About time now that The Simpsons movie was finally out. Which means, now that it has been, it's about been a week now since the site with Burger King in the US has time to settle from the overloading. Sort of.

The site, to make yourself a Simpsons character, doesn't really need a photo to kind of work. Though it might help. Just crank the dial and slider and select parts of Mr Potato Head and be done with it. Results may vary. As below:



For those who aren't on the mailing list, haven't seen the front page of the main site of late or are not keeping up with the Google calendar thing of the Comic Shop, listen up...

Right now and until August 2, everything in The Simpsons corner is knocking at 25% off the current marked prices.

Down in the yellow corner:

• All of the action figures and sets of The Simpsons.
• Board games with their mugs on them.
• Those polystone busts with what appears to be a classically disorientated Abe Simpson.
• Those mini statues that look like you can sort of eat them.
• That Christmas tree with all the townspeople.
• Bendables from NJ Croce. Look somewhat edible, certainly not so when biting into them.
• Wackly wobblers, bobble heads and the bobble banks what give you this jittery look when pressed for questions.

All of that in The Simpsons corner. Until August 2.

 

Please and thank you is such a lost art of communication in the world of sneaking in and running out with a guilt ridden face. More so when picking through the lucky dip which is not exactly a lucky dip to pick and run out with.



Homer Simpson, greeting those who enter this Easter lead up period, decked out in sun hat and BBQ apron, holds onto a basket of big plastic eggs.

Inside those eggs, chocolate eggs that people find melts in their mouth. Or in their hand. Or in the back pocket after having forgotten the fact that it has been left there in the first place.

One week remains to the Easter period, where the Comic Shop will be closed over the public holidays of Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday.

Would be nice to see the basket at hold onto at least one egg come the end of said period. It's looking thin right now.

 

Weeks ago, a lone can of Dr Pepper was left in the drinks vending machine next to the arcade machine. Blocked from rolling in with the rest of the soft drink choices, it's a show of support, however passive, on wanting to bring back the fizz.

Apparently, one regular was so enticed by the token can that they almost jammed their hands up the flap, nearly breaking it, in trying to fish out this magic vessel of soft drink.



Just like the scene in which Homer finds himself in two vending machines in "Marge on the Lam."

 

Christmas Day is here and it's where all the snow that's fit to fake is so fake that it doesn't even exist. Unlike the situation around certain parts of Australia.



Regular stoppers-by by the Comic Shop (aka "The place to really be") will no doubt recognise Homer Santa, or Santa Homer, who greets the peeps on the way in and out.

Previously, in years previous, his station was burning up a wind storm of inflated existence in the shop window. His current position has got to be a far better deal for him.



Merry Christmas from the Comic Shop.

 

Weeks like these make walking away from the counter a little bit on the heavy side. August 28, where the end of the lost gift voucher is coming to a burning close. Damn that sucker.

Well, damn it, it's already that time of year again and that means Halloween reading with Bart Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror #12. Not that Halloween favours anything a situation in Australia. Odd and freaky funny stories from a variety of creators, never fails to entertain.

Double dose of the web slinger this week. First, there's making The Man working for another buck to huck with Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man. Featuring a bit written by Joss Whedon and drawn by Michael Gaydos. It could be like watching that final episode of the animated series with Christopher Daniel Barnes. Great show, release that one on DVD!

And then, Ultimate Spider-Man #100. Clones, clones, clones. Ever enough with them?

 

Today already feels like a Thursday, and yet the calendar insists that there will be an actual Thursday come tomorrow. 6 October to be precise, and these things usually come very close to being so. In any event, them's be cracking out the cherry soft drink at local artist, Matt Huynh's little blow for his new comic, Happy Birthday, Anyway.

Fell #2 is a short, get it over and done with kind of comic. It's short, it's refreshing, it costs something rare the charts on US dollars conversion. Should be as dirty as the first if things are promising to follow a trend.

Bart Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror #11 says that yes, it's that time of the American's year again. Halloween approaches and the fattest book on the Bongo Comics schedule comes at last. Tight on the squeezing of the notes though. Makes up for it though.

 

Just off the top of the head...

Amazing Spider-Man #518-522
Astonishing X-Men #11
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #8-9
Battle Pope #1
Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #4-5
Doc Frankenstein #2-3
Emo Boy #2
Ex Machina #10-12
Freshmen #1
Futurama #20
Kabuki: The Alchemy #2-4
Kabuki: Reflections: Book 5
Nat Turner #1
PVP #0
Shaolin Cowboy #2-3
Small Gods special
Radioactive Man
Ultimate Spider-Man #76-81
Ultimate Spider-Man Annual

All awaiting time to be read. The longer the wait, the more it feels like a chore. Unbelievable.

 

The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II #2 closes out the second crossover between the Springfield and Planet Express worlds. For those who missed out on the first issue, it does a pretty good job of bringing up the major plot points. Namely, fictional characters -- and this would include the Simpsons -- have broken through into the real world. There is a sneaky use of a deus ex machina to clean up the whole mess of the situation which turns out to be some good clean fun.

Freedom Force #3 continues to blaze on through at their break neck pace. If last issue's mob of characters wasn't enough, there are even more new faces and costumes to be had this time around. Liberty Lad tackles the letters pages and it's all like one of those Amalgam comics of a few years ago. The energy is just sheer and the speed is near obliterating. And where is the time for a rest and chance to develop characters? Nowhere. Yet despite this, why then is there a compelling want for the fourth issue?

 

When you've stuck yourself into a warp hole of time and space, you can't find the other end without first losing the middle. Make this promise to yourself often enough and the realities of failure will make their commitment ever lasting. These are the picks for comics expected to hit the store on March 24.

Amazing Spider-Man #518 falls back further and further as the last read issue vanishes close into that void of a six month period. This can only mean one thing about the filing system, it needs to exist. That, or just can the book outright and read what's left of the Spider-Man issues before reconsidering picking it back up again. Which might be a good deal healthier a prospect overall.

Can't quite remember asking for Ed The Happy Clown #1 to make an appearance in the box. We'll see what it's like when it takes a leap frog in the reading queue over the other comics. And that seems to happen quite a lot. If anything, it could only serve as a taste test for that trade expected further in the year.

If Shaolin Cowboy #2 is a reorder, what happened in the second issue anyway? Got to check to see if this one's already been bought. Pretty expensive for a double shot.

Futurama Simpsons Crossover Crisis Part 2 #2 will most definitely be the first read of this week's pile. Gots to see how this one is wrapped up from the cliffhanger of the first part.