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    Wed, 28 Feb 2007

    come to my Wondercon panel


    I'll be hosting my second annual Wondercon retailer panel at Moscone center in San Francisco this weekend. If you have any interest in the comics industry and what it takes to be a modern comics retailer, come on up and check us out. Here's the official description from the Wondercon program:

    11:30-12:30 Comic Retailer Roundtable - Join moderator Dan Shahin (Hijinx Comics) and fellow comic retailers Joe Ferrara (Atlantis Fantasyworld), Joe Field (Flying Colors), Brian Hibbs (Comix Experience) and Ryan Higgins (Comics Conspiracy), for an up to the minute look into the realities of modern comic book retailing. Special focus will be placed on recent industry changes and how retailers are adapting and planning for the future. Room 228

    See you there!

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    Mon, 19 Feb 2007

    Where's Onslaught #3?


    Rob Liefeld is here to ramble incoherently about it:

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    Sat, 17 Feb 2007

    wheel of food


    The Wheel of Food is perfect for indecisive people. Just enter your zipcode and you'll get a cool interface for randomly picking one.

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    Thu, 15 Feb 2007

    pop pop dash pop


    I love the absurdity of this device. It's a fully functioning popcorn machine with an embedded server that translates the pops into Morse code and then speaks the message in a soothing, computerized voice. It's all gibberish of course, but maybe if you pop enough corn, you'll recreate Hamlet or something. I suppose it's cheaper than a million monkeys and a million typewriters.

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    Mon, 12 Feb 2007

    this and that


    I love prestidigitation, particularly the close up kind that skilled practitioners can do right in front of you. Thanks to the modern day miracle of YouTube you can check out lots of cool coin and card tricks, and I'm always on the lookout for fresh variations based on mastery of the basic moves. Kind of like the following:

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    feeding frenzy


    In our never-ending efforts to improve our website, Hijinx Comics is proud to announce our new weekly RSS feed of new comics! Now you can have up to the minute info on all of the new comics and trade paperbacks shipping every week. Enjoy!

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