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rachelmanija) wrote2008-08-13 05:06 pm
rachelmanija) wrote2008-08-13 05:06 pm
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Batteries and comics
The other day my remote car lock/unlock device died. I discovered this when, after a dental appointment, I could not remote-unlock the car. And as the remote-lock automatically sets the alarm, if you manually open the car, the alarm goes off and the car won't start.
After much fiddling, I phoned the dealership to ask how to manually turn off the alarm... and was told that you can't, and I'd either have to take a taxi to the dealership to get a new remote and then take it back to the car, or have to have the car towed! Alternatively, he added, the remote battery might be dead.
I proceeded to walk for half an hour,uphill and in the snow in the sun and on a street with no sidewalk, to the nearest hardware store to get that battery. Luckily a woman heard my hopeful inquiry about a bus back and gave me a ride. And yes. The car now starts. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
To relieve my stress (car, long hot walk, very painful tooth-cleaning), I went to the comic store where![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cyberpilate, who just won an Eisner Award (with others), works. I was really only looking for Tsubasa 18 DO NOT SPOIL and... er... more Moon Child. She pounced and proceeded to sell me Greg Rucka's Electra, Queen and Country, and Whiteout; Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba's Casanova, Lea Hernandez's steampunk Cathedral Child, and a Thor one-shot called "Reign of Blood:"
Me: "I'm not into Thor."
Carla: "Look! They're raising a blood colossus!"
Shows me awesome splash page of giant zombie mecha.
Carla: "And there's Thor! Look, he's saying, 'I will pilot your blood colossus!'"
Me: "Sold!"
Also, I sold myself books one of DNAgents (collected-- blast from my past) and From Eroica With Love.
I should note that lots of this was on the 60% off shelf.
Anyone read any of these? Without plot spoilers... comments?
After much fiddling, I phoned the dealership to ask how to manually turn off the alarm... and was told that you can't, and I'd either have to take a taxi to the dealership to get a new remote and then take it back to the car, or have to have the car towed! Alternatively, he added, the remote battery might be dead.
I proceeded to walk for half an hour,
To relieve my stress (car, long hot walk, very painful tooth-cleaning), I went to the comic store where
cyberpilate, who just won an Eisner Award (with others), works. I was really only looking for Tsubasa 18 DO NOT SPOIL and... er... more Moon Child. She pounced and proceeded to sell me Greg Rucka's Electra, Queen and Country, and Whiteout; Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba's Casanova, Lea Hernandez's steampunk Cathedral Child, and a Thor one-shot called "Reign of Blood:"Me: "I'm not into Thor."
Carla: "Look! They're raising a blood colossus!"
Shows me awesome splash page of giant zombie mecha.
Carla: "And there's Thor! Look, he's saying, 'I will pilot your blood colossus!'"
Me: "Sold!"
Also, I sold myself books one of DNAgents (collected-- blast from my past) and From Eroica With Love.
I should note that lots of this was on the 60% off shelf.
Anyone read any of these? Without plot spoilers... comments?
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He died and his bailbondsman, Jay Endicott, ended up with his equipment and decided to use it to investigate crimes. He showed up in DNAgents once or twice and then got his own series. He also dated Rainbow for a while and there was a Crossfire and Rainbow mini-series (really part of the main series).
Most of the stories involved the TV or movie business in some way, and many issues have long text pieces in the back by the writer of the series, Mark Evanier, which I at least think are very interesting. (Some of them have appeared on his website or in collections, but many haven't.)