Author: Gareth

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Entertainment Weekly has a feature where comics pros talk about the first comic book that hooked them.

What was mine? The one that really sticks in my head was this:

Star Trek #36 — March 1976 (which means I was almost 7 years old).

I stuck pretty much to sci-fi stuff — Trek, Marvel’s Star Wars comics, etc. — I didn’t jump into the superhero genre until 1978, when my grandmother gave me the following:

DC Comics Presents #1 — July/Aug 1978.

From the End Politics As Usual blog:

Hillary says Memphis National Champ Despite KU Having More Points

In a move that’s sure to be seen as controversial, Hillary has contacted the NCAA Board of Directors to argue that Memphis is actually better qualified to be National Champion.

Ms. Clinton stated that Memphis, while losing the game, had actually shown more ability to act like a National Champion on Day One. She argued that Memphis had passed every test during the game, including scoring more points than Kansas for 38 minutes. For 38 minutes they had shown the experience necessary to be National Champion. “Just because some team comes along in the last minute and scores more points than the other guy doesn’t mean they’re necessarily able to be National Champion on Day One.”

Heh.

The new series of Doctor Who premiered in the UK this past weekend…

Not particularly spoilery thoughts behind the cut…