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Hawkman, seeking Hawkgirl

Oh man, you guys. At the comic shop the other day, I found a Hawkman figurine that was pretty cheap to begin with, and on top of that, half off. Now, maybe this isn't surprising to you. I don't really care. I do love him dearly. I know it's geek blasphemy to remove them from the packaging, but then, thanks to Debra's brash words (you're welcome), I realized that no one else was going to buy him so I may as well take him out and enjoy him. So now he has a place of glory on my desk, in front of my DVDs and random pictures. I thought I would share this with you guys. Now, I reaaaally really need a Hawkgirl to go next to him. Hopefully on the same scale. There's these creepy (in a good cute anime way) $60 Japanese action figures at the shop as well, and they have my two favorites (Hakwgirl and Zatanna) and Debra's two favorites (Poison Ivy and, who was it? Batgirl? I'm a bad friend... Huntress, though that Batgirl was Barbara Gordon so I like her too). But that won't do at all, Japanese Hawkgirl doesn't belong with good ol' Thenegarian Hawkman. Once I get the nerve to drop that much money on her, she will live in her own spot of glory. ;D

(and she makes fun of me for liking Ivy? Seriously.... he has a hawk mask, wings, a mace, green tights, and no shirt.)

I guess I'm just going to stare at him for a while. Do me a favor and tell Debra my obsession with the Hawks is no less creepy than her obsession with the Gotham Rouges gallery (can't forget Wally West obsessed with him!). At least mine has a penis. Well, one of them.

Also, happy Wednesday. Flash Rebirth #4 comes out today (and the art was amazing!!! though a whole lot of red and yellow--also Titans and Gotham City Sirens, oh and of course Blackest Night). Expect a review soon.

Anyway.

G'day, blogiverse.

Love,
Aria (and the one with the obnoxious comments, Debra)

Picture of the Week!!!!!

I'm gonna try and make this weekly but I don't know if I'll be as successful as the
DC 52 story

So here's this weeks...

if you can't see it go to...

[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=543]

Comic Class: Day 2

Ok, so as mentioned in the vlog the lovely Aria and myself are in a comic class as a freshman interest course. You might have noticed this says day 2 as well... that's because we only came up with our nerdy little blog sometime around Thursday and it is a Monday/Wednesday class.
So a run down on day one...











what do you see? nothing? my how correct you are! absolutely nothing interesting happened. in fact, I think Aria and I had a few hopes and dreams crushed that day. We ended up being the only avid comic book fans in the class, a few were all otakuish (and there's nothing really wrong with that) but otaku fans do not make a compelling comic class. One dunce who we call a classmate even bragged about not reading ANYTHING for 4 years, yesh! Wonder who's going to drop out by the end of the semester. Regardless I'm sure you get the feeling that we left disappointed and frustrated.

So drum roll please......

Day 2
We enter the room with no hope, no thought that this will be taken at all seriously... and for the most part we were right, but in my opinion there is some light in this darkness, some kids genuinely seemed to like it or at least know minimal background information that could lead to a real interest and then poof we wouldn't be the only people in the class who actually go to the comic book store once a week!!!!
Ok for those of you who don't know we're reading



[If you've never read it or need a refresher, there's a good summary at http://www.darkknight.ca/storylines/tdkr.html]

So, anyone follow that mess of crazy? it's different that's for sure, but at the time this was like Batman's chance to rise from the ashes of campy trash and become a real boy! excuse me I meant comic..... this story basically redesigned Batman and without this story Batman probably wouldn't exist today as we know him... ( well obviously things have changed a bit with Dick taking over the role after Bruce's death... but you get my drift). This is a darker Batman then the world was used to, edgy and new, he was an alcoholic, he was violent, he was old, and he was vicious, with all the smarts to take down the Son of Krypton, control a rabid gang with tendencies to flip-flop worse than Kerry, and fake his own death. Batman:The Dark Knight Returns raised the bar for writers of the series. (interesting to note that while this Bats isn't exactly the GOD DAMNED Batman, it seems he is a reference point for the All-Star freak that Miller calls Batman)

Back to class:

We touched on a lot of things but only scrached their surface but they showed promise...

