Here's one of the very few Deadpool appearances that I am missing:



I was visiting NY (to see King Crimson!) and stopped in one of the local comic stores.

Lo and behold, one of the books that I never see anywhere. I am glad to have gotten it before every Deadpool appearance skyrockets. Plus this one is fairly rare...

I love this thread,
Tom

King Crimson is now a seven piece band with three drummers -- Robert Fripp - guitar, Tony Levin - bass & Chapman Stick, Pat Mastellotto - drums, Gavin Harrison - drums, Bill Rieflin - drums, Mel Collins - Saxes & Flute, and Jakko Jakszyk - guitar & vocals.


Here's a link to the setlist from the night I attended.


The current version of KC is fairly amazing. The band plays in such a way that it's more democratic. (I guess it's a benevolent dictatorship with Fripp playing the role of said dictator...) All of the members played amazingly well and each member getting several moments to shine.


Levin played numerous lines on the Stick that melted my bass playing mind. Mel Collins was a revelation. His playing added a dimension that has been missing from KC for a long while. From intense barrages of notes to gentle breezes of flute, he was astounding. (Of course, I ended up sitting next to the guy who kept yelling, "Mel!" at the top of his lungs.) The other really striking aspect of the band was how the three drummers had arranged all of the drum parts so that the songs didn't get overwhelmed by drums.


As good as the band was, there were still a few moments where I missed Adrian Belew.


Let me know if you have any other questions,
Tom

Thanks Killerbass...and Tony is awesome, what's amazing is as good a bassist as he is, he may be a better photographer. And he's hella nice the few times I have gotten to meet and speak with him.

To bring this back on topic, I did find and pick this up at a used book store this week...



I read it as it came out in original format, but my Spidey run is looong gone now. 

-M

Just flew in from Peru, and boy, are my arms tired!

Of course, while most people spend their time in Peru visiting ancient Incan ruins, I decided to use my time a little more wisely.

This is the result:





Yes, for reasons that escape me, the Peru comic book publisher is just now getting around to publishing Crisis on Infinite Earths. #12 is actually dated this month - apparently they printed the whole series over the course of this summer. I managed to track down four issues at newsstands in Cusco:





Comics in Peru are a lot cheaper than they are here. The cover price is 4 sol, which is about $1.45. How nice would it be to get new comics for $1.45! Another oddity, besides the fact that they are publishing comics from 30 years ago concurrently with present continuity books, is the fact that the same publisher prints both Marvel and DC, leading to things like Crisis #12 having an ad for the new issue of Wolverine on the back.

Crisis confused the hell out of me the first time I read it, but I can only imagine how confusing it must be to a Peruvian kid reading a Spanish translation this month and trying to reconcile it with stuff from the New 52.

I also picked up this coloring book for my Avengers collection: