Post-downtime linkdump

[yendi]

1. The WSJ details how auction houses creatively make it looks like major pieces of art are selling for more than they actually are.

2. Suggestion: Next time you see one of those bell-ringers at the mall, drop a printout of this page into their bin (and then donate the money to a cause that respects human beings).

3. A cat riding a Roomba (ganked from lizlet). 'nuff said.

4. Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck (starring Chris Elliott, Gina Holden, and that guy from Supernatural and Gilmore Girls whose last name I'm destined to always misspell).

5. How Magicians trick the mind.

6. How to peel and eat a pomegranate.

7. MLB is dropping Silverlight. I know this will make some folks happy, but I actually liked the MLB/Silverlight experience.

8. Because God Ben Silverman hates me, NBC will be giving us yet another dance reality show, hosted by Michael Fucking Flatley, featuring teams of Shaolin Monks and Bollywood dancers, amongst others. I'm hoping they get teams called The Gramercy Riffs and The Baseball Furies. Because that's about the only way to get me to watch it.

9. She-Hulk has been cancelled (again). I actually haven't read any issues of PAD's run, as I'm over a year behind on comics, and finding myself insanely uninterested in both the DC and the Marvel Universes as they currently stand (in fact, like Bruce Baugh, I'm basically a Remote Fan of superhero comics). Still, I'd been looking forward to reading this (assuming the plot wasn't torn apart by any of the 89 big Marvel crossovers).

10. Finally, there will be a narrative remake of King of Kong.

Comments

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Dude, seriously, "Padalecki" is not that hard to spell--not to mention that verifying it involves a six-second IMDB search.....

[amokk]

Six seconds? Are you insane? Do you know all the valuable things I could do in sex seconds?

Ahem.

[yendi]

Heh. And, of course, your comment locked mine into place, so instead of editing it, I had to nuke it and repost. :-)

[amokk]

I don't think it needed editing at all. I think it was exactly what your mind wanted everyone to read. ;)

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

I sporfled.

And that only took *one* second. =:o}

[kradical.livejournal.com]

*chortle*

BTW, that whole Kinkade article was worth it for "The Artist Formerly Known for Prints."

[yendi]

I strongly suspect that was the phrase that the rest of the article was built around. It's a wonderful line.

[yendi]

Six seconds? Are you insane? Do you know all the valuable things I could do in six seconds? I could drink a sip of coffee, or ride a bull for 3/4 of the required time, or even wait for an LJ page to load (although I'd have to commit to another twenty seconds if I wanted to actually see the entire page)!

(Actually, it would be about three seconds via Google search, since Google would also correct my spelling.)

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

The lamest thing in the She-Hulk cancellation?

Switching from GG Studios (who were adequate but never exciting) to Steve Scott for the final two issues. Scott should deliver some magic there. There's also a special one-shot in December. So while David might've known for awhile, this seems to make no sense.

At least X-Factor is no longer saddled with Strohman. His new art was killing that book quick IMHO. Valentine should bring things back around.

[yendi]

See, I'm far enough behind not to know which artists are even on the books.

That said, I've seen hot artists come onto books that were on the block before (didn't Stephen Platt catch fire on the mid-90s Moon Knight as that series was ending)? I suspect that even when they only have a few issues left, the decision to bring in an artist is based as much on availability as on how hot he or she is.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

Platt did come in on the last four issues of Moon Knight and I know there's more recent examples even of a book getting canceled just as it signed a fan-favorite or really quality artist to it. Sadly I can't remember what was it.

She-Hulk has suffered from many artist changes this year. Under David it's been drawn by Shawn Moll, Val Semeiks, GG Studios, someone else and now Steve Scott.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

The Roomba Riding Cat is wild :)
I'd only heard about cats riding them.

The cat in this one must be deaf,
the Roomba is very noisy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIjE8BVV-VI

If you pick Scooba vs Kitten after it, it leads
to lots of cat/roomba vids.


Re that Kinkade article, i loathe Chris Elliot (the guy w/the sandy beard?)
the creepiest person on tv, i think, ever since he literally crawled out
from behind a row of seats on the Letterman show in the nineties.

[yendi]

Thanks for the link!

Elliott's daughter is now on SNL, incidentally.

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

John Rogers was talking on his blog (http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/11/blue-beetle-we-dont-need-no-stinkin.html) about Blue Beetle's recent cancellation, and he brought up how the Big Two's focus on Event Comics tends to hurt mid-list titles. Which is why there is so little on DC's mainlist I get once BB and Manhunter are gone. Most of my Marvel buys are minis, but I worry about Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova is a top 100 seller, so it should be good...

[yendi]

Sadly, it's a cycle that's gone on for decades now. You'd think they'd learn.