More Death

Extremely sad news last night - my Mom's first husband, the father of 3 out of the 5 siblings I have, Ed Miller Sr. died very suddenly at his home some time around dinner. His wife went to call him in for dinner and found him slumped over his work. There was no warning:(

I only met the man a fistful of times, so I have a very limited impression of him... He was the type of guy who could wear a gold chain and get away with it. He was the type of guy who could start a political argument and keep trying to come back to it even once everyone else had dropped the subject. He was the type of guy who would argue Star Trek with a young Star Trek Nerd even though he had no first-hand knowledge of Star Trek himself. He was the type of person who took a solemn vow every election year that if the Democrats won, he was moving to Canada :)

I have nothing but good memories of him - his power and authority were a HUGE reason why I was a Conservative Republican in the late-80's/early-90's, and when I think of the modern "Manly Man", I'll always think of him.

Emerald City Comic Con Hunt Post

Making a post where I can jot down the stuff I'd like to find at Emerald City Comic Con this year. Always pays to go in with a plan, otherwise I end up wandering around and buying random stuff.

-Box of 1992 DC Cosmic Cards (been in he mood to open packs of this again)
-Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew (will not pay more than 50-cents each for them)
-Original Artwork from Thomas Cook (Animation guy from the 80's)
-Missing issues of my Justice League run (I'm only like a dozen issues away)!
-Missing issues of my All Star Squadron run (FOUR ISSUES AWAY!!!)


My big rule for single issues of comics is that I have to scan the quarter bins first, then the 5-cent bins, then AND ONLY THEN will I resort (on the last day of the convention) to scouring the Dollar Bins.