It's official: I'm a Geek

Ah ... another day, another — hey! Where's my dollar?!

Anyhoo, if we're Internet bezzies over on the Facebook, you may already know I recently took on the comic book news editor position over at Forces of Geek. I'm pretty excited about it and trying my best while still holding down a day job. Why don't you go over and take a look? The site has also been redesigned and I just posted a short article on a couple of Superman and Wonder Woman analogs gettin' it on in a phone booth. It's big fun, so go check it out.

In the meantime, I'll still be updating here at the ol' Post (if you hear a popping noise, that's just my brains a-sploding). And keep your eyes open for even more Big News coming soon — seriously, it's crazy-time around here!

And don't call me Oberhaupt!

You know how sometimes you don't realize something is missing from your life until it just suddenly falls into your lap? Well, here's the mash-up you never knew you'd been waiting for:

The B.P.R.D.'s JOHANN KRAUS

as PERRY WHITE

artwork by Guy Davis

Perry White for governor!

You may not know this if you don't live in Texas (and if the voting numbers here are anything to go by, maybe not even then), but the state recently had its primary elections for the governor's race. The winning Republican candidate was incumbent Gov. Rick Perry, and the Democratic nod went to former Houston mayor Bill White.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but some sharpie at the local TV station noticed something that went right over my head. Like, you might say, a speeding bullet.

Do you see it yet? White and Perry. Perry and White.

Perry.

White.

Holy crap!

Even more amazingly they decided to do a story about it, featuring both Dragon's Lair Comics and my own regular shop, Austin Books and Comics (where there's a party going on right now THAT I'M MISSING. See what I do for you? It's because I give and I give. I'm a giver.) They even interviewed Austin Books' own Brandon Zuern, raconteur, gadabout and the guy who introduced me to the wonder that is the film, A Boy and His Dog.

The news story is a little doofy and the definition of "slow news day," but I don't care because while it's ostensibly an election story, it's really all about Perry White. Check it out:



Honestly — and given the name for this blog, you might've guessed this by now — it's nice to see my favorite comic book newspaper editor get some much-deserved attention. And why shouldn't he? Perry White is a stalwart of the DCU, not to mention Metropolis. Tirelessly covering events in a town where it's always a good news day, often uncovering the scoops himself, and probably one of the few people to figure out Superman's secret identity (oh, c'mon, OF COURSE he knows), Perry is the consumate newsman and a bedrock of that great metropolitan newspaper known as the Daily Planet.

Yay for Perry White!

In this case, I'm the wench

As you might've guessed (or not — who are you, Mentok?), things that are Not Posting have been hitting me so hard I'm walking funny. This should hopefully clear up soon, so thanks for being patient.

Oh! And be sure to put Joe the Barbarian on your pull list; it's Grant Morrison on his own original storyline with great-looking art by Sean Murphy, and it'll only cost you a buck. ONE. BUCK. And here's a preview if you're gonna be all stubborn about it.

Oh ... hello.

You may have noticed, but things have been a little quiet around these parts. Let's chalk it up to a suddenly busy day job and a vague sense of exasperation, and wrap it up with some Perry White mind-bending:


I suspected as much!

Aaaanyway, things will be back on schedule from here on — thanks for hanging in there!

Scott Kolins draws Perry White

This dashing portrait of Perry White is fresh from the pen of Scott Kolins, who did a signing yesterday at my local comic shop and was impressively cranking out free sketches and taking requests. Kolins — in addition to being a hell of a nice guy — said he thought this might've been the first time he's drawn the venerable Daily Planet editor and hero of GCP; pretty good for a maiden flight, don't you think?

He also talked a little about a Solomon Grundy one-shot that's planned for a January release that sounds pretty cool. He'll be co-writing the book with Geoff Johns as well as handling the art, and there might be a chance it could be picked up as a limited series. Solomon Grundy is one of my favorite characters, so I'll be looking forward to that!

There should be some way to work Perry into that story, right?