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1 minute ago, thunsicker said:

I’m with lighthouse on this.  The government just approved a 2 trillion dollar package to deal with the fall out.  That doesn’t sound like they are thinking this will be over quickly That’s 5 weeks of US GDP.

If people don't get money, there's no way they can all last 8+ weeks. The gov't can't afford to prop us all up for 8+ weeks. We need to get tests and get testing. South Korea's model.

8 weeks and it really will be the Coronapocalypse. And I damn sure won't be prey.



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5 hours ago, Bird said:

I didn't know that Michael Jackson's kid was doing comics related work?

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Someone doesn't get what " " means...

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7 hours ago, cylinderofantigod said:

Hey. My name is Jack, and I'm an edgelord.

My primary interest when it comes to comics are horror comes, specifically and especially obscure pro-code horror comics and magazines like Psycho, Eerie, Creepy, and the like. I also love goth comics (Courtney Crumrin, Gloomcookie, Lenore, and really anything by Slave Labor), ero guro and extreme horror (everything from Western stuff like Crossed to the work of Uziga Waita), really anything dark or horrific in general (really enjoying Harrow County currently), and bad 90s antihero comics are a guilty pleasure. As far as straight superheroes go, I like Batman and The Punisher. I'm 27, and, yes, I do still wear fingerless gloves.

What about trans, gender-fluid, and non-binary superheroes?

   



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Good luck!



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No, that's probably Photoshop.



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2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

Wasn't trying to rain on your parade, just engaging in a conversation on a chat board. There wasn't anything negative about my speculation.I don't personally care one way or the other.

Pardons, my outburst was really meant for the other person.

1 hour ago, seanfingh said:

Maybe this isn't the thread for you, Buzztardo

No,  no, I like it.

 



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1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

What does a blanket do with books? 

It keeps them warm, duh...

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2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

I wondered that myself, but I'm thinking that Gaiman is a big enough star that he could flex enough power to get his way if the publisher raised a stink. During a crisis such as this, no publisher is going to want to look like the bad guy if the writer themselves is giving permission. Just a hunch. There aren't a ton of authors who still move serious numbers of physical books. I'd wager Gaiman is one of the bigger names capable of doing so.

Or, he knows what he is doing. I was just going on that premise, and was keeping things positive. I get enough negativity in my life, I just didn't need to see it brought in here. It might have been a good question, but maybe anyone asking that could go as Mr. Gaiman himself. It apparently isn't difficult to contact him, heck, his Twitter handle is displayed in the pics above.

4 minutes ago, shadroch said:

When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. When you own a business, you have much to lose. Courts don't care if you were thinking positively.

The above goes double for you, mister.



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1 hour ago, shadroch said:

That's cool, but does he have the legal right to do so?  I'd imagine he sold the rights to these stories to his publisher, although I have no idea how that works

That's positive thinkin' right there!



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17 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

Superglue?

 



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My eBay sales are dismal.

Stupid 80's mutant titles...



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39 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

Some people must be REALLY bored...https://www.ebay.com/itm/Scott-2-Ply-Toilet-Paper-NOT-COMIC-BOOK-1-Roll-APOCALYPSE-STOCK-PILE-ZOMBIES/223955589693?hash=item3424cb1a3d:g:KYUAAOSwPKReeX5E

Funny, but isn't that against eBay's rules? It's basically just an ad...

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Yeah, if the guv'ner hadn't done it, then Diamond would have with this latest announcement.

 



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1 minute ago, James J Johnson said:

This is getting like when the Griswalds showed up at Wally World and it was closed.

Are... are you making a security guard do something he doesn't want to do right now???

   



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3 hours ago, BigDaddy1 said:

I agree as well. Still going to get comics when I can. 

That might be a while, now... Diamond to shut down temporarily.



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49 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

 Anyone who think these lockdowns will last less than 8 weeks is naive.
 

