Behind on blogging.

I am trying to update this blog regularly, but I am not succeeding. I do have about 150 web browser tabs open on my phone of stuff I might want to blog about. So I am at least thinking about blogging.

I finally got to visit Dr. No’s comic book store in Georgia. I didn’t get any comic books there, but I did see some very cool Morlock action figures (from the 1960 Time Machine movie).

There’s a toy store in the same strip mall as Dr. No’s called 2nd Chance Toys and Collectibles. They have an impressive collection of vintage toys, including several very cool Shogun Warriors toys that are, unfortunately, too pricey for me.

Speaking of comics, there’s an omnibus coming out soon collecting a bunch of Marvel/DC crossover comics. I suspect a lot of Gen X comic book fans have a soft spot for these comics. It always seemed like an extra big deal when Spider-Man would meet Superman or the X-Men would meet the Teen Titans.

I’m glad these comics are being reissued, because they’ve been generally out-of-print for decades. That said — and I am sorry to be an old grump about this — modern reprints of old comic books tend to bug me. Pre-1990’s comic books were generally printed on cheap paper with a limited color palette. When those old comics get digitally re-colored and reprinted on glossy paper, I feel like something gets lost.

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