Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Tuesday evening coming down

And so another New York Comic Con comes to a close. Funnily enough, I've spent some of my free time since the con ended shopping for comics. Yeah, I know, right? But there's a reason for it.

My friend Howard, the Henchman 21 to my Henchman 24 if you will*, went into the hospital for emergency surgery last week, as I briefly hinted in my previous post. There were complications and he's been through a rough time of it. But I finally received word that Howard was doing a lot better and, although he's still not up to receiving visitors, he wanted me to get him some reading material to pass the time. I didn't see this last message until late Sunday night...that is to say, just after three whole days during which I was surrounded by dealers eager to sell me their comic books at low, low prices. If only I'd thought of it at the time, I could have got a huge stack of comics right there. Complete with autographs for the sick boy in hospital. That would have been lovely. Not to mention a prerelease copy of Teenagers from the Future before they all sold out.

But I didn't, so I hit the comic shops to get the books he wanted (Dynamite Entertainment's Lone Ranger and Project Superpowers and the latest Buffy) plus some others I hope he'll find entertaining (my chance to make him read Patton Oswalt's brilliant JLA: Welcome to the Working Week has come at last). Howard keeps up with the current titles a lot more than I do, so this means for a change I'll actually be hitting the shop every Wednesday and scoring his weekly fix for him until he's back on his feet.

Hey, it's the least I can do for a guy who keeps a complete set of Legion of Super-Heroes action figures on display next to an open window, hoping a stray bolt of lightning will transform him into the Composite Superman.

I'm working on a writeup of the convention, but I've also got a backlog of messages to catch up on so please bear with me a day or two longer.

* Or am I the 21 to his 24? It's a tough call. On the one hand I'm the thinner one and he's the one with the bigger collection of geeky memorabilia...but I'm also the more emotional one whereas he's the more grounded and efficient one. **

** No, I am not saying he's the husband and I'm the wife. That kind of talk is childish, not to mention sexist, and has no place among adults. Quite frankly I'm surprised you even thought such a thing.

7 comments:

  1. First, he made a good call with Dynamite's Lone Ranger - it's a series that I really didn't expect to enjoy as much as I do. (I thought it might be out of nostalgia - I remember watching the show in reruns as a child - but the book remarkably holds up).

    And as you talked about "Monarch Henchmen", my mind went to "Abbott and Costello". Go figure. (Especially since I'm a big Venture Brothers fan)

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  2. Hmm...Howard and I are probably more the Laurel and Hardy types.

    Yeah, I'm impressed with the Lone Ranger book as well.

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  3. didn't think it was possible to mix comics and Kris Kristofferson, but you've proved me wrong!

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  4. Good man for spotting the reference. But you're forgetting his role in all three Blade films.

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  5. oops! twenty lashes with a wet copy of Amethyst #1!

    ?

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  6. RAB
    I just wanted to write you a quick thank you. I was going to email, but you posted about scoring me some books (comic books are my crack), so In thought I would put the Thank You on your blog. To bad you were not able to get me a copy of "Teenagers from the Future", that high on my reading list. I just finish “he best of the legion outpost”.
    And Gordon D I know what you mean I really like the Lone Ranger, it what batman would be like if it was written well.
    Also I never thought of us has anyone henchmen, I will take over the world in due coarse.

    BWHAHAhahaha
    Howard (who is very glad that RAB is his Friend)

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  7. Thought RAB got a few things wrong. I don't have the Legion Statues in hopes of becoming composite superman. I am waiting for them to light up and tell that the Future need my help. I know you can become CS from lighting though Legion Statues (you need JLA Statues for that).

    Howard
    PS RL Good News My Pancreas Is Working Again. YAY

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