Introducing: The Bromantic Basterds

Hello blog, it’s been a while. I have valid excuses for my lack of postings in the last month. Most of them deal with my having started my own company which I’ve mentioned previously in the podcast. The good news is for now at least, I’m back. And back with some basterdness.

If you’ve read this blog for a while or listened to the podcasts you may have heard the name of my hetero lifemate, Mr. Michael V. Cannetti. If you are unfamiliar with the term “hetero lifemate,” you’re clearly not a Kevin Smith fan for one. But I will paste an excellent definition that I lifted from the good old Urban Dictionary anyway:

A best friend who is so close, that were they not to match your sexual orientation, you would be married to them.

That certainly describes my friend and what a scary universe it would be if he were a woman, but I digress. Mike and I met in college; unfortunately late if you ask either of us, but we’ve done our best to make up for lost time. Whether descending on the unsuspecting masses in Atlantic City or doing some surfing photography where we plan to some day actually capture an image of Mike up on his surf board, we have loads of fun.

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Pete’s Wednesday Comics Picks – 6/30/10 – Wonder Woman

New Wonder Woman CostumeYep, a day late again, but it’s all good. Because yesterday was Wednesday and that means you probably already have new comics!

If I mentioned last week that I had nothing to say then went on to talk about DC’s launch of their mobile platforms, then I really have nothing to say this week…

So I’ll talk about Wonder Woman! Even better, I’m going to mention an article from FOX  News I found while researching this post. Exciting, huh?

First of all if you haven’t heard, for her 600th issue Wonder Woman has dropped her somewhat iconic “Stars and Stripes” costume that she’s worn for the better part of 70 years in favor of the outfit in the image above/right. I say the better part because there was a point in the sixties where someone decided to strip her of all her powers and reboot her as more of a Lara Croft girl power character. But let’s not discuss that…

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Pete’s Wednesday Comics Picks – 6/23/10

It’s that time again! Wednesday! Let’s get right into it…

Well, this post is going to be a short one today because I actually don’t really have any specific topics to discuss. Big pull list today which is always good. Of course it also means I’ll have a lot of reading to do.

One item of interest is that DC has finally launched it’s mobile platform for distributing comics. Partnered with Comixology (where I do all my pull lists) and Playstation Network, you will now be able to download your favorite DC comics and take them with you on the go.

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Pete’s Wednesday Comics Picks – 6/10/10 – Y: The Last Man

Oh, hello blog! How are you? Yea, I know it’s been a while, but I wasn’t trying to neglect you. Really! Let’s just get back into the swing of things, ok? OK…

Oh, sorry about that. It’s Wednesday, and I haven’t posted in over a month. For shame! This also complicates today’s post because I wondered what I should talk about. I read several great comics or series in this time span afterall.

For one, Brightest Day and the Flash are both coming along quite nicely. I also read Final Crisis… what an astonishing disappointment that was. But the book I ultimately decided to talk about today was the phenominal series, Y: The Last Man.

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Pete’s Wednesday Comics Picks – 5/5/10 – Batman W.T.F.

It’s another Wednesday Comics picks appearing on Thursday. I know, I’m sorry. If I have any excuse it’s because I was busy reading a book I want to talk about today, Batman R.I.P.

Batman R.I.P. to most people is old news, but I’m always in a state of playing catch-up so for me, it’s new. It’s also probably the major contributing factor to my being totally lost while reading this book. From start to finish I was so very confused. Confused about characters, their motivations, the backstory, and the significance of the events unfolding before me. It’s with that in mind that I will be writing this review with a lot more aid from the DC Wiki than the book itself. Even then, I’m sure I’m still missing some major points.

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