It’s funny how even positive developments can stress you out. I’ve had a run of good fortune lately, and consequently I’m more anxious than I’ve been in quite a while.
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The Specialists
A WWII superhero webcomic
Al and I agreed that this site was going to be pretty apolitical. It’s not that we don’t have political opinions; we certainly do. But the purpose of this site is to tell the best WWII-era superhero story that we can, not to serve as a platform for a political agenda. So you won’t normally see me take up a torch for a particular cause in this space. But for the subject of net neutrality, I’ll make an exception.
You’ve almost certainly heard the term “net neutrality,” but you may not know what it means. So first, let’s look at a definition. This one is from PC Magazine:
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I may have mentioned it before, but one my most vivid memories of reading comics as a kid are the ads for Hostess snack cakes that were so ubiquitous at the time. Even as a kid, I knew how ridiculous they were. If you can be distracted by a handful of fruit pies dropped in your path, then you don’t deserve to be a supervillain.
I’d forgotten that there were some ads where the “delicious” snacks were used for purposes other than foiling villainous plots, like the one below, featuring The Incredible Hulk.
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I’ve realized over the last few days that our Twitter account has been woefully underutilized. So far, it’s just been a mirror of our Facebook page; I thought that I was just providing two different options to receive basic updates. But I realize now that people expect very different things out of Twitter and Facebook.
We’re going to leave our current feed up, for those who just want to get updates about new pages and such. But if you’d like something a little more personal, you can check out my new feed, @shawn_gustafson. I’ve just set it up, so there’s not much there yet, but I’ll be updating it regularly. But be forewarned, I’m new to this whole thing, so please be patient while I find my feet.
Shawn
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I hadn’t intended this blog to become an outlet for all of my complaints regarding the comic industry. I’m sure I’ll run out of vitriol before too long, but for now, we’re knee-deep in my four-color bile. Maybe I should turn it into a regular column and call it something like Back in My Day, with Uncle Cranky or Shawn’s Grumpy-Time Comics Rant. Well, for now at least, on with the grousing…