There is less than a month between Russia and me and the excitement is building. Yes, many people have been asking if I am concerned about what is happening in Georgia and my answer is no. I think that that is so far removed from where I will be in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Lately I have been all over the cultural map again. I have been watching Greta Garbo films and listening to an audio book about Superman. On the music front, I am rotating between Imogen Heap and John Mayer with some Goldfrapp and Flunk added to the mix.
I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed the audio book about Superman. The voice actor did an excellent job with the different characters and overall I liked the way that Lois, Lex and Clark finally became intertwined.
]]>Still sweaty from a late morning bike ride and a casual walk around my subdivision where I took some photos, I feel good. Everything is beginning to turn green around here and there is a second showing this Saturday for my old condo. This showing is for someone who liked the place last year, but did not have an offer on their place then. Oh, dare I hope that an offer will be made on my place now? If I could sell the place now, then I could enjoy the summer without that being in the back of my mind all of the time.
Last night I had a wonderful geek moment and spread about three months worth of comic book across the floor of the office. Naturally as I sorted through them to make sure that they were in my database, I took some time to read more than a few of them again. Personal favorites include Fables, Legion of Super-Heroes, Red Sonja, Scalped and of course Superman. I am looking forward to James Robinson taking over the writing chores on Superman. His creation Starman years ago brought me much reading pleasure.
Two groups of Canadian geese seem to like the open field across from my place and I have no idea why. What I do know is that I hear them honking every morning.
]]>Recently Mile High Comics had a special sale where they offered ten dollars worth of free comics to anyone who entered a certain code on their order form. Usually I read the sale emails and then delete them, but that did not happen this time. After some careful selection I placed some Stuart Immonen era Adventures of Superman books and Bierbaum era Legion books into my online shopping cart. Then with the cold weather ushering in the New Year, I had some great reading by the Christmas tree these past couple of night.
I was aware of the fact that the Pre-Crisis Superman had had a mermaid for a girlfriend, so I eager to see what said character would be like in a more modern era. Karl Kesel and Stuart Immonen granted my wish in one of my chosen sale books from Mile High. One could say that the love triangle of Lana, Lois and Superman had been merely shifted to include Lori, Lois and Superman, but this time around it was a little more serious. This was when Lois had broken off the engagement to Clark/Superman and there was some doubt as to what was going to happen next in the book. Would this new Post-Crisis Lori fill the hole in Clark’s heart or was it merely misdirection?
]]>I truly love reading issues of Superman from the Bronze Age. Yes, some of the stories from thirty plus years ago might be more fanciful if not far less believable than today’s more sophisticated stories, but I love the idea of a Superman seeing his wife Lois die only to travel to a parallel world where he proposes to the Lois of this other world. Not surprisingly he finds out that the Superman of this other world has no intention of marrying Lois so the two of them exchange worlds so that both versions of Superman can be happy. I doubt that I am alone in this appreciation, because by looking at the circulation report of that issue published in 1969, the book had over ten times the number of issues printed of the same title today. Other factors have contributed to this decrease in readership, but the contrast still amazes me. To go from a circulation of over half a million issues to slightly under fifty thousand a month is worth noting.