT @Robot6: Thursday passes sell out for Comic-Con International. That leaves Sunday.
• Was going to listen to Word Balloon w/ Geoff Johns at lunch, but forgot my headphones.
• EVS confirmed for HeroesCon next month.
• Experimenting with comment threading on speedforce.org – Let’s see how well this works.
• Just got spam advertising an “Anti-Crisis Sale.” There’s an idea: put a discount on every comic that’s NOT part of a big event!
• Terminator made $13.37 million on Thursday. Seems appropriate for a movie about robots and AI.
• RT @karlkerschl: A progress shot of The Flash being inked for Wednesday #Comics.
• Just made the 2,000th post on my other blog, looking back at…the year 2000.
• Ah, free time! Just caught up on 7 first issues I’ve picked up over the last few weeks. (5 of them are miniseries)
• Finally canceled my backup hotel for SDCC. I’m sure the room will find its way to someone who needs it.
• Comic Treadmill indexes Astro City #16-20. I’ll have to re-read these sometime.

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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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