I just started reading Infinite Crisis. This site has some nice notes explaining the many references in each issue. Whatever happened to footnotes in comics? In this case, I guess, the footnotes would have gotten quite overwhelming. Still, it’s weird to pick up a book like this and not get maybe half the references, despite having read a number of the prequel stories and having at least some knowledge of the other stories via the web.
Author: Andrew Huey
World Cup
Well, Italy won the World Cup about an hour ago, and the crazed, drunken fans are still running around up and down Main St., waving flags, yelling, and generally carrying on. A while ago, there was a guy running around in the middle of the street with an Italian flag in one hand and a beer bottle in another. I’m guessing somebody gets hits by a truck within the next half-hour or so.
Kung-Fu films
Heroic Grace II and Shaw Brothers Classics: classic martial arts (and related) movies at Lincoln Center. Some of this stuff overlaps with the San Diego con, so I’m going to have to miss some great stuff, like Dirty Ho, which I’ve wanted to see for a while now. (Alas, no domestic DVD available.)
Comic-Con 2006 :: Programming for Thursday, July 20
The Thursday, programming schedule is up, and it looks like it’ll be the usual overabundance of wonderful things this year. Also, there’s an RSS news feed for the con now.
Warren Ellis at Heroes Con
Warren Ellis is always fun. I wonder if he’s going to San Diego… Hmm, I don’t see his name on the list. Oh well.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw: fun little puppet cartoons.
Wikipedia
I was browsing around Wikipedia a bit today, and discovered entries for Roselle Park, where I grew up, and Somerville, where I live now. Of course, San Diego has an entry too, as does Comic-Con and Horton Plaza.
teenage dirtbag (FLCL AMV)
I was browsing through AMVs on Google Video today and found this FLCL AMV to the tune of “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus. I’d forgotten how much I like that song.
Charlie Rose – Trey Anastasio
A bunch of Charlie Rose episodes are free to view today on Google Video, including the one with Trey Anastasio.
A9 San Diego maps
A9 Maps has some pictures of San Diego, including a couple of my hotel. Browsing through some of their San Diego pictures, it looks like a lot of them were taken on a rainy day, which is pretty weird for San Diego. And looking at some of the pictures on 7th has reminded me that there’s a bit of an uphill climb involved in getting to A St.