This post will be at the top THROUGH TUESDAY! Scroll down for all the latest news! In our 21st show,we chat with comic book retailer Greg Thompson, owner/operator of Local Heroes Comics in Norfolk, Virginia. Local Heroes is a different kind of comic shop and Greg is a different kind of store owner. He’s got […]
It isn’t just the smug, self-satisfied, near-cultish, outsider mentality that they foster for themselves and their fans. It isn’t that this outsider mentality is based on almost totally false pretenses. After all, the iPhone is the best selling phone in history. And when most people think of MP3 players, they think of iPods. In fact, […]
I came across this little gem over the weekend, a video demo-ing a comic shop locator for iPhone. Okay, first… too damned cool. Second? Who’s releasing it? The YouTube entry is posted by Diamond Comics, who distribute comics and created the web incarnation of the Comic Shop Locator. Okay, but who is developing this thing? […]
Sometimes I feel like a monkey. You know what I mean. Too much crap, not enough time. This past weekend for instance… between working in the yard Friday night as well as all day Saturday and Sunday, social commitments and quality time with the missus, there has been remarkably little time for geekery. Sure, I […]
I’ve tried a lot of comic readers for iPhone and have been unhappy with what I’ve seen. Largely, my dissatisfaction with those apps grows from a poorly imagined transition from print comic to PDA. Much of what I’ve seen fails to consider the differences in medium and the specifics challenges of a digital handheld device. […]
On occasion, folks will say “it’s just a phone.” Bah! They don’t get it because they don’t have one. Don’t make me choose between you and my iPhone! My iPhone completes me! Much as the silver cord connects my astral form to the Prime Material Plane, the iPhone connects me to the vast, wondrous world […]