Backstories were discussed

Continuity and how things were changed because of this book

Why Superman is such a useless character most of the time (and such a douche in this book)

We touched on the relationship between Bats and his rouges (mainly Bats and the Joker, on which I will have a lengthy discussion on later)

We even spoke of the awesomeness of one armed Green Arrow firing a Kryponite arrow with his mouth.... UPSIDE-DOWN looking kinda like a deranged Santa actually....

but we got somewhere the people were thinking about the comic, so I was happy

The Professor knows some of what he's talking about I will admit, but unfortunately not because I think he's genuinely interested (not that he isn't but his dominant reason would probably be...) only because he had to Wiki it for his powerpoint (that wasn't horrible but lacked a true subject other than Batman covers through the decades)

To end thing here are a few panels that I found amusing/liked/made me laugh/go wtf

Taking Knight to the next level

sorry about the sideways guys... but Selina Kyle as... A WHORE...dressed as
Wonder Woman

If I may what the F is a Milk baby?

Ok so Superman now gets a butterfly and some pretty ponies?



Someone thought this was Harly Quinn.... ok blond and blue eyed yes but 10ft tall and a nazi?

Haha! Take that lame ass 80's hairdo female Robin





Hold it hold it does that say what I think it does, lets zoom in!













What the hell? The Comissioner is a pedophile???? seriously what the hell!!??!!

And with that my dears I'm logging off to watch some old StarTrek eposodes
Hope I didn't offend
Much love
Debra

Vlog Episode 1

Watch us discuss how shitty our comic class is, sort of what it's like to be a girl nerd, why our desk chairs are weird, how we got into comics, and then get cut off because my webcam decided to stop recording at some point and not tell us. All in good fun.

[Also, my apologies for rough audio and bad technical work.. HP vs Mac.. I have the former. And I don't know how to use Windows Movie Maker. It's no iMovie, that's for sure. Also I talk quietly and plan to speak up in future vloggin. ;D - Aria]

No Matter How Dark It Gets, There Will Be Protomen!

I realize that the title of our blog is 'Girls Dig Comics Too' but for our first real blog I have decided to cover the amazing show we went to on Thursday. Or, more accurately, I obsessed over for weeks and made Debra come with me because a) she's a geek so I knew she would like it and b) she has a car and I don't. [literally dragged me! and the venue was in this little place under a bridge called the Midtown but the GPS took us to a parking lot next to a cemetery.... everyone was like WTF? but apparently even the band made this mistake so no sweat]

SO! Background on the Protomen: a super geeky band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee - they do a Megaman themed rock opera show that will blow your mind [really my mind was in a puddle of awesomeness by the end of the show]. The members all have code names and insist that they live in a compound called Thundercon, never breaking character. The music itself is heavily 80s influenced, and smoothly transitions from one song to the next, adding to the feel of the story. The storyline follows Dr. Light's rebellion against evil Dr. Wily, through his sons Protoman and Megaman, and their battle for the fate of mankind, who all end up dying anyway. It's okay, they deserve it. And the most fun part is, there's plenty of room for audience participation, specifically as the role of the dying humans. You get to scream 'we are the dead' at the top of your lungs a whole bunch - and who wouldn't want to do that?

After me raving about how fantastic they were and telling the entire story in detail to Debra and her adorable roommate Kim, she decided she wanted to come with us! Which, as you will see, was a good decision on her part. She's a 4'9" conservative Christian [Catholic, if that counts for anything] girl, so Debra took the opportunity to... dress her up a little. (I did her hair if it counts for anything?)