Anyone who thinks these lockdowns can go on as long as 8 weeks is crazy. It's not sustainable for that long. We, both the private and public we, cannot be propped up for that long  without major damage being done.

I don't think anyone will go much longer than March 31st before things happen. What those things are, we cannot discuss here further. But 8 weeks in lockdown is not going to happen.

 



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Made a flower arrangement for my mom out of her garden.

Also, made a banana cream pie completely from scratch - no frozen pie shells here!





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2 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

6 hours ago, Logan510 said:

I thought it was suspension of disbelief? These are superhero comics, do we really need everything quantified?

 

A problem occurs if a comic book reader is also a science nerd. Then overanalysing is hard to avoid.

As I said, when the writers start giving it an explanation, then why not ask further questions? As far as I know, Superman absorbs a particular radiation from our yellow sun that give him his powers. No other explanation has been given. But when a writer says Magneto flies due to manipulation of the Earth's electromagnetic field with his mutant powers, then why can't I ask "Okay, how?" And as I also said, I just want a reasonably scientific answer - like "why yes, he is basically yanked around on a molecular level by having the iron and other metals in his be pulled by a mutant-power strengthened manipulation of the Earth's magnetic field" and I'd be perfectly content. It goes with what has already been established and in this case, is comic-book-y as well.

 



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2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Ah - interesting.  The skunkiest beer I'm used to comes in green bottles - like Heineken and Steinlager.  Steinlager from New Zealand is one of my favorites, although I don't see it around as much as I used to.

I used to make beer in college, but gave up.  Too expensive to make, and too labor intensive, and too many variables, compared to just buying it ready to consume.

Blue and green glass is really no better than clear.

And yes, making beer is a labour of love. And, you get to make beer you want, not settle for someone else's idea of what you want.

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23 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I know that Canadian and Mexican beer purchased in country tastes nothing like the stuff they export to America.  I don't know why the difference, but they monkey with the beer when it is bottled for export.

Also, the skunk flavor is a peculiarity of lagered beer - part of the brewing process, or so I thought.  We need a beer expert to explain.  There are plenty of lagers with that scent.

Beer semi-expert here, as I have more than my share of home-brews under my belt, and Senormac is a far more experienced brewer than I and can back me up - skunking comes from exposure of hops, even small amounts like in a LAG (light American lager, say Bud Lite), to ultraviolet light, usually sunlight. Glass bottles are all susceptible to exposing your beer to UV rays, but brown is very effective for what it is, and that's why most beers are bottled in brown glass. However, coloured glass is more expensive to make, so clear was often used, and that lets any exposure to sunlight start the process, and it doesn't take much! Here, try this experiment:

Take one of your cans of Tecate, open it up and pour it into a clear glass. Then, take it outside on a sunny day. Leave it for 10 minutes. That's all I ask - 10 minutes. Now, take it back inside, and pour a fresh Tecate from a can into a fresh glass beside the one that was outside. Taste each of them, fresh beer first. Do this and report back to me what you find.

I guarantee the outside beer will be skunky. There's something about hops and UV rays that make a chemical reaction happen. And what's weird  is, esp. for a home-brewer, is that something like that is exactly what you try to avoid. HBs don't want weird fermentations from the temp being too-high and fusel alcohols forming while brewing, and they don't want sunlight hitting their beer afterwards. Corona does it on purpose, because people claim to like Corona. Apparently their canned beer didn't taste the same as the bottled and the bottles were far outselling the cans, so now they run the open cans under a UV light on the canning line before the tops are attached.

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Edited for safety. I think.

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1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

I don't know about you, but the story makes no sense - why would you spend the extra money for a premium beer that you don't like? 

1) it was a Mexican-style restaurant and 2) people buy krap they don't like all the time. Put a higher price on something cheap and it gains popularity somehow, hence Cornoa being a "premium" beer somehow.

FTR, I hear the breweries that make Corona pass the open cans (before they get a top) under a UV light to skunk the beer, so it tastes like the bottled stuff. IDK if it's true, but it sounds plausible.



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