I’m kind of obsessed with The X-Files. I even bought a big box of the Topps comics on eBay before I was really even much of a comic book reader because I was so in love with the show.

Anyway, the new movie is coming out in 10 days, and the new comic even sooner, and I think everyone in the world should go see the movie and buy the comic so they’ll make more of both.

Captain’s Log. Stardate: 200805.31. Received Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 instead of Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1. Also had an interview for a job, then was told I won’t be getting it because I don’t play enough Halo.

Also, in case anyone reads this who isn’t already enamored of HI, I want to note that I emailed them as soon as I noticed the problem, and we resolved it immediately and I’ve had Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 in my possession for quite a while now. So go give them all your money.

The only problem with buying comics from HI instead of at a local shop is that I tend to buy things thinking in terms of how much money I have available at a given time, and then nothing ships for a while and I forget and buy other things, and then everything ships at once (or all the big things, anyway), and I am left wondering if maybe buying all that stuff wasn’t such a good idea after all, given my current employment status.

I received a shipment packed with Hero By Night goodness today. I think this strange feeling I am experiencing is a desire to allocate a large chunk of my comic funds to the superhero genre. Weird. I’ll have to try to control that, though. I’m too anal about completion to even think about trying to get into Batman or any other major, established hero.

Charlotte:

Diego:

Mr. Bunny (he used to be Artemisia, but then he turned out to be a he, and he never really got a new name):

So apparently all the cool kids are using these “blog” things now to let people know what’s new in their lives. I guess I can do that.

Yesterday I graduated from college. It was cold and rainy and miserable. But now I’ve got a diploma. So that’s cool. Except it turns out people who major in math and Russian aren’t really in high demand.

This is mostly a reminder of trades I’m supposed to buy next time I feel like buying something just for the sake of spending money.

- Fables
- Lucifer
- Walking Dead
- Y: The Last Man
- Absolute Sandman
- Anything by John Van Fleet

Fun fact: I liked what I saw of Van Fleet’s art when I bought a huge box of X-Files comics on eBay, so I Googled him to see what else he’d done, and it turns out I’d been working about 50 feet from his brother for the past two years.