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30 May 2010
29 May 2010
Figures In Action! CAST A Vote For Your Favorite CAP
Here's something fun that'll take a minute out of your day - and give you something to talk about over beers tonight. Through Memorial Day on ToyRUs.com you’ll be able to vote for your favorite Captain America Minimate design. Just as those Uncanny Mating X-men we showed you few days back prove, Minimates figures get a lot of...well, action. Finally, this is the weekend for all of us to get in what we're missin -- and to witness the democratic process from the comfort of your own computer! After the votes have been tallied, the top four selections will be collected into an exclusive Toys R Us box set from Art Asylum, celebrating the return of the original Captain America, Steve Rogers. The six (6) designs to choose from include:
* World War II-era (Golden Age)
* Suspended Animation (Silver Age)
* The Captain (80s)
* Armored Captain America (90s)
* Civil War Captain America (00s)
* Captain America Re-Birth (current)
* Suspended Animation (Silver Age)
* The Captain (80s)
* Armored Captain America (90s)
* Civil War Captain America (00s)
* Captain America Re-Birth (current)
25 May 2010
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23 January 2010
Crayola Chronologies: A Spectral Analysis
Unless you're a weirdo freak or The Dabbler, you probably don't spend your time worrying whether or not Crayola Crayons' average growth rate of 2.56% annually is cause for concern. Considering that Crayons have existed along with us peacefully for over a hundred years -- from an initial box of just eight colors to today's count of 120 -- and that only eleven colors have met their demise since, we've concluded that there's no cause for alarm just yet. And we owe our peace of mind to the folks of Weather Sealed.
Yup, we've got to hand it to them, because we're in love with their Crayola Chronology Chart -- their nifty visualization of the Crayola color spectrum of the past 100 years. After gathering the information and dates of all Crayola that have ever been from Wikipedia's list of standard colors, the Weather Sealers made a surprising discovery from the data: the number of standard crayon colors double every 28 years!
That's pretty damn quick, and while it may cause problems for our ecosystem and toddlers with anxiety disorder, those crayons can't hold a candle to our comic collection, which doubles far faster than that! Even taking the annual growth rate into account, Crayola's box o' crayons will only be 330 strong by 2050. That would make a box of crayons relatively bigger content-wise than a long box of comic books. Of course, the future's uncertain and anything can happen in forty years -- Ralph Lauren could even get into the crayon-making business. Should that happen, the rainbow of excitement will never end.
14 January 2010
12 January 2010
11 January 2010
Hey, Can You Read This?
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch sutyd at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy:
it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. If you can raed tihs, psot it to yuor wlal. Olny 55% of plepoe can.
16 November 2009
15 November 2009
Gallery @ Dabble Lab
Former Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue, arrives in bookstores this Tuesday.
Additional information on Image Comics can be found on the publisher's website here. To learn more about Rogue and the X-Men, visit her Marvel Comics page here. Details on Anna Paquin, the actress who portrayed Rogue in Marvel Studios' X-Men and X2 films, can be found here. And special thanks to DanielFierce for the terrific Rogue/Palin mash-up.
abbracadabbling does not endorse any political candidate. at the dabble lab, it's all about amusement.
06 November 2009
How To Write A Sequel That Doesn't Actually Suck
Last night's post had a me all atwitter but...wait, do people I still say atwitter if they're not referring to their account, or is it copyright infringement?
You'll remember from my last blog that Jonah Wieland from comics news giant CBR.com had teased his readers with a photo of DC Comics' foyer and the Superman statue hanging there, and promised to reveal today where else one might find the Man of Steel -- presumably also within DC's halls.
But maybe not, either. Jonah's set-up last night was clear and unremarkable, yet I really expected him to deliver something huge today. Comics readers thrive on teasers, cliff-hangers, spoilers, retcons - every kind of anxious a narrative can induce. Plus, we love surprises.
We're also getting used to being played. Which is unfortunate.
Still, I've got to man-up here. Jonah's Live isn't Comic Book Resources' Go-To page for breaking news. Clearly, I over-read and my imagination got the better of me.
Jonah, buddy, there's a lesson for all of us here. I realize your photo offers a seldom-seen peek at a DC Comics conference room corner. But dude: it's even less exciting than Marvel's Siege teasers. You asked your readers to make an investment, to return, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who did. But you failed to make the pay-off, man. No more writing advice from Tim Kring, Mr. Weiland.
With a little ingenuity and a bit of daring-do, you could've become comics newest rock star reporter. How? All I can say is, show me your Clark Kent squatting naked on a DC Comics commode, and I'll show you a Technorati rating so high it could play tennis with Andre Agassi.
Point. Game. Match.
Which would you rather see, dabblers. Jonah's conference-calling Clark or my Nature's calling Clark? Get down to the Back Issues and let me know! And while you're at, leave some comments for Jonah on his blog here. Feign enthusiasm. It's only polite.
Premiering on the Comicsblog 11/13/2009!
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