The Tao of Steve

To echo an obit worth echoing.

Steve Gerber made me uncomfortable.

I couldn't last more than a few pages inside his comics before I came cowering back to safety like a whipped junkyard dog to my comfy, banal superheroes. This was,of course, in my callow and foolish days as a kid geek when superheroes were the end-all and be-all of comics.

But Gail was right. Gerber was his time's cutting edge. Not so much bookish like Gaiman but druggish and fuckedupish like Morrison.

I'm much older now, a little wiser and superheroes do suck eggs most of the time and they get suckier each year. I do go back and reread my old Gerber comics - - - not much else good to read anyway. Howard the Duck. Some Man Thing. Some Omega the Unknown. And he still makes me uncomofrtable. But this time, uncomfortable is a good place.

RIP, Mr.Gerber.

New God On My Shelf

Mandoll abstinece broken.

Poorer now . . . but damn , if that bugger doesn't look handsome as fuck on my shelf. Keep me away from the new Animated Spawn figures, though. No more savings to dip into.

Christmas Loot!

Thor and I went to the 2nd Christmas Toy and Collectible Fair and a trip to Comic Odyssey. Needless to say we went and emptied our wallets!

New Frontier Series 2 : Batman, Dr Fate, Martian Manhunter, and Flash
The rest in the picture are from Series 1


Finally the rest of the Authority minus Jack Hawksmoor. Thor bought Apollo last June.


Elseworld Counterparts from Red Son with JLA Superman and Batman and Son's Batman bought earlier this year. Terry Dodson's Wonder Woman was a Christmas gift from Thor.


Thor's picks - He's still admiring the packaging.


Crappy picture but this was the most expensive action figure I bought. This was a Christmas wish come true! I also got a couple of cheap busts that are locally made.

Yep. It was a happy Christmas!

kasal kasali kasalo

Kinasal na si Alan Moore at Melinda Gebbie!





May pag-asa pa!


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Toying Around

THIS ARRIVED YESTERDAY!

I prefer my toys out of the closet and posing.

Buddy and Supernova are staying at the condo...

while Booster Gold, Skeets, Isis and Batwoman will be keeping...

the JSA company.

Man Dolls

Two man dolls that are poised to break my bank if the month's end pipeline schedule pushes through - - and if the grapevine is to be trusted. My Shazam fandom's just come to a boil. But Hawkman's been my fetish since I was 3 - - -some 26 years ago.
























I'm staking Toy Kingdom out now.