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Post by hondobrode on Apr 23, 2016 11:47:18 GMT -5
Several of you have blogs.
Which ones, and what has your experience been putting one together and maintaining it ?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 23, 2016 17:53:16 GMT -5
Several of you have blogs. Which ones, and what has your experience been putting one together and maintaining it ? My blogs can be found in my signature. Putting one up was a piece of cake, really, and I was surprised at how many hoops I had to jump through to set up a website later on. The blog was so easy! The most difficult part, and among the most important ones I'm sure, was being able to deliver new material on a regular basis. For People in white coats, I had a new cartoon up pretty much daily for more than two years, which king of burned me up eventually. I must admit that the lack of response from visitors is a bit of a bummer... I wanted to attain glory, dammit! |
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 23, 2016 20:15:27 GMT -5
That lack of recognition for your efforts would kind of be a bummer, like you said, esp on top of continually putting new material out.
I didn't realize you had a blog until you mentioned it. I like it !
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 24, 2016 7:33:13 GMT -5
I bought this for 94 cents in walmart and I have a question.  Are there any other companies that still make miniature toy cars , or does Hot Wheels own the Market ? |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Apr 24, 2016 13:14:25 GMT -5
Pretty sure Matchbox is still kicking around but I don't think they get any deals like Mattel/Hotwheels with their licensing of various movies and hero related items. I would say Hotwheels reigns supreme.
I am annoyed by them though...they used to make quality metals cars with some plastic ones. Now, all plastic. It is rare to fine one made with a metal bottom and I consider those gems. You can pay $3-4 for a specialty line of hotwheels that are all metal but they tend to not look as nice unfortunately.
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 24, 2016 17:54:27 GMT -5
Dammit, we don't have WalMart here!
"Aww, that's bad."
But I have a girlfriend who lives in the US!
"Oh, that's good!"
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Post by realjla on Apr 25, 2016 23:44:45 GMT -5
Didn't Mattel buy the Matchbox brand a while back and 'fold it into' Hot Wheels?
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Post by tolworthy on May 1, 2016 13:33:01 GMT -5
New question: do the initials "NC" have any significance in silver age Marvel?
I ask because one of my crazy theories would be bolstered if I could use the sentence "Zap Reed in NC" (an anagram of Prince Dezan, an important Skrull). but it only works if NC means something. I checked out North Carolina, but according to the Marvel Wiki, nothing ever happened there. Any ideas?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 14:18:55 GMT -5
Nova Corps?
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Post by tolworthy on May 1, 2016 14:31:15 GMT -5
Ooh, that might work! Because the longest ever FF story featured the Nova Corps versus the Skrulls (covering FF 204 to 214) and that was where Reed got zapped with an ageing ray. So I wonder, has "nova corps" ever been abbreviated to NC in the comics? |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 1, 2016 16:14:32 GMT -5
Didn't Mattel buy the Matchbox brand a while back and 'fold it into' Hot Wheels? Appears you are right! |
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Post by tolworthy on May 2, 2016 8:36:35 GMT -5
Another question: what's the easiest way of getting hold of Kirby's Captain Victory series? I assumed it would be collected somewhere cheap, but can't find anywhere.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 2, 2016 21:37:27 GMT -5
Which of the Golden Age archives have the best stories? Starman? Sandman? Green Lantern? Spectre? Dr. Fate? Flash? Hawkman? I want to read some golden age stuff and don't know where to start.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 21:47:38 GMT -5
Of the ones you listed I loved the Golden Age Hawkman & Green Lantern stories the most.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2016 21:50:27 GMT -5
Which of the Golden Age archives have the best stories? Starman? Sandman? Green Lantern? Spectre? Dr. Fate? Flash? Hawkman? I want to read some golden age stuff and don't know where to start. Plastic Man and Shazam. Both Quality and Fawcett put out better books than National/All-American. |
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