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Yeah, it’s been quiet around here.

Couldn’t be helped.

This semester is coming to an end and the pressure is on, so posting will probably be few and far between til the end of the semester, but I’ll try to take advantage of the Thanksgiving break and update the blog as much as I can.

But I do have some thoughts to share this weekend so here they come…

I must say that I’m impressed at the visuals for the new design.

Does anyone besides me think that it’d be too obvious if Bucky became the next Captain America?

Honestly, I’m hoping that it’s someone else. Who, I have no idea, but somone else. Maybe Hawkeye? Kind of leaning toward him myself…

Thoughts?

So I saw the announcement on Newsarama that Ellis’ Black Summer is going to get an Alpha issue that reprints issue #0 and #1 and it ships this month.

Awesome.

Love the series so far and it’s easily the best series that Avatar has ever published. I must say that I’m also impressed with how Avatar as been able to publish some really great books recently and I admire their business model. They’ve really expanded and they’re definitely getting my money on a monthly basis now.

What do you think of Black Summer so far?

I’ve been waiting for Ellis to let completely loose on a superhero comic for a long time. The Authority was just a taste of what kind of superhero comics he should be writing.

This Wednesday can’t get here fast enough.

I just want to extend a big CONGRATULATIONS to Matt Brady and Michael Doran at Newsarama. They’ve been aquired by Imaginova and though I really have no idea what it means for them, I think that it’s a good thing.

Newsarama is a site that I’ve been reading for years and was even a cofounder of Blog@Newsarama and it’s the site that’s currently my homepage.

As the cliche goes, “You’ve come a long way, baby…”

As I was reading Between The Staples tonite, I saw Robert’s post about Iron Man and the new movie poster that’s now online and it got me thinking, “Why am I looking forward to this movie so much?”

And the answer occured to me: Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man.

You know, when the initial news about the movie broke, I believe Tom Cruise was in line to play the character and I was ok with that. Then everything changed, studios burped, and then we start hearing about Jon Favreau taking the reins of the movie. I didn’t (and still don’t, really) know much about Favreau, but I was still interested in the movie, and I have to say that the casting for this movie seems dead-on.

Downey is such an excellent choice because he does cocky so well and that’s how I see Stark. Cocky, arrogant, smart, funny…the kind of guy that can insult you and even you would laugh at it. After seeing Zodiac, I’m even more convinced that he’s a great fit for the role.

I can’t wait to see it on the big screen.