Cute right? Alright so we get there early-ish and the bands that are playing are.. unfortunate, for lack of a better word [for lack of a better word... I can think if a few... God awful to start with, continuing down a list of scathing and mean words till I get to the part where I call them retards with puppets on their hands (no really there was a band with puppets--a little puppy and a shark) headbanging to sub par screamo imitations... lack of better words I think not]. I've never been a fan of hardcore music, and neither were the other two girls, so needless to say it wasn't an enjoyable experience. I tried to be nice for a while but as the night wore on from eight until ten I could probably be quoted as saying 'get off the fucking stage, I just want to see the Protomen' several times. [about 24x]

And see them I did! But first I ogled the men wandering around in robot makeup while they were setting up, bouncing and stressing and making Debra and Kim laugh at how excited and anxious I was [like a child with sugar]. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention - they dress up.

Up front was of course the only place to be, with all the superfanboys - there was even one guy that had a robot gun arm [and a second with a fuzzy parka and gasmask, Tatooine reject anyone?], I really wish we had taken a picture. But we have a few decent ones from the show:

A few comments on the photos: Yes, that is a keytar. The red helmet in the third picture is also a microphone, which is too cool to even say things about [the techie in me just fainted at the awesomeness of making a Megaman helmet into a functioning microphone! it was supercool]. And the last blurry photo is, from what I can tell, a new member. In his words, "They call me Turbo Lover." His song was one of the highlights of the night for sure - he's a really animated performer and a lot of fun onstage. Next time I'll have video I promise [there is one on my youtube account (Redwicca240) titled oddly enough Protomen]. I even got a picture with him, like the ridiculous fangirl that I am. (Actually Debra is just camera crazy in the embarrassing way that your mother is, and makes you pose for pictures out of nowhere.) [NOTE: I took them because she was wimpy and meek but we all knew she wanted the damn pictures taken.]

Okay, okay, okay I've been going on and on and I haven't even gotten to the best part. Sorry. Tiny Kim, the least geeky of us three and certainly the one feeling most out of place at the beginning of the night, is actually having a great time. When we get to the epilogue, K.I.L.R.O.Y. (the tall guy in the silver mask) jumps offstage, scoops up all less-than-five-feet of her, throws her over his shoulder, and puts her onstage.

Dancing next to Panther? Yes she was. I was jealous in a million ways until I got to talk to him and even a hug after the show. Now that I think of it, that's one of the best things about the Protomen. Not that they put on a fucking awesome show, but just that they're a really nice group of guys/girls and genuinely interested in talking and interacting with their fans (some of which I will admit are a bit creepy, myself included probably) [once again, understatement... a bit creepy is for the man in the corner store checking you out.. Protomen fans are... obsessive to say the least]. I bought a poster and asked the band to sign it, and the drummer, the Reanimator, ran around looking for a silver sharpie for me, and getting people to sign it. Everyone was amiable and fun to talk to and I just enjoyed every second of their show and the time I spent after it.

A battle has been fought in Knoxville, and I believe the Protomen to be victorious. Hopefully another battle will need to be fought soon. I will certainly be there to join the resistance, and maybe I can even wrangle more friends into coming.

That's all for now. We'll be back soon with a round of comic talk, I swear.

Love,
Aria [and Debra]

Testing, 123

You have stumbled upon a work in progress, and for that I apologize. This blog will eventually be pleasantly full of dialogue between one Debra and one Aria, mostly about comics and other nerdy aspects of our lives. Why? Well, firstly, because being a female nerd is a lonely occupation, full of strange stigmas and tribulations. But it's mostly because we recently have moved to Knoxville for college, from opposite ends of the lovely state of Tennessee, and only found each other to talk to about such things. Where are all the nerds? Until they come out from under the rocks they're gaming under, we've decided to use this blog as an outlet for our frequent discussions about all things geeky. It's boring just talking to each other. So, what up blogging world. Here we come.

See you soon.

Love,
Aria