Friday Night Fights: Cordelia & Doyle vs. Mind-Controlled Dudes

From Angel #3 (2000). Art by Christian Zanier & Andy Owens & friends. Letters by Clem Robins. Story by Christopher Golden. (click pic for larger)

Ka-Pow? Bzzztt! Krakk!

Weather Whiplash

Bizarro is brought to you today by Nature's Cruelty.

As I said in my previous couple of posts, I've been in Hawaii for a couple of weeks. It's real dandy there. They have weather that you hardly even feel when you walk outside and things you can eat just grow on trees. There is also a great deal of water, which is cold this time of year but you can get used to it. I saw some fish in it.

In the very near future, I'll post a bunch of pictures from our trip and attempt to amuse you with my comments. If you've never seen a professional cartoonist in swim trunks, you'll not want to miss it.

Meanwhile, I missed posting a lot of cartoons while I was gone, so here are a couple of random ones from the pile.

I particularly like the first one here. If you have ever known a person who has squeezed out a kid or even bought one from an agency, this cartoon should ring true. Something about having a mini-me around the house saps your brain's ability to think or speak of anything else. I did it myself back when my kids were small, try as I did to avoid it. When you've got a little bundle from heaven around the house, somehow their every bowel movement is more fascinating than the second coming of Christ or anything else.

This second cartoon was a random thought about tattoos. I was wondering if anyone had ever had hair tattooed on their head and the bowling ball idea sprang from there. Tattooed hair would be an interesting look, but I know from experience that large expanses of solid color are particularly painful, especially black, which has to be gone over several times to insure a smooth field. I've heard head tattoos are more painful than other parts of the body, too, but I have no intention of finding that out for myself. Although a realistic face on the back of your head would be a pretty great tattoo. I did a cartoon about that years ago, but can't find it right now. Sorry, I'm still bleary from climate shock.

Just so you won't hate me for having a tan in January, I'm scheduled to spend next week in Indianapolis. Yin and yang.

Amazon Top 50

It's been a while since I've looked at the Amazon top sellers in Comics & Graphic Novels. I'm going to try to do this every Friday afternoon for the next little bit. All the previous caveats apply.

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
2. Amazing Spider-Man #583 Barack Obama Variant
3. Watchmen (paperback)
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
6. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
7. The Joker
8. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
9. Batman: The Killing Joke
10. The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
11. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
12. Watchmen (hardcover)
13. The Complete Persepolis
14. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
15. Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
16. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
17. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
18. Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces
19. Batman: Year One
20. Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
21. Batman: Arkham Asylum
22. Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)
23. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
24. American Born Chinese
25. Secret Invasion *
26. V for Vendetta
27. Crown Of Horns (Bone)
28. The Arrival
29. Watchmen (Absolute Edition)
30. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
31. Batman: The Long Halloween
32. Batman: R.I.P. *
33. The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
34. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
35. Dream Country (The Sandman, Vol. 3)
36. The Complete Persepolis (Kindle edition)
37. Escape from the Forest (Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha, No. 2)
38. Alliance (Star Wars: Legacy, Vol. 4)
39. No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
40. The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 4
41. The Book of Bunny Suicides
42. Secret Invasion, Book 2 (New Avengers, Vol. 9) *
43. Dark Tower: The Long Road Home (Exclusive Amazon.com Cover)
44. The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus (3 Complete Adventures in One Volume, Vol. 1)
45. The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 1)
46. Bone: One Volume Edition
47. What It Is
48. American Born Chinese (bargain price)
49. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House
50. The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)

Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

Comments:
* No, Amazon doens't have copies of the Obama Spider-Man cover for sale; those are all from 3rd party Marketplace sellers. (Prices are going from $6.49 to $200.00)
* Jeff Kinney seems to have a license to print money, doesn't he?
* The Dark Knight halo effect is still in full force.

Back, Sort Of

Sorry for the long delay, boys, girls, and both, but I'm back now and all is well. When I returned a couple of nights ago, my heat was off and the cable and Internet were out. What a thrill.

I managed to get the heat back on that night, but had to wait until this morning to get the cable and Internet back.

I've got some big deadlines to catch up on in the next hour or two, then I will post a full-size, extensive blog for anyone who might still be reading. Until then, I remain your humble servant.