{"id":9321,"date":"2006-07-29T06:52:47","date_gmt":"2006-07-29T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06-and-so-it-begins.html"},"modified":"2006-07-29T06:52:47","modified_gmt":"2006-07-29T13:52:47","slug":"bt06_and_so_it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06_and_so_it.html","title":{"rendered":"BT06 &#8211; And so it begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here I set, well-rested.&nbsp; Kinda.&nbsp; We got out of Doyce&#8217;s place for the Galactic game a bit late, but that was a bit less distruptive to our sleep patterns than Sugar bringing us a dead bird at, oh, 12:30 a.m. or so.<\/p>\n<p>I have three linear feet of TPBs to review, and a good sample of the last few months of comics.&nbsp; I didn&#8217;t <em>quite <\/em>get this week&#8217;s order all read &#8212; didn&#8217;t pick it up until Thursday night, alas &#8212; but there&#8217;s plenty there to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Possible topics:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\nComics I&#8217;m reading recently.<\/li>\n<li>\nCurrent comics &#8211; top 25,\n<\/li>\n<li>\nComparison to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/07\/bt05_top_25_com_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">last year<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nCurrent Comics &#8211; publisher count, top 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/07\/bt05_my_publish.html\" target=\"_blank\">publisher count<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTrade Paperbacks<\/li>\n<li>\nComic Book Books<\/li>\n<li>\nThings I was reading last year<\/li>\n<li>\nCivil War vs Infinite Crisis 52 stuff<\/li>\n<li>\nThe DC Logo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/07\/bt05_this_rest.html\" target=\"_blank\">one year later<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nOther blogathonners (webring)<\/li>\n<li>\nPathetic inquiries if anybody is reading?\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSolicit for money<\/li>\n<li>\nReliable writers<\/li>\n<li>\nReliable artists<\/li>\n<li>\nCollecting comics; the size of my collection (box count)<\/li>\n<li>\nThe best superhero quiz evah<\/li>\n<li>\nWebcomics<\/li>\n<li>\nComic book sites<\/li>\n<li>\nKatherine&#8217;s Comics<\/li>\n<li>\nComic Book cartoons\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThe Social Stigma of comics<\/li>\n<li>\nMile High Comics; 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