The way I saw things this week, the prominent message was perseverance. Life rarely works out the way you want it. If it does, it’s a blessing; take it and run like a thief in the night. However, if it shouldn’t, then those are the breaks, kids and you need …
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I’m exclusively reading DC Comics this week. In the last three years that I’ve been writing this column, I don’t think this has ever happened. Are there numbers? I need numbers. Well, according to Comichron.com, March saw Marvel earning the number one position of most units sold with Amazing Spider-Man …
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I’m considering the nature of criticism this week. In my class, I constantly wrestle with how to mete out criticism. People forget that one of the toughest jobs of teaching isn’t the teaching itself, it’s the assessment. After all, if you have a teacher who you really respect, doesn’t it …
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It’s a different world from the one fans know, when it comes to the shades and intricacies of geek-culture. Comics, like other aspects of nerdstuff, are in the business of selling dreams and we, the loyal followers of fandom, buy them with gusto. Conventions are warehouses of the purest of …